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• Famous bikers to speed through downtown

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:07 am

  At midday on May 20, legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong will pedal furiously down Porterville's Main Street in a bid to grab the top spot in the largest cycling race in North America.

• Vino: - I want to help Contador win another Tour'

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am

  Alexander Vinokourov believes he can do with Alberto Contador what he could never do with Jan Ullrich: beat Lance Armstrong.

• 10 ads to look for during the Super Bowl

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:59 pm

  Ten ads to look for during the Super Bowl, which airs Sunday on CBS: ANHEUSER-BUSCH: The brewer has five minutes of ads this year to pitch Bud Light, Budweiser and others.

• Tour of Qatar Course Preview - Sprinters Challenge

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:46 am

  Tour of Qatar Course Preview - Sprinters Challenge 704 kilometers of racing on the flat terrain and warm temperatures of Qatar presents a perfect locale for six days of sprinters duels as the best of the fast legs test the legs of their rivals for 2010.

• Armstrong 'excited to come'

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:42 am

  Seven-times Tour de France winner and all-time cycling great, Lance Armstrong, will participate in this year's Cape Argus Cycle Tour.

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• Marcus Carlholt Tour de France « Flwrider

  brianfu

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:34 am

  Tom Simpson dies in Tour de France · Jan Ulrich stages a comeback for the 2010 le Tour de France · Well done Robbie Hunter · Oregon Road Trip – Days 2, 3 & 4 – Portland, OR. ~ by brianfu on 09/02/2010. Posted in Video ...

• Mimio Studio 6 Debuts for Mac and Linux | Checking Together

  Favsky

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:46 am

  HTC Team Columbia al Tour de France 2009 www.puntocellulare.it Related posts Team Sky end Tour Down Under on a high with Final Stage one-two (0) Sky Team wins time trial in Tour of Qatar; Boasson Hagen takes yellow jersey (0) Sky Team ...

• Live Tour de France Tracker 2007 at Ray Fowler .org « Site Super ...

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  8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm

  Check out the Tour de France Live Tracker 2007. Using GPS and other technology, this site tracks the exact position and additional data (heart rate, cadence, speed, power) of the racing cyclists on an interactive map. HT: Lifehacker … ...

• Hypemeter Already in Mid-Season Form | Boulder Report

  joelindsey

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:13 am

  In a story on the Times of London's web site, Garmin manager Jonathan Vaughters said he doesn't think the 2010 Tour de France route suits Wiggins as well as the 2009 version and added, for reasons that escape me, “In 2009, the tactics ...

• BBCW: Lance Armstrong Serious About Tour de France Victory in 2010 ...

  Bungalow Bill

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:14 am

  He's driven to win the Tour De France again this year, and the message was clear in his Super Bowl commercial for Michelob Ultra. I am just not buying that he is enjoying Michelob Ultra after discovering Shiner Bock for myself. ...

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• Triple snap: Ciolek, Cozza, Arvesen break collarbones

  Ben Delaney

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:47 am

  In three days of racing in the winds at the Tour of Qatar, three men have broken their collarbones after crashing. • Tour of Qatar Galleries • Tour of Qatar Results • All Tour of Qatar Coverage Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Sky) broke his just one kilometer into stage 2, the first road stage of Qatar. And Garmin-Transitions Steven Cozza followed suit less than two hours later. On stage 3, German sprinter Gerald Ciolek (Milram) became the latest casualty on the broken clavicle list. “Gerald will be flown to Germany as quickly as possible,” said team director Ralf Grabsh. “The collarbone…

• BMC gets season underway in the desert

  Ben Delaney

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:12 am

  The beefed-up BMC squad began its racing season in earnest at the Tour of Qatar this week, with newcomers like former world champion Alessandro Ballan and U.S. national criterium champion John Murphy lining up alongside team veterans like American Jackson Stewart. Stewart rides by a scene you don't usually see in American racing. Their reactions to the aggressive racing and the windy conditions in the desert were mixed. “It’s crazy here; it’s a really unique race,” Stewart said. “We rode well in the TTT together, and I think we got a respectable time.” Ballan, who will be…

• VeloNews Magazine – March 2010

  VeloNews.com

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:48 am

  This season, an unprecedented number of American pro teams are tackling the world’s biggest races. VeloNews attended the training camps of RadioShack, HTC-Columbia, Garmin-Transitions and BMC. We bring you the inside scoop on these super-squads and others in the March issue. We also take a look at the varied career of the ever-popular Tim Johnson, who wore his recently earned national championship skinsuit to a 14th place finish at cyclocross worlds. Subscribe Now! March 2010 Cover ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 4

• Boonen snags stage win in Qatar

  Ben Delaney

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:11 am

  • Tour of Qatar Galleries • Tour of Qatar Results • All Tour of Qatar Coverage QuickStep’s Tom Boonen sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar on Tuesday, powering in ahead of Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) and Saxo Bank’s Baden Cooke at the end of a 136.5km stage from Dukham to Mesaieed. Boonen leads the charge. The stage win – along with a 10-second time bonus – moved the Belgian champion into third place in the overall standings. The two men who initiated a successful break on Monday – Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil) and Geert Steurs (Topsport…

