The 22nd annual Cycle Oregon cruise ended Saturday right where it began — in Medford's Fichtner-Mainwaring Park.

Trading in his bicycle for a motorcycle 15 years ago, Jeff Chamberlain also gave up annual treks with Cycle Oregon.

Debby Richter has practiced for months in anticipation of this year's Cycle Oregon, riding about 400 miles in one week over some of the toughest terrain Southern Oregon and Northern California have to offer.

Four tires, 16 states and four months later, Crater High School graduates Chase Duran and Clancy Sinchum have crossed the United States on their bicycles and are headed home.

Thursday night road cyclists challenged themselves to a time-trial event last week, the second of three in the season-long Southern Oregon Champion Thursdays race series at Champion Raceway in White City.

Mountain bikers converged on Sam Brown Campground in the Southern Oregon mountains between the Redwood Highway and the Rogue River last weekend for a two-day, three-race event called Return of the Jedi.

Cyclists from around the Northwest flooded Ashland Saturday and Sunday for the Spring Thaw Mountain Bike Festival.

Temperatures weren't the only thing heating up the roads Sunday as more than 160 cyclists from all over the state burned up the Table Rock Road Race, part of the Oregon Cup series.

For the past three Sunday mornings, local cyclists have been challenging themselves in the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association's Southern Oregon Time Trial Series.

Community donations helped two local cyclists participate in a 1,400-mile cycling journey across Thailand, raising $4,000 for charity.

Now that heavy snow should be a distant memory in the Willamette Valley, it's a good time to warm up with a bike ride.

The historic town of Jacksonville always is a great destination for cyclists, especially during the colder months. I recommend these five different routes to put a little distance on the legs and end up at a destination where you can get warm before you return home.

It didn't matter what they were riding — mountain bike or cyclocross bike — they all got muddy.

Do you have an urge to expand your cycling awareness or knowledge base? Whether you are just getting into bicycling or have been an avid cyclist for years, you may want to learn about bicycle maintenance, find new gear or develop training regimens to improve your speed or performance in a cycling event.

Concerns about the economy, the environment and their own fitness motivated Travis Frey and Adam Chizek to become more serious this year about bicycling.