Biking in Southcentral

Tour of Anchorage opens

Eight-time Tour of Anchorage women's champion Sheryl Loan got off to a strong start Thursday night in the 2012 edition of the five-stage bicycle race conducted by the Arctic Bicycle Club.

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BIKING IN SOUTHCENTRAL

Bike to Work Day is Friday

Treat stations, showers at Alaska Club and free tall espressos at Inlet View Espresso, West Fourth Avenue next to the Post Office, for those who bike to work Friday
OUTDOORS

Coastal Trail repairs require week's closure near Woronzof

The city will close one mile of the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail just south of Point Woronzof beginning Monday for a week, the Parks and Recreation Department announced this week.
BICYCLE RACING

Stull edges Ellis

James Stull beat Jeff Ellis by four-tenths of a second to win Wednesday's 10-mile Moose Run time trial, finishing in 22 minutes, 42.9 seconds. Tony Turini topped the master men's over-40 division in 23:00.3, a time that placed him third overall.
BIKING IN SOUTHCENTRAL

9 miles of singletrack bike trail going into Kincaid Park

Five years ago, options were few. But by the time leaves turn amber this autumn, Southcentral's singletrack mountain bikers may be soaking in nature's Technicolor beauty on miles of new trail that is beginning to turn Anchorage into a mecca for the off-road crowd.
BICYCLE RACING

Stull wins cycling hill climb

James Stull was the top cyclist at the Arctic Bike Club's Potter Valley Hill Climb on Friday, the first of four races that make up the spring stage race.
ANCHORAGE

Rules of the road for Bike to Work Day

Those taking part in Bike to Work Day in Anchorage on Friday should keep two things in mind: Be alert, and know the law as it pertains to bicycles. Take our short quiz before you set out in the morning.
BIKING IN SOUTHCENTRAL

Bike to work this Friday

Many Anchorage motorists will travel on two wheels this Friday, as the League of American Bicyclists and the Municipality encourage commuters to leave their cars parked for the seventh annual Bike to Work Day.
BICYCLE RACING

Alaska cyclist pedals to beat breast cancer

Anchorage cyclist Dr. Susan Fenn is in the middle of a cross-country trip from San Diego to St. Augustine, Fla., to raise money for breast cancer research, pedaling side by side with 73-year-old Joe Harrison of Apple River, Ill.
BICYCLE RACING

Winter takes a toll on 150-mile bicycle racers

Alaska’s first and only extreme fat-tire winter bike-only race was so extreme that one-third of the field didn’t finish and about half of those who did made a mid-race switch from the 150-mile race to the 100-miler.
BICYCLE RACING

Winter cyclists need to gear up and down for this race

This weekend, for the first time, Southcentral bike racers won't need to share the trail with other winter warriors. They'll own the picturesque trails of the Sheep Mountain 150 when racers roll out of the Glenn Highway lodge at 9 a.m. Saturday.