• Freire holds off retirement to aim for fourth world title

  Andrew Hood

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:35 am

  Óscar Freire (Rabobank) was back in the winner’s circle Monday for the first time in nine months with victory in the second day of the Mallorca Challenge. That’s a long drought for the Spanish sprinter who has an uncanny knack of winning important races, but last year, Freire didn’t win a stage in any grand tour or classic and only notched two wins all season long. Back in good health after a troubled 2009 season, the oft-injured Freire said he has unfinished business, especially with the world championships. Already a winner of three rainbow jerseys, Freire wants to make history as…

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• Toyota announces worldwide recall

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:23 am

  Car giant Toyota has announced it will recall at least 436,000 hybrid cars worldwide including its latest Prius model.

• Airports get $200m security boost

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:04 am

  Travellers are facing full body scans, increased security and more expensive flights with the government announcing a $200 million plan to beef up airport defence against extremists.

• Sri Lankan opposition leader to face court

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:55 am

  The wife of Sri Lankan ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka has accused the government of abducting him and treating him "like an animal" following his dramatic arrest.

• Blair attacks hunt for Iraq war scandal

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:41 am

  Former British prime minister Tony Blair has lashed out at the hunt for a "scandal" and a "conspiracy" over his decision to back the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

• Pedometer urges Japanese to skip cabs

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:53 pm

  Looking for extra motivation to walk away the pounds? A Japanese company is selling a pedometer that calculates how much money you save on taxi fares by walking as well as the calories you burn.

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  Tour de France Lanterne Rouge

• 2010 Tour Down Under

  Nancy Toby

  24 Jan 2010 | 5:25 am

  Daniel Sesma, Spaniard on Euskaltel-Euskadi, was Lanterne Rouge at 42:47 back of 127 finishers. He was the final finisher of the Stage 6 Adelaide circuit, 12 min behind the rest. Dominik Roels, German on Team Milram, was the penultimate rider overall. Yauheni Hutarovich, FdJ rider and '09 Tour de France Lanterne Rouge, was 8th for Stage 6 and 106th overall.

• Interview with Van Hummel

  Nancy Toby

  11 Jan 2010 | 3:30 pm

  There's a great interview with former Tour de France Lanterne Rouge Kenny Van Hummel in Pez, along with some excellent photographs (though it doesn't sound like he particularly wishes to be remembered for being last in the general classification for a time). Cyclingnews readers rightly scored Van Hummel's incredibly tenacious battle for staying in the Tour de France last summer as the 8th Biggest Moment in Cycling News for 2009.

• Happy Birthday Wim

  Nancy Toby

  23 Dec 2009 | 3:23 pm

  Lovely tribute to 3-time Tour de France Lanterne Rouge Wim Vansevenant here.(A pleasant contrast to this ugly bit of snarkiness).

• Quote of the day

  Nancy Toby

  23 Dec 2009 | 9:54 am

  "... if I had to change one thing, it would be that the riders played a part in the decision-making. I wish they had some sort of position within the sport where their voice was truly heard. Right now, the riders are, more or less, pawns and told what to do. They need to stand up and have one united voice." -- Tyler Hamilton, December 2009 Pez Cycling News

• Greatest cyclist of all time?

  Nancy Toby

  21 Dec 2009 | 3:52 pm

  That argument has finally been settled once and for all, here. It's Eddy Mercx, btw, if you're too lazy to click through. That Lance guy is 8th.I mention it here, though, because the list very appropriately includes 3-time Tour de France Lanterne Rouge Wim Vansevenant.

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• Tour of Qatar latest (external)

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  The latest timings and standings from the Tour of Qatar race, featuring Team Sky.

• Sky's Arvesen breaks collarbone

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Team Sky rider Kurt-Asle Arvesen is out of the Tour of Qatar after breaking his collarbone.

• Qatar time-trial win for Team Sky

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:13 am

  Bradley Wiggins makes a stunning debut for Team Sky to help their eight-man squad win the opening team time trial at the Tour of Qatar.

• Cummings gets fourth for Team Sky

  31 Jan 2010 | 3:19 pm

  British cyclist Steve Cummings finishes an impressive fourth as Team Sky make their European debut in Marseille.

• Olympic cycle track 'ready first'

  28 Jan 2010 | 6:11 am

  The cycle track is on course to be the first London 2012 venue completed for the Olympic Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority says.

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  USA Cycling News Headlines

• DEVELOPMENT WRAP: Tamayo 6th in Qatar; U.S. podiums in Copenhagen

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:24 am

  It was quite a weekend for USA Cycling Development Program athletes with several strong performances on both the road and track. Lauren Tamayo rode to a sixth-place overall finish for the USA Cycling Women's National Team in the Ladies Tour of Qatar. In Denmark, two pairs of American juniors rode onto the podium in the Copenhagen Junior Three-Day. Jesse Marans and Colt Peterson grabbed silver while Matt Baranoski and Daniel Farinha rode to bronze.

