Category: Cycling

Some of the great advantages of living in sunny Kern County is the great cycling weather and the abundance of cyclist that love the sport cycling. Each year one of the top races comes to California. The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) is a professional cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour. It is the only event on the top-level World Tour in the United States. It was first held in 2006 (Landis Won) . The eight-day race covers 650–800 miles through the State of California.

Some other sponsors like Michelob Ultra that has been a minor sponsor for some 10 years usually sets up VIP tents at the finishing city. In this VIP area usually shared by other sponsors allows you great watching prospective near the finish line, food and of course Ice-cold Ultras to enjoy the event.

This year, I had a chance to take a friend (EP) to watch the great race. 👌

Highlights of the day.

• Seeing the pro-riders
• Enjoying cycling enthusiast.
• Euro style Racing
• Chase Helicopter with Motorbike camera crews.
• Mich Ultra

“This Path is one of the top Trails in the state”

Kern County is a great place to have a “Road Bike”. Some might not realize we have the Kern River Parkway Trail, a paved trail away from motorized traffic that is 30 miles of enjoyable fun. This Path is one of the top Trails in the state. Most outdoors enthusiast ride bicycles, but it is shared with runners, joggers and walkers.

I try to ride my road bike a few times a week on this path. Road bikes usually are much lighter than mountain bikes. Less weight means you can go further or faster with the same amount of effort you put into your mountain bikes. Road bikes have much narrower tires (compared to a mountain bike) with much higher pressure. This means you have much less rolling resistance on a road bike. Once again, you can go further or faster with the same amount of effort you put into your mountain bike.
Your riding position on a road bike is much more aerodynamic than it is on a mountain bike. Thus you can go further or faster with the same amount of effort you put into your mountain bike.

See you out there.

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