This past Wednesday I wrote a post regarding the Shiv road bike that Specialized’s creative director Robert Egger has been riding on the the company’s famous lunch ride. Like many of you I was intrigued by the idea of taking a time trial bike – in this case the Shiv – and converting it to …
The Upstate has a newly crowned national champion. In a hotly contested points race at the master’s national track championships in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, Darin Marhanka of the POA squad took the stars and stripes jersey. After a rain delay, which forced a pause in the action, 30 laps remained in the points race and Marhanka …
North Carolina continues to create outstanding cycling talent. At last month’s US National Championships in Augusta, Georgia 17 year old Thomas Wrona, became the national criterium champion. “Anyone would have won any of the races, it just happened to be my attack that stuck,” is how Wrona graciously described his victory. In a press release …
Being a musician requires time, dedication, and practice. Being an athlete requires time, dedication, and practice. Charleston resident David Lee manages to do both. As a guitarist for The Legendary Shack Shakers he’s played with Robert Plant, Rancid, and Dolly Parton. Being in a working rock band means touring, which literally had him playing in …
BMC’s Chris Butler first Grand Tour didn’t quite end as he would have liked. Exclusively to Carolina Cycling News, Butler gives us the scoop on his injury and how he is recuperating back home in Greenville, South Carolina. The injury happened in Wednesday’s stage 5 on a descent when the rider in front of me …