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StartCycling is Proud to sponsor the Masters Points Race at the American Velodrome Challenge, 27 June, Hellyer Park. The AVC is a 2-day event, with some of the finest track athletes competing.

Thousands of products, hundreds of clubs, you could spend all day searching the web. Start Cycling has it all on one site. I started this site to keep track of the local shops in my neighborhood. Then I started branching out first capturing the bicycle stores in California, only to keep moving east, this is constanly a work in progress. Don't see your bicycle shop or club listed, send your information.

Pro Cycling News

Pro Cycling June Races

03-07 Tour de Luxembourg
03-07 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
07-14 61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
13-21 Tour de Suisse

Cycling Terminology

Bonk: Slang for running out of energy due to low glycogen levels usually coupled with dehydration.

Brain Bucket: helmet. Whenever you are riding your bike, you should have one on your head.

Criterium: a massed start, high-speed bicycle race events in which riders race around a closed circuit racecourse to compete for order of finish.

Lead Out: a rider intentionally sacrificing his chances of winning a sprint, so that a teammate can ride in his draft until ready to begin the final sprint.

Peloton: the large, aerodynamicly efficient, and extremely fast pack of riders near the front in a road race, also known as the field.