• Deadline to register 2010-11 UCI track trade teams March 11

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:59 am

  Attention potential 2010-11 UCI registered track teams: The deadline to file all necessary paperwork to USA Cycling is Friday, March 11. This year, USA Cycling will oversee more aspects of the UCI registration process, similar to the registration of UCI continental road teams. The official deadline for USA Cycling to submit registration materials to the UCI is March 14. Therefore, USA Cycling needs to receive all of the necessary documentation by March 11.

• 2010 USA Cycling Pro Tour Calendar unveiled

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:38 am

  USA Cycling announced today the fourth edition of the USA Cycling Professional Tour, which is highlighted by an expanded calendar and two first-time UCI events. While Garmin-Transitionsandrsquo; Dave Zabriskie captured the individual title in 2009, the powerful Columbia-HTC team edged fellow U.S. based Pro Tour squad, Garmin for the team title. This year some of the world's top riders will prepare to compete in any number of the ten USA Cycling Pro Tour events in the U.S.

• 2010 USA Cycling Collegiate Road Season begins in Tucson

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:40 pm

  The 2010 USA Cycling Collegiate Road season kicked off last weekend in Tucson with the University of Arizona Criterium, the year's first collegiate cycling race. The season will begin in earnest across the country in the weeks that follow, but this early season start was a great preview of the excitement to come.

• In line with international direction, race radios banned in U.S.

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:08 pm

  In response to a request from the UCI that radios be banned in all national calendar races, the USCF Board of Trustees met and amended the rule regarding the use of race radios in all USA Cycling sanctioned road and track races. Radios will now be banned in all USA Cycling road and track races.

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• Sky Team wins team trial at Tour of Qatar (AP)

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen defied strong winds to take the yellow jersey on the opening day of the Tour of Qatar as his Sky Team won Sunday's 5.1-mile team time trial. American team Garmin-Transitions, which initially finished third, moved up to second after a rider with the Cervelo Test Team was found guilty of an illegal maneuver, the UCI said.

• Italian cycling coach Franco Ballerini dies (AP)

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am

  The Italian Cycling Federation says national team coach Franco Ballerini has died following a crash during an amateur rally race. The federation said on its Web site that the 45-year-old Ballerini was taking part as a navigator in a rally early Sunday when his car swerved off the road and crashed. Medical staff at the track spent 45 minutes trying to revive him before he was taken to a hospital and...

• Italy coach dies in rallying accident (Reuters)

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:34 am

  Italy cycling coach Franco Ballerini died on Sunday after an accident in a rally car, a hospital spokesperson said.

• Lance Armstrong to race in Criterium International (AP)

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:05 am

  Lance Armstrong will take on world road cycling champion Cadel Evans and Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sanchez in next month's Criterium International in Corsica. Armstrong's Team Radioshack, Evans' BMC Racing Team and Sanchez's Euskaltel-Euskadi are among the top Pro Tour teams scheduled to line up at the start in Porto Vecchio on March 27, race director Christian Prudhomme said...

• Cyclist Di Luca banned 2 years for doping (AP)

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:22 am

  Cyclist Danilo Di Luca was hit with the second doping suspension of his career Monday, a two-year ban for using a blood-boosting drug at last year's Giro d'Italia. The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping court imposed the ban after Di Luca tested positive for CERA following two stages of the 2009 race.

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• Sturmey & Archer shows 2 Speed kickback hub with coaster brake

  Marco

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:47 am

  On a Cycle-show 2009 S&A showed a 2 Speed kickback hub with a coaster brake like the DUOMATIC from Fichtel&Sachs. Details can be found on MOULTONBUZZ.com …. and road.cc

• 11 Speed Alfine hub from SHIMANO

  Marco

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:32 am

  Shimano announces a 11 gear hub. The range will be 409% (Alfine 8 gear 307%). The hub runs in a oil bath like the Rohloff Speddhub. This should result a higher efficiency and longer lifetime. The price will be 300,- Euro release data is September 2010. Details can be found here…. [...]

• Road STI Shifter for ALFINE and Nexus hubs

  Marco

  7 Oct 2009 | 11:38 am

  Finally a big gap for the use of internal geared hubs on road bicycles is closed. The first STI road shifter for the Shimano ALFINE and Nexus hubs is available The company who provides the lever is called Sussex Enterprises. More informations can be found here! Thanks Detlef for this valuable information! [...]

• DUOMATIC movie!

  Marco

  17 Sep 2009 | 1:32 pm

  A Klapprad named “Vaterland” with a Duomatic hub plays the main role in this short movie…

• John´s DUOMATIC Bicycle Project

  Marco

  7 Sep 2009 | 6:21 am

  I received pictures about another DUOMATIC bicycle Project.  Quite often it´s necessary to space the internal gear hubs to fit them perfect in the dropout width of  the frame. Here is a picture of John´s solution: “Attached is a photo of a washer/spacer I made for my duomatic R2110. It is made of soft [...]

