In the blood: Heroics, doping, and new hope for bike racing

Throughout my life, I have found a great deal of enjoyment on a bicycle; as a child careening about on a Huffy with a coaster brake; as a teenager bombing down mountain trails in Alabama; in my ear

Six-County Senior Olympics Bicycle Race in Hoffman Estates

There's still time to enter the Senior Olympics Bicycle Race in Hoffman Estates for this Wednesday, July 20.

2011 racing season is here

"Riders ready...!"

Here's a run-down of the 2011 local road racing season. Each of these races features a beginners-only field:

Chicago Velo Campus in the news

Our friends at Chicago Velo Campus just got covered this week in

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Taking Velodrome Idea for a Spin in Des Plaines

A Des Plaines Journal article reported that an area bike riding association and other local cyclis

New Chicago cycling facility announced

Active Trans is excited to learn that Chicago may soon be home to North America's newest state-of-the-art cycling facility, The Chicago Velo Campus.<

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Cyclocross returns to Montrose Harbor

Cyclocross returns to Chicago on Sunday, December 5, 2010.

Chicago Cross Cup begins this Sunday in Jackson Park

After the boffo breakout season in 2009, the eagerly awaited 2010 edition of the

2010 season ends tonight at Ed Rudolph Velodrome

Tonight is the 2010 closing night for track racing at the Ed Rudolph Velodrome in Northbrook, Chicagoland's home for track racing.

An easy ride to Glencoe for the National Criterium Championships this weekend

To bike racers and racing fans alike, August in Chicagoland means one thing - the USPRO National Criterium Championships.  And this year, it's even easier than ever for most of us to ride ther