Athens Twilight – Friday

Twilight_Friday

This weekend is the 32nd edition of the Athens Twilight and all the top criterium racers in the country were descending on this college town like marauding locusts. Carolina Cycling News stopped by the Team Mountain Khakis meet and greet and spoke to team captain Adam Myerson who gave his thoughts on Saturday’s Twilight Criterium. [...]

Hincapie, Bookwalter and Butler of BMC training for California

Hincapie Photo: Flinte/Hincapie Sportswear

While their teammates were combating the rain in the Tour of Romandie, BMC’s George Hincapie, Brent Bookwalter and Chris Butler have been putting in the miles around Greenville. Hincapie recently returned from his European spring campaign of Milan-San Remo, Gent-Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and Pari-Roubaix. Now he is preparing for the upcoming Amgen Tour of [...]

Livingston to Join Stars and Stripes Challenge Presented by Amgen

Tour de France 2002

Six-time Tour de France veteran Kevin Livingston of Austin, Texas announced his participation in the Stars and Stripes Challenge presented by Amgen, a fundraising bicycle ride scheduled in partnership with the Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Championships. Participants of the Stars and Stripes Challenge will be able to ride and interact with the cycling [...]

Mruz collects pieces of bike history

Mruz Collection

Greenville, South Carolina chiropractor Dr. Dave Mruz is a man who is passionate about bikes and his garage is a testament to that. Hanging on “J” hooks are bikes whose past owners include Alexi Grewal, Axel Merckx, and Chris Huber. Dr Mruz’s introduction to cycling came directly from the Coors Light cycling team, which had [...]

Boone-Roubaix

2001 Boone-Roubaix. Big loop, lap 2. second paved section. Sheedy attacks the 4 man break.

“Pedal faster, I hear banjos!” “I like banjo music!”, says Brian Sheedy. Perhaps it takes an affinity towards both banjo music and steep unpaved mountain roads for you to win the High Country’s biggest road race; the epic Boone-Roubaix—4,600 feet of climbing over 54 miles; 4 miles of which are unpaved. Sheedy, racing for Hampton [...]