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• Tour of Qatar Diary – Stage 1- Welcome to the ProTour Kid! By Justin Williams, Trek-LIVESTRONG U23 Team

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:37 pm

  Welcome to the ProTour kid! "You've only got about 15 more years of this left in you career," said Reed our swanny (Soigneur). Wow, today started off slower than a Sunday Cruise...

• 2010 Amgen Tour of California Stages to be Announced Online by Video

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:42 pm

  Specific route details for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling race will be revealed beginning tomorrow via individual stage videos, AEG, presenter of the fifth-annual event, announced today.

• Tour of Qatar Diary – The Team Time Trial By Justin Williams, Trek-LIVESTRONG U23 Team

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:56 pm

  The day before the first stage of the Tour of Qatar, things started to get a little tense on the team. After a few TTT (Team Time Trial) efforts it was clear that we needed a little more practice. I hadn't been feeling good, so I'd pulled off a little early and watched the guys kill it

• Quote of the Day

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:05 am

  In an interview about Bradley Wiggins, Jonathan Vaughters said... in which Lance Armstrong replied...

• H2O Overdrive Triple Crown Opener Drawing World Class Racers

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:50 am

  The 2010 H2O Overdrive Triple Crown presented by Specialized is on the radar of some of the World’s top Mountain Bike talent, according to US Cup management.

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• Boa cable system exclusive to Lake and Specialized shoes

  Lacing system eliminates pressure points and 'hot spots'

• Halfords' employee hits back

  "30 of us have to re-apply for 17 roles," source tells BikeBiz

• MPs cycling to the moon?

  The Sun reveals Members of Parliament are off to meet ET...

• Halfords confirms changes to store staff structure

  Retail giant speaks out following redundancy rumours

• Hotlines signs up WTB

  Brand's performance products now exclusive to distributor in UK and Ireland

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  Bike World News

• Show your Electra love with new iPhone App

  Al Fresco

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Electra Bicycle Company's free iPhone app is now available for download. For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com

• Gore Bike Wear’s Women’s Xenon Sonic Bibshorts – Unzipped!

  Gina McCafferty

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:58 pm

  I was excited to try Gore Bike Wear’s Xenon Sonic women's specific bibs. At first glance, because they are so sleek and attractive looking, one might think they were made for posing in a Madonna... For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com

• All of your cycling news: February 8, 2010

  Al Fresco

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:50 am

  In today's cycling news, speculations about Eddy Merckx and cancer, cycling mourns to loss of Franco Ballerini, news updates and results from Mallorca: For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com

• Emotional win for Steurs at Qatar’s 2nd stage

  Al Fresco

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:07 am

  A year after the sad death of Frederik Nolf during the 2009 Tour of Qatar, his Topsport Vlaanderen former team mate Geert Steurs claimed victory on stage 2 of the race. After breaking away after only... For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com

• Samuel Dumoulin takes overall at Etoile de Besseges

  Al Fresco

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:48 pm

  Belgian Niko Eeckhout (An Post) won the fifth and final stage of the Etoile de Besseges, but it was Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) who won the overall. For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com

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• Irish Press Releases » International Cycling Event Launched In Ireland

  Administrator

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am

  The sponsorship supports Sky's aim to encourage one million more people of all ages and abilities to get cycling by 2013. Sky Ride consists of a range of initiatives to get people back on their bikes, with activities like mass city ...

• Italian Cycling Journal: Passo Sella in Graham Watson's ...

  Angelo senza la o

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:53 am

  "For the first time in his 27-year career, premier cycling photographer Graham Watson shares his unprecedented collection of landscapes from around the globe in Landscapes of Cycling. Combining Watson's passionate coverage of ...

• Fiat Signs 3-Year Deal with British Cycling - autoevolution

  autoevolution

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:36 am

  Fiat Signs 3-Year Deal with British Cycling - Your auto encyclopedia.

• Stabroek News - Digicel/Cell Smart AIDS awareness cycling meet set ...

  Stabroek staff

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:13 am

  Digicel/Cell Smart yesterday announced their alliance with the Kaieteur Cycling Club and the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) to stage a 20-lap race in the National Park on Sunday, February 14. The race, the two companies said ...

• They drive among us: More insights on cycling from the gasoline ...

  bikinginla

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:32 pm

  A perspective that fails to consider that the overwhelming majority of adult cyclists have a driver's license, and have passed the exact same test as their accusers. Or do they honestly think that no one on a bike has any other ...

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• Pro Shop – A New Season Ahead!

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:54 pm

  Message by Bruce HendlerIt's time to bring back a Pro-shop edition with two new guest professionals; Rubens Bertoliati (Androni-Diquigiovanni) and Vladamir Efimkin (AG2R.) I had the pleasure of working and riding with them this past couple months and was able to have some good discussions about their training and racing. Rubens is the current national Swiss time trial champion and has worn the yellow jersey in the 2002 Tour de France. Vlad has finished 11th in the Tour and won stage 9 in 2008. He won the Tour of Portugal in 2005, and has numerous professional accomplishments. Both are looking…

• EuroTrash Monday!

