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any opinion on the following.   Most articles were Googled.

                                  

1. Creating USA Cycling by Les Earnest is here.

2.  How USA Cycling came about by Les Earnest is here

3.  A USA Cycling senior staff (CEO) deposition is here for you to read.   Make sure to read page 77.

4. "Tour de Farce" by Matt Smith, San Francisco Weekly, September, 2005

       A "Curious financial arrangement and who really works for whom."  Note:  The yellow highlights came

       with the original article when Googled and were not added.

       From "Tour de Farce" by Matt Smith: "Johnson, the widely quoted USA Cycling official, appears to

       suffer from a serious conflict of interest between his organization's role as a doping cop and his

       personal, institutional, and financial ties to the diversified business world surrounding Lance

       Armstrong.  Financier Weisel is Armstrong's longtime patron, employer, investment manager, and

       friend.  Weisel is also Johnson's longtime patron and friend and the founder of a nonprofit entity that

       employs him."

       A May, 2011 follow-up article by Matt Smith, "Lance Armstrong Doping Story Points to S.F.

        Company."

5. "Paper Tigers" by Les Earnest " The United States Cycling Federation has a longer history voting fraud than

      most Third World countries."

6. How the current CEO got his job is here.

     Cyclingnews.com's 2006 article, "Bisceglia Fires Back at USA Cycling." 

7. "The Champions Club"  A link to the December, 2010 article by the Wall Street Journal!

                                                   

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                     The Tour of Colorado Supports These Great Events!

The Epic Singletrack Series at the Winter Park Resort in Winter Park, CO.                                               

The Tour of America's Dairyland in Wisconsin is here

New Mexico's Tour of The Gila is here

New York's Tour of The Battenkill, a UCI race!

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USA Cycling's 2008 Membership Survey.  Good demographic study.

The economic impact of cycling on a State can be huge.  The following two links will take you to two

cycling States where cycling, including racing, is an importand  part of the economy.  Both reports/studies

were  done by the States themselves.

Colorado

Wisconsin

Actual economic impact of a major US Tour on a State

How much does it cost for a major US tour?  Read the accountant's report

   2008 Tour of Missouri to get an idea.

The Tour of Missouri economic impact report is very good

Cycling Demographics  Cycling Demographics

Brief history of Colorado bicycle racing is here

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The Tour of Colorado recommends these fine Colorado bicycle shops.  Extremely difficuly to qualify...          

Ascent Cycling in Colorado Springs is one of our sponsors and has a USCF Certified Mechanic  on staff!

Pro Cycling in Colorado Springs  is also sponsor.

Wheat Ridge Cyclery   in Wheat Ridge - A 2008 Top 100 Bike Shop Retailer!

Vecchio's  in Boulder - A must visit shop!      

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Cycling Media

Live Update Guy by Charles Pelkey!

Red Kite Prayer is Outside Magazine's #1 cycling blog.  Charles Pelkey write for it!

  

  

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