Ride Report: Amgen Tour of California 2014

Windbreakers Rabbit, Doc and Map Boy post up at stage finish in Pasadena of 2014 Amgen Tour of California.
Stage winner Peter Sagan.

Ride Report: Devore

A great spring morning ride to Nealy's Corner, Glen Helen
and Devore.  The lads stop for a selfie on Cajon Blvd (historic U.S. 66 the
"Mother Road") with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background.  Ride On!

Tour of Flanders

With the turn of the seasons from Winter to Spring also come the "classics" in bicycle racing, the epic one-day professional road races all run in Western Europe and each with unique histories and legends.  These events have been fixtures on the professional cycling calendar for many years with the oldest dating back to the 19th century.

The first of the Spring classics and one of the five "monuments" in professional cycling is upon us this weekend: the Tour of Flanders or Ronde of Flanders (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen).  This year, the 259-km route will start in Brugge and finish in Oudenaarde, in the Flemish Ardennes region of Belgium and will include many of the cobbled climbs which set this race apart.  Famous among these is the Koppenberg (literally "Heads Mountain"). At 253 ft., not high by Windbreaker country standards, but nevertheless difficult due to its steepness (22% on the trickiest segments), and cobbled sections, which often are wet due to poor weather.

Eddy Merckx leads eventual winner Roger  de Vlaminck
and Freddy Maertens in the 1977 edition of the Ronde

News From Windbreaker Country

March 15, 2014. Breaking news from Windbreaker country...four of our ranks; Rick, Craig, Steve and John, will be joining approximately 2,000 other riders for the 29th annual edition of the Ride the Rockies www.ridetherockies.com cycling adventure in June.  Approximately 473 miles in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado.  More reports to follow...Ride On!

Words of Wisdom

Words of wisdom from "The Cannibal"

Tour de Palm Springs 2014

February 8, 2014.  Many of the Windbreaker lads ventured to the beautiful Coachella Valley for the 2014 Tour de Palm Springs ride.  Gusty headwinds and crosswinds at the start, then beautiful sunny skies for the rest of the way to the finish.  Rick, Tom and Mike gutted out the full century, Joe, John, Steve and Matt took on the metric.  Celebratory toasts of Sullivan Brew then Hangar 24 in Redlands to round out a great day.  Ride On!

Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year from the Windbreakers!