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am

  Message by Jered GruberUpdated! Hallelujah, they're racing in Qatar, and I just got back from celebrating with every other New Orleanian on Bourbon Street. There's news to report though, work to be done. I'll put the celebrations aside for just a moment to take a closer look at the news that's keeping the bike world ticking as we start the second week of February. Keep checking back for much more.

• Rest In Peace: Franco Ballerini

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:07 pm

  Message by Matt ConnIt was a dark Sunday morning in Italy when the news services announced that Franco Ballerini, ex-professional, former dual Paris-Roubaix winner and current Italian national coach, had died as result of injuries sustained in a rally accident. Matt Conn offers his words in condolence for the great loss.

• Copenhagen Six: The View From Inside

  7 Feb 2010 | 1:53 am

  Message by Edmond HoodThe maracas shake, 'Cara mia, mine !' blasts from the PA. Bang! The little cannon fires and the hall fills with smoke. Yes, this is the right place, the Ballerup Super Arena, I heave Franco forward as the opening one hour chase gets the last six day of the 2009/10 season under way. Once again, Ed Hood is on the scene, working hard, and doing his best to take us inside that one of a kind world known as a Six Day.

• Best Of PEZ '09: Take Me Home, Country Roads

  7 Feb 2010 | 1:49 am

  Message by Jered GruberWhen the K-Mart Classic of West Virginia stormed through the state in the mid-90s, it opened awareness as to just how great the bike riding is in this once hidden jewel. I've ridden all over the US and Europe at this point, but in my experience, some of the best riding in the world can be found in the hills and hollers near Spencer, West Virginia.

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• Are you guilty of racing other cyclists?

  Andreas

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:23 am

  Last week I was having an incredibly fun cycle home. I don’t know why I was enjoying it so much, perhaps because it was towards the end of a successful day and I was making up my route home on the go. As I’m waiting at a one of the many sets of London traffic lights a fellow cyclist rolls up on a road bike and they cautiously go through the red light. For some reason something ticked in my head and as far as I was concerned the race was on. As soon as the light turned green I was racing after the unsuspecting cyclist who was travelling at a decent speed. I caught up and overtook only to…

• Bike computer guide

  Andreas

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:30 am

  Bike computers add an interesting extra dimension to cycling. In their simplest form they tell you your speed and the distance you have travelled. The more complicated ones will give you much more information such as your pedal revolutions. They can be useful for improving performance or simply for curiosity sake to see how many miles you have covered this week or whether one route is shorter than another. Plus it’s a lot of fun to keep beating your highest speed! As with all our other guides I’ll take you through what things to look for in a good bike computer and then I’ll pick out…

• Defeet Dura Cycling Glove review

  Andreas

  3 Feb 2010 | 3:03 am

    I never thought I would be one of those people who can never seem to keep warm. My body’s heating system is the equivalent of trying to heat a room by putting a block of ice in there. I don’t know if you’ve tried doing that but trust me it doesn’t work.  At the height of my loosing battle against the cold was my gloves. The fingerless gloves were certainly not going to cut it and my normal gloves whilst warm didn’t have enough grip for cycling. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying out the DeFeet Dura glove. They have received positive reviews on Wiggle and are…

• My Rollapaluza time

  Andreas

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:08 am

  A few nights ago in the depths of a London student union where beer is actually a good price but tastes like 3 years of un-cleaned pumps cyclists were putting their abilities to the test. The event is called Rollapaluza and I was invited along to take a look. The premise is simple. You have two fixed gear bikes with the back wheels resting on a roller. Two fools willing participants then race each other to 500 metres. When I was talking to the organisers I guessed how long it would take to get there. One minute, maybe two? The top guys can do it in under 21 seconds reaching speeds of around…

• Best of the web – January

  Andreas

  29 Jan 2010 | 3:30 am

  Best of the web is a London Cyclist monthly series that highlights the best cycling content from around the web. We go out there and find all of the best bits so you don’t have to! This month saw the launch of the London Cyclist Blog Newsletter. Some described the event as more emotional than the last ever episode of Friends. Okay, nobody described it as that but there was definitely some emotion there. There was also the launch of the Bicycle Maintenance Made Ridiculously Easy eBook. The eBook signalled the end of confusion about how to maintain a bike. A couple of people even asked me how…

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  Grit & Glimmer

• What’s Your Favorite Cycling Fuel?

  snarkypants

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:27 am

  Yes, I call it fuel. You can call them Scooby Snacks or Tasty Bits or whatever you like. Because I like to think of myself as a Mack Truck, I choose to use the word fuel. The Amazing Energy Bars have gotten me thinking. Dan makes these bars because he likes “real food” while he’s riding, which is a noble pursuit. Last Saturday on our way back from Colossal Cave Mountain Park we stopped at a Farmer’s Market and bought some homemade bars that feature chia seeds (which you might recall I’m recently obsessed with). The chia bars, called Mia Chia, taste delicious, but…

