Recent content by Tar_Heel83

There are single day cycling events that use the Blue Ridge Parkway such as Bridge to Bridge, Assault on Mt. Mitchell, and the Blue Ridge Brutal 100. These events use only a short segment of the parkway before turning off on other roads, perhaps 10-15 miles at most. The Assault on Mt. Mitchell...

IOC rubberstamps UCI recommendations. I'm sorry to report that the Individual Pursuit will not be in the 2012 Olympics. Thanks to everyone who signed the petition. Perhaps there should be a new petition to recommend the firing of Patrick McQuaid and his management committee.

A hard copy of the petition has been shipped priority overnight to Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC as of 7 December 2009. After removing duplicates, the petition contained 4408 unique signers from over 55 countries. Thanks to everyone who signed!!!

Over 4,000 signatures as of 3pm GMT 3 December. Help push the total to 5,000 unique signatures by same time tomorrow! Please note that the petition hosting site asks for a donation after you have signed. This is purely voluntary. If you wish to donate, the donation is used to pay the...

Status update as of 6pm GMT, 30 Nov. 2009. Over 3700 signatures from 52 countries. The breakdown in respondents as follows: U.S. 61%, U.K. 13%, New Zealand 8%, Australia 5%, Canada 4%, and all others countries combined 9%. Need your help to get to 5000 unique signatures by tomorrow. If you...

Over 500 signatures so far. The 2009 World Champion in the men's Individual Pursuit, Tayler Phinney, as well as his mother, Connie Carpenter, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the women's road race have already signed the petition. Keep on spreading the word! And thanks to all of of you that...

I'm sure many of you are as dismayed as I am over the proposal of the UCI and IOC to replace the men's and women's individual pursuit with an omnium. I have started an online petition that I will submit to the IOC and UCI to let them know that cyclists and fans of the sport wish to retain the...