Launch of St. Louis Point to Point Cycling News
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 5:55pm
The new Point to Point Cycling News, based in St. Louis and covering news around the entire region, has just published its third issue. All issues can be read in PDF format online or picked up at area bicycle shops.
The third issue (PDF file) included these stories:
The third issue (PDF file) included these stories:
- Commuter of the Month: Jeff Jackson
- Steven Patterson: Urban Review St. Louis
- Kansas City's Major Taylor Club
- Proposals for the St. Louis Riverfront
- Bike Commuter Betty's advice for getting start at commuting by bike
PTP: At Missouri races like Gateway Cup and Tour of K.C. Your team has always done quite well. Is it easy to win theseIncidentally, Lieswyn's diaries on CyclingNews.com make for some great reading . . .
races, or are you working just as hard as at other races you win, like the Nature Valley GP?
At smaller regional races several factors come into play. Firstly a powerful pro team that shows up will be there to maximize their income. Secondly they are there to maximize their training benefit, so a pro will usually race flat out, even harder from start to finish than they might at a bigger race where there is more to risk for failure. Is it harder? In some respects, yes. Every time a
name pro in a local field twitches, every amateur will follow the move. So you gotta club them hard on difficult courses. If it's an easy course, then it's unlikely that a pro will win at a local event. I would avoid local races on easy courses. Too much chance of a crash, too, because every dude in the race can swarm to the front and eat it in a corner right in front of you.
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