• Grand Opening! Grit and Glimmer Goes Shopping

  snarkypants

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:46 am

  For a few years now, I’ve been telling you about stuff I like: recipes, breakfast cereal, restaurants, kick-ass nutrition resources, cycling gear, and everything in between. I do this because I love finding rad stuff. The world is full of so much crap – I get really excited when I find something that truly shines.  And it gives me the warm fuzzies to be able to share all the shiny stuff. So, how stoked was I when Open Sky contact me last fall and asked if I wanted to open an online store featuring all of the shiny, fantastic shit that I love to tell you about anyway? Seriously…

• Monday Morning Magic: The Owl Diaries

  snarkypants

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:13 am

  More from Mr. Hoo Hoo and his buddies: Big Big Moon, Shaggy Palm Tree, and Moody Clouds. This doesn’t really look safe. This is the Big Owl (there are two). On this evening about 10 days ago I chased him back and forth across the property as he flew from one tree to another in an attempt to avoid me. Who knew owl hate could run so deep? Tucson has cornered the market on Moody Skies. A rare shot of both owls. Big Owl is flying in an attempt to ditch me. Small Owl watched from the high wire. And then there was last night… Dan’s Aunt Marty says, “When the mountains are…

• Eight Years Ago Today I was a Self Defense Instructor

  snarkypants

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:31 am

  Eight years ago today I was a self defense instructor, waking up after a long workshop throwing punches. I headed to my “day job” at an ad agency. I wrote things that were too dramatic, but still important. I read this stuff and cringe. But it’s important as a marker.  I was a self-defense instructor and I taught teenage girls to throw punches. That memory is fond. Feb 03, 2003. I woke up this morning and cracked like an old woman.  Sinking back into bed I thought of how perverse I must be to like this pain.  This aching.  A shoulder that rotates too slowly, a back that…

• Haiti Still Needs Our Help

  snarkypants

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:04 am

  I’ve stayed quiet about political and global issues on this blog in the past, choosing instead to keep the focus narrow and singular – a square look at our place in the world as bodies/athletes that move and what that means. But the transition from the name “the Everyday Athlete Blog”  to “Grit and Glimmer” mirrors a personal transition. I am not a Cyclist alone – and neither are you. Neither am I only a Writer, a Photographer, a Daughter, a Runner, a Nutrition-Nerd, or an Armchair Cook. We’re people in the world. And there is a lot of shit…

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  Bike Snob NYC

• Posable Figures: Playing With Yourself

  BikeSnobNYC

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:40 am

  Not too long ago, I received an email with the subject line "famous pie plate." Naturally, I opened it immediately--even though there was another email right next to it notifying me that I had just won the Irish lottery. (Yes, I take pie plates that seriously.) The sender was a bicycle shop mechanic, and awhile back he removed a pie plate from a customer's Trek. That customer, he assured me, was actor Jake Gyllenhaal, seen here swaddled in Raphinery and "palping" the offending plat de pâté en croûte:According to the mechanic, he had been treating the pie plate as a sort of talisman, but…

• BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!

  BikeSnobNYC

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:37 am

  In all the discussion of "Empire," it is worth noting that there are other cyclists making films of themselves engaging in death-defying urban riding as well. Moreover, they are doing so on bicycles that coast and have front and rear suspension. Here is one such video entitled "my bad azz street/trail mtn bicycle i built (all carbon/ti):"my bad azz street/trail mtn bicycle i built (all carbon/ti) @ Yahoo! VideoThis video was forwarded to me by a reader who also happens to be a dentist but claims not to own a Serotta (yeah, right) and I was immediately riveted. First of all, unlike most fixed…

• Soft Options: Day-Tripping to Danger

  BikeSnobNYC

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:37 am

  Yesterday evening, I was riding an a leisurely pace along one of the city's new margarita-green bike lanes when I encountered a silver Range Rover idling squarely in my path. Rolling up next to it, I peered inside and saw that the driver was a woman in late middle age. She had the appearance of someone who is financially well-off, and she was deeply engrossed in a conversation on her cellphone.In a city as busy and crowded as New York, it is inevitable that people occasionally commandeer a bit of space that technically does not belong to them. We all do it. If you have a stoop, someone's…

• Enhanced Performance: Oiling the Squeaky Wheel

  BikeSnobNYC

  3 Feb 2010 | 5:19 am

  Firstly, regarding The Great Meh BSNYC Free Scat Contest!, I'm pleased to announce that my "curatorial" responsibilities are officially over, for I have now chosen a winner, and communicated with that winner, and communicated with Performance, and given Performance the winner's email address, which means that they can now communicate with each other and I don't have be bothered by either of them ever again. Indeed, choosing the winner was one of the hardest things I've ever done, and I've competed in the Singlespeed World Championships and been to Banff, Canada, so that's saying a lot.

