Fall gravel cycling can be a tad tricky: where exactly does the snow start and end? Rather than taking chances in Bend, here’s a better idea: head to the Maupin, Dufur, Tygh Valley area and enjoy the lower elevation. Locals say the daily temps are 5 to 15 degrees warmer than the rest of the region. While […]
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Cascade Cycling Classic is Back
After a year hiatus, North America’s longest running stage race is back
That’s right bike peeps, the Cascade Cycling Classic is back. After taking last year off, in part due to logistics, the 39th running of the race is back with new dates, new events and a new focus on community and spectator engagement. On June 1, CCC introduces the newly created Sul Fiume Criterium and Cycling […]
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Your Guide To A Healthy Winter
As a gang of office warriors ourselves, we know it can be tough to stick with the resolutions you just made a couple weeks ago. You remember, right? Those promises you made to yourself to be healthier, to make better choices… to be a better you in 2019? Now that a little time has passed, […]
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Wild & Free In The Indoors
Whereas a mountain biker opts inside to get some spins
Wild and free in the outdoors… fresh air and wind in your hair… It’s for these external experiences that I ride bikes—but looking out on the bleak black-white world outside my office window one recent day, I also realized that moving the legs in a concentric fashion over and over, heart beating in the throat, […]
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Kevin Gorman: Web Cyclery
Old Stone Church Is Cool New Venue for WebCyclery
With cycling almost a religious experience for enthusiasts, the Old Stone Church with its stained-glass windows and high ceilings… WebCyclery’s “holy” new venue… inspires gear freaks and novices alike. Hallelujahs nearly resounded from the crowd at the shop’s Aug.8 grand opening fiesta… a great way to increase church attendance, quipped one guest. A new Salsa […]
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Bike Issue 2018
Roll up on this Bike Issue, Benditos.
What the heck’s the deal with e-bikes on trails? What’s the hottest gear rolling onto the scene? And why are so many kids in Bend into unicycling? These questions and more, answered in The Source’s 2018 Bike Issue! Whether you’re a fan of the two-wheeled form of transport—or event if you like the one-wheeled variety—there’s […]
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PSA: Cascade Cycling Classic Canceled
North America’s longest-running stage race is taking a one-year hiatus
One of Central Oregon’s most beloved bike races won’t be happening this year. The Cascade Cycling Classic has drawn cyclists not just from the local area, but from around the world. For the first time in 39 years, the race is off this year. After a long and careful deliberation, the owner of Bowen Sports Performance, […]
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Ladies First
Cyclocross racer Molly Cameron makes dudes eat her dust
The highest spots in the Category A Cross Crusade standings are filled with names like Ryan, Sean, Erik, and Ben. But one name in particular stands out near the top. Molly Cameron has always enjoyed competing with the guys. And for a time, she was one of the guys. Cameron is the only transgender athlete […]
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Go Here 7/22-7/29
The Wheel Thing
This week, the Cascade Cycling Classic—the longest consecutively-held stage race in America—is hosted on five different days here in Central Oregon. A winner of multiple state championships in California and Nevada, seven Master’s National Championships, and two Master’s World Championships, Julie Cutts knows the course well—and two years ago moved to what she calls “the […]
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Tough and Beautiful
Cascade Cycling Classic is a summer tradition
Sponsorship is the backbone for professional cycling, and the annual Cascade Cycling Classic—the longest consecutively running stage race in the United States—is no exception. But it is a different type of sponsorship than, say, the U.S. Postal Service or Volkswagen ponying up cash; it is something much more grassroots. “The fact that we have local […]