By Trevor Hughes The Daily Times-Call: GUNBARREL — A woman bicycling with her mother was run over and crushed to death in an accident caused by a loaded gravel truck Monday morning, and officials were investigating if the truck’s brakes were defective.

Linnea Luscher, 39, was killed in front of almost a dozen witnesses who were stopped at a traffic light on the Diagonal Highway. Her death came as the Front Range marked Bike & Walk to Work Week, and Bike & Walk to Work Day on Wednesday.

It was the second fatal accident involving a bicyclist and a gravel truck this month.

Monday’s accident happened about 10 a.m. at the intersection of the Diagonal Highway and 63rd Street, near Gunbarrel, and just north of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. The accident and subsequent investigation disrupted Longmont-bound traffic for hours.

“When I heard the impact, I looked out; (more…)

The tension is building between Scott and Jackson. I will try to et an interview with them later today or tomorrow and see what they each have to say. Hopefully I will be able to get a press conference organized for Wednesday evening. Right now Scott is calling for a minimum 15 second margin of victory over Jackson in the TT Thursday. Jackson has said “That’s crazy and impossible” and says he will be victorious by 10 seconds.

Its closed but their wireless isn’t so I am sitting on a bench at the corner of Main and State in Rochestor, NY. We did a twilight crit here last night, good course, crowd, and prize list made for great racing. The team rode awesome and if I could have pedaled a little quicker we would have won.
Off to Boston later today, Fitchburg at the end of the week then Longmont 8 days from now.

After Jackson Stewart’s stunning win a few Sundays ago at the opener of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown in Lancaster, the Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team had high hopes for today’s first-ever drive of the team van by New Zealander Jason Allen. And by far and away, the tall kiwi exceded all expectations to finish the drive with a brand new all comers record,of 268.5 miles at 12.36am EST, for a full tank of unleaded petrol,shattering former world record holder jonathan k harrises old mark of 260miles set earlier in the year by a massive 8.5 miles.

Whilst there is numerous debates flying at the moment to how far Allen could have continued his dream run for(had to stop for host housing commitments) there is no doubt about the mans stunning ability to pilot a vehicle through the trickiest of wind and weight conditions. Allen had to contend with (more…)

A. Longmont

B. St. Louis

C. Montreal

That’s what I was doing from about 9:30 last night till about 9:30 this morning. It’s amazing how good you sleep and feel when you are at home. In this case it is my third home, Montreal. I really like being here and am always comfortable. A big bonus is that the sun is actually shining today!

All I need now is for my luggage to show up from the airport and I will be happy…