• Spoils of Victory: Jousting with Legitimacy

  BikeSnobNYC

  2 Feb 2010 | 5:33 am

  While I'm not ready to make a formal announcement, I may have a winner for The Great Meh BSNYC Free Scat Contest!, and should be able to confirm this in the next day or so. Obviously, when you're giving away a prize as substantial as a Scattante, you can't just hand it over--you have to draft a lengthy press release, subject the bicycle to rigorous fatigue testing, and file reams of paperwork with the IRS. In the meantime though, as an amateur contest "curator," I've taken an increased interest in how the "pros" do it, so I was interested to learn that Ridley is giving away a bike to the…

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  Trek Bikes - Trek Life - News

• Trek Announces Title Sponsorship of 2010 Dirt Series

  31 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm

  (Madison, WI) — Trek Bicycle, North America’s largest domestic manufacturer of bicycles, announced its title sponsorship of the 2010 Trek Dirt Series mountain bike skills program today. Designed to help riders of all experience levels, particularly women, take their cross country, downhill a ...

• Trek and K•Swiss Sponsor New Triathlon Team in 2010

  25 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm

  (Madison, WI) (Westlake Village, CA)—Iconic footwear and sportswear brand K•Swiss and Trek Bicycle, the world leader in bicycle technology and innovation, are proud to announce the formation of the 2010 Trek/K•Swiss Triathlon Team. The joint venture between Trek and K•Swiss will be seen ...

• Rising XC Star Emily Batty Joins Trek World Racing

  21 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm

  23 Degrees Sports Management is thrilled to announce today that the Canadian rising star of Women's XC racing will be joining its global world cup race program, Trek World Racing. Emily, who has been racing for the past two seasons for Trek Store Toronto has been impressing many talent scouts wi ...

• Junior Downhill Sensation Neko Mulally To Join Trek World Racing Team

  11 Dec 2009 | 4:00 pm

  Trek World Racing confirmed today that young American star Neko Mulally from Pennsylvania will be joining the team for a full World Cup program, as well as other key events throughout 2010. Neko will be joining gravity team mates Tracy Moseley (GBR), Justin Leov (NZL) and Andrew Neethling (RSA) ...

• Trek Announces Sponsorship of RadioShack Pro Cycling Team

  11 Dec 2009 | 4:00 pm

  (Waterloo, WI) — Trek Bicycle confirmed today that it will be the official bike sponsor of the 2010 RadioShack Pro Cycling Team, continuing its relationship with Team Director Johan Bruyneel, 7-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, and 11 other notable riders of the 2009 Astana Team. ...

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• Saving the best for last

  TT specialist

  24 Jan 2010 | 2:41 pm

  It's been a pretty low-key race for Jamis Sutter Home down here in Argentina, we've been trying to lay the foundation for a great season and not over-extend ourselves so early.  However, the last day we had a mission: animate the race and mix things up from KM 0. And mix it up we did!!!  Wow, I felt really good today.  We were supposed to make the break, Seba said we *have to*, and I was in the

• Almost done with TdSL

  TT specialist

  24 Jan 2010 | 7:38 am

  Hanging out with the team on top of Merlo after TdSL Stage 6 - thanks for the pic, Andy! Tour de San Luis, Stage 5 description: Thankfully the time cut is HUGE!  So I had flatted twice before the final climb ever came, but no biggie, just fronts and grabbed bottles and no sweat.  Then the climb started and it was freaking insane, like a barely-there amalgamation of weather-beaten concrete

• Tour de San Luis pre-race photos!

  TT specialist

  18 Jan 2010 | 5:43 am

  Check more out here.

• Early Christmas on Jamis Sutter Home!

  TT specialist

  10 Jan 2010 | 4:29 pm

• Figured I'd start the new year with a new bike!

  TT specialist

  6 Jan 2010 | 6:24 pm

  Leaving for Argentina in 6 days, she'll be getting ridden a lot!

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  Big Wheel Building

• Splorin' and campin'.

  MC

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am

  Last summer I visited a new-to-me place in Arizona: The Kaibab Plateau. It's off the beaten path no matter where you're from, which mostly explains why I've lived nearby for almost 20 years but only recently set foot there. Somewhere near North Timp Point on that first trip I spied a snowmobile route sign, and that got me thinkering. Those thoughts ballooned through the fall and ultimately led to my inviting Scott Morris and Brian Blair to join in some wintertime 'splorin' and campin'.We three met at Jacob Lake Inn and proceeded to disgorge heaps and piles of bike-geek-gear into their parking…

• Molehills.

  MC

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:39 am

  Some (barely!) moving pixels from the last trip Skippy and I took down to SW Utah.The trail is Guacamole, located near Rockville. Zion NP wraps wide-screen around you as you ride. We knew the trail was short so we spent lots of time 'sessioning' some freshly imagineered moves throughout the day.We're both riding 6" travel LenzSport LunchBoxes. Skippy has a fondness for Bontrager FR-3 tires while you'll have to pry the WTB Dissents from my cold, dead fingers.All pixels captured with a Canon SX200IS. No doubt you'll notice that the lens is badly scratched. When *I* finally noticed this I…

• Out with it.

  MC

  22 Jan 2010 | 12:06 am

  There is the view that we live in difficult times.Looking around my life, I cannot imagine how it could be much less difficult.I work, yes. Often more than what could be considered a 'healthy' amount. I make choices, sacrifices. Just like you.But despite that, or, perhaps, because of it, I find my life overflowing with richness. Family. Friends. Time spent outside, admiring, striving to understand, interacting with the world we are all a part of.What am I getting at?I have no real idea. I am just so full of life right now I can't help but to share some of it. Bursting forth, spilling over the…

• Goose ain't cooked.

  MC

  18 Jan 2010 | 6:18 am

  Worth mentioning at the outset here: all of the pics we took on this day show a warm, dry, fun experience. Not so! We simply kept the cameras holstered as we slogged through any kind of goop. And ultimately we cut the day waaaaay short because as it warmed up there was far more goop than any responsible rider would be caught dead in.After the previous day's airtime, Skippy had no need to open his eyes for moves like this.Hard to see from this angle, but this may well be one of the few drops-to-tranny anywhere out on the mesa. Smooth landing.A common theme for me, riding-in-the-moment out…

• Golden.

  MC

  16 Jan 2010 | 8:59 pm

  Mid-winter meltdown......as seen locally on a balmy afternoon.Truly enjoying the process of un/re-learning how to look at the world. Seeing it for the first time, if you know what I mean.Hope that your current obsessions are all-encompassing, intensely frustrating, and occasionally gratifying.MC

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  fixedgear

• Why we still use IE6 where I work, despite our constant talk about security

  Pete LaVerghetta

  25 Jan 2010 | 5:08 pm

  Here is what they told me at work when I asked about IE6:"Internet Explorer (IE) has remained at version 6 while a conflict with the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) program was being worked. Because of this conflict, the (IT dept) did not deploy a newer version of IE. The CRM program was recently upgraded, and IT is testing to make sure that any such conflicts have been removed.Once we confirm this, IT will move forward with a site deployment of anewer version of IE. All users will be alerted when this deployment is scheduled."Because some shit software that we bought and never fully…

• Bosch Appliances suck - save your money

  Pete LaVerghetta

  22 Jan 2010 | 12:56 pm

  Do yourself a favor and don't buy a Bosch appliance. Bosch range, gas cooktop over electric oven, model HDS255U, $1,899.00 purchased 5/1/05. The worst piece of shit ever. Purchased from Gerhard's in Glenside, it was supposed to be one of those small appliance dealers that takes care of their customers. Their service was pretty bad. We started with them, about a year and a half after purchase. No help, out of warranty. We replaced the hinges at our expense. That made it a little better, but didn't really fix the problem. Another year or so went by. Ceil is still upset. I called the…

• Share The Damn Road - Cycling Jerseys that Make a Statement

  Pete LaVerghetta

  12 Jan 2010 | 3:42 pm

  Share The Damn Road | Cycling Jerseys that Make a Statement | Road Cycling JerseysI'm killing them with kindness lately, but this might work for you. I'm thinking that 'Don't Honk At Me' would encourage absolutely everyone to honk.

• SURPLACE Fantastic Fixed Gear Calculator

  Pete LaVerghetta

  6 Jan 2010 | 7:37 pm

  SURPLACE Fantastic Fixed Gear Calculator

• Flyers fans working in tandem to reach Fenway

  Pete LaVerghetta

  29 Dec 2009 | 5:26 pm

  Flyers fans working in tandem to reach Fenway.. Two Flyers fans, neither of whom are cyclists, ride from Philly to Boston. Day one, Philly to Staten Island, 80 miles.

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  Cycling Training Tips

• 8 Reasons Why Cancellara is the Fastest Time Trialist in the World

  Jesper Bondo Medhus

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:03 pm

  Image by Luca Pedroni An individual time trial is a straight-forward discipline that is used as introduction to cycling races in many countries. After a short introduction to the simple rules beginners are able to ride a fair time trial. Nevertheless, time trials are difficult to master and even professionals can improve their time trialing significantly. It’s hard to understand that one rider is much better at the major events like the prologues of the Tour de France and World Championships than his opponents. How can we explain the superiority of Fabian Cancellara? 1. Optimal Anatomy.

• Are Recovery Rides just as Important as Regular Training?

  Jesper Bondo Medhus

  28 Jan 2010 | 12:03 pm

  Many riders spend too much time on recovery training because they keep telling themselves (and everyone else) how important their recovery training is. They believe that recovery rides are just as important as regular training. I don’t agree. These riders are not aware of the difference between recovery rides and simply just recovery. Recovery rides are not as important as regular training. Recovery rides don’t improve your endurance significantly and they only slightly accelerate the recovery process. Regular training has a much higher, positive impact on your cycling…

• Spinning – Is it for real cyclists?

  Jesper Bondo Medhus

