• Amgen Tour of California VIP experience

    Stage 7 — Santa Clarita to Pasadena

  • A frantic climb

    WRIGHTWOOD — Tabletop Mountain Road was lined with Grim Reapers, neon wigs and a blue Smurf on Friday as cycling fans and fanatics cheered for the competitors of the Amgen Tour of California.

  • Town of Apple Valley bike path plans

    BEAR VALLEY ROAD BIKE PATH PROJECT — MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND THE TOWN

  • Town of Apple Valley bike path plans

    BEAR VALLEY ROAD BIKE PATH PROJECT — DESIGN CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 1

  • Fund-raising bike ride in Joshua Tree

    We just received word of a fund-raising bike ride coming up on May 3rd in the Joshua Tree area, put on by the Rotary Club there. Here are the details:

  • Man sentenced for fatal hit-and-run

    VICTORVILLE — A Victorville man was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for the hit-and-run crash that killed an Apple Valley bicyclist two years ago.

  • Michael Bruce Slusser, again

    It seems that Michael Bruce Slusser is back in the news again.

  • Victor Valley composite mountain bike team motivated to ride

    The tires sloshed through the wet sandy soil as a series of lycra-clad teens climbed their way up a steep trail between the Joshua trees and juniper bushes. At the top they were greeted with a view spanning the entire Summit Valley and San Bernardino National Forest. The way down was faster with a couple yells of joy. This ride, south of Hesperia, is a typical practice for the Victor Valley composite mountain biking team.

  • Bicycling’s 2014 Win-A-Bike contest

    Bicycling magazine has a win-a-bike competition going. To enter, you have to parody the writing of Bill Strickland, one of its regular writers.

  • VV bike shop rolls into its 40th year

    VICTORVILLE — After four decades of economic highs and lows, one High Desert business is not only standing, but thriving.

  • Victorville Cycles has moved

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  • Apple Valley to break ground for Yucca Loma Bridge

    January 10th, 2014, will see the start of the much-anticipated Yucca Loma Bridge, a project more than 40 years in the making. In December, the Town Council awarded a $37.3 million contract to Security Paving, Inc. for the construction of the Yucca Loma Bridge over the Mojave River and Yates Road improvements project. A ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for Friday, January 10.

  • Marathoner gets fiancée’s stolen bike back

    HESPERIA — With the attitude of an angry mama bear, Vanessa Kline was determined to get her bicycle back after it was stolen.

  • Roady rules to protect cyclists, teens

    As the new year approaches, several new traffic safety laws — including two aimed at bicyclists and teenage drivers — could help make High Desert roadways safer for residents as they take effect in 2014, California Highway Patrol spokesman Matt Hunt said.

  • My Turn: Light is right

    […] Any time you ride in the dark, always remember that “light makes right.”

  • Improved bike lanes coming to Apple Valley

    Keeping a focus on improving its roadways, the Town of Apple Valley has carved out a plan to upgrade and lengthen 34.45 miles of bicycle lanes that would include uniformed signage and clear markings for the Town’s system of Class 2 bicycle lanes.

  • Bicyclist found dead on Highway 18 in Lucerne Valley

    LUCERNE VALLEY — A bicyclist was found dead on the side of the road Thursday morning after apparently being struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.

  • Record number Ride in the Rocks

    LUCERNE VALLEY — Some walked or ran, but most participants in Saturday’s 5th Annual Ride in the Rocks event soaked up the desert scenery on their mountain bikes.

  • Photos from the 2013 Tour de Apple Valley

    Courtesy Jon Kroeker and family.

  • Photos from the 2013 Tour de Apple Valley

    Courtesy Cindy McCarty of Cemex, which sponsored the SAG stop on Central Road.