Topsham cycling community builds momentum

Topsham's Select Board approved the creation of a new Bicycle Pedestrian Committee Thursday, just two weeks after the opening of a new pump track outside the town's transfer station off Townsend Way.

From ‘bone-shakers’ to ‘penney-farthings’ and beyond: How bicycles rolled out in Lewiston in the 1800s

'Bicycle fever' reached Lewiston in 1879, according to the Lewiston Evening Journal, and would go on to shake, rattle and roll into everyday life.

Town officials pitch Freeport as a mountain biking destination

Freeport's town council and conservation commission will hold a public forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall to workshop plans for an extensive system of mountain bike trails on Hedgehog Mountain, which proponents say will draw riders from around the region.

‘Be vigilant,’ drivers urged, with Maine on track for another deadly year for pedestrians

So far, 19 people have been hit by cars and died in 2021, more than double the fatalities for last year, as the state considers long-term plans to make roads safer for walkers, cyclists and drivers.

Area racers in cycling series say group ‘almost like family’

Bicyclists from Auburn, Farmington, Lewiston and Topsham glad to be back on track for conclusion of Scarborough Crit Series.

Hebron man becomes first cyclist to conquer New York’s new 750-mile Empire State Trail

With the help of a lot of planning on a spreadsheet, Jeremy Chapman biked the entire 750-mile Empire State Trail, facing down snowstorms and multiple flat tires.

BikeMaine cancels its annual cycle around the state

The organization said it was impossible to host the event safely in the middle of a pandemic.

Oxbow serves up the perfect pair: Beer and cross-country skiing

The brewery's new tasting room in western Maine has free Nordic trails. Even better: Many other breweries in Maine also sit a stone's throw from amazing trails for skiing, strolling or bicycling.

Patrick Dempsey to be honorary captain of U.S. Olympic cycling team

The partnership is a natural extension of work the former 'Grey's Anatomy' actor and Maine native already has been doing within the cycling world.

PHOTO: Odyssey through the woods