At the end of the month, I will be riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles as part of the 13th annual California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour. Presented by Amgen, the goal of this 8 day, 525 mile ride along the famous Highway 1 is to raise $1 million for the Arthritis Foundation. I will be part of the Rollin' Reporters team, made up of other like-minded media and PR professionals from the outdoor industry.
For as long as anyone can remember, beer and bikes have gone hand in hand. What is it that makes the two so compatible? It could be that they both simply represent the best days of summer or maybe it's because a cold beer never tastes better than after a long, hot day on the trail or road. Whatever the relationship, you can't argue that bike culture has definitely influenced beer culture and vice versa, creating an overlapping community that brings out the best and unique subtleties of both.
Not too far off in the distant future, you may be able to simply pop a pill or two to prepare your body for the demands of higher altitudes. Two different drug companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Astellas Pharma, are competing to deliver a pill that will boost your body's production of red blood cells, just as if you were at altitude.
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