Karen March on CHEK News May 2 Interview with World Champion Karen March on May 2nd as she tries out a new bike in hopes of being selected to go the London 2012 Summer Games.
BC’s Simon Harrington earns podium finish at Redlands Bicycle Classic
April 3, 2012 By
It was a successful stage race for BC’s Simon Harrington who recently returned from the 27th Redlands Bicycle Classic in sunny Redlands, California. The opening day saw 33 Para-cyclists battle it out on the grueling 5km hill-climb time trial. With an elevation gain of 700 feet, this climb was sure to test early season fitness [...]
March named athlete of the year at Celebration of Women in Sport awards
April 3, 2012 By
Canadian Para-cyclist Karen March was named athlete of the year at the Celebration of Women in Sport awards held on Sunday April 1 2012 at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE). The Victoria Times Colonist recently published an article on PISE awards night which honors women’s achievement in sports on Vancouver Island. To read the [...]
Para Track World Championships in LA California Preview
February 9, 2012 By
The Para Track World Championships are finally here and my team mate Brian Cowie and I are ready to tackle the 4km pursuit first thing tomorrow morning. It has been a hard few months of trying to get my 5-min power to an all time high and I’m very excited to show it off today [...]
Three wheels, but still a cyclist
January 9, 2012 By
by Simon Harrington I am fairly new to road bike racing. My first experience of bike racing came to me when I was out for a cross training ride. I came upon a sign which read “caution bike race in progress” and a group of cyclist and volunteers on the road side. Being of the [...]
Paracycling Pan Am Games Day 1 – Canada Wins 4 Medals
November 15, 2011 By
The Paracycling Pan Am Games are underway in Guadalajara, Mexico and Canada scored four medals in the time trials with Robbi Weldon (B) and Lyne Bessette winning gold in the 21.1km Mixed Tandem Time Trial (B-W, B-M) along with Daniel Chalifour (B) and Ed Veal taking home the bronze. In the 10.6km Mixed Tricycle T1-2 Time Trial [...]
UCI Para-cycling World Championships: Canada puts an end to its drought
September 18, 2011 By
Para-cyclists have once more demonstrated their savoir-faire in front of the Danish crowd gathered at the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships presented in Roskilde (DEN). On this second day of competition, the time trial was still on the program. Absent from the medal ranking at the end of the first day, Canada bounced back [...]
UCI Para-cycling World Championships
September 18, 2011 By
The UCI Para-cycling World Championships concluded Sunday with the United States taking 9 victories in the event and thus topping the medal tally. By winning the handbikes’ team relay, the trio formed by Matthew Updike (H2), Marianna Davis (H2) and Oscar Sanchez (H4) brought to nine the number of victories signed by the American delegation, [...]
New Website for Para Cycling
September 2, 2011 By
Cycling BC is pleased to announce the launch of a para-cycling specific website. The website is one of several discipline specific websites being launched by Cycling BC. The new sites have been introduced in order to provide more custom information to the different sectors of Cycling BC’s membership and will all utilize new discipline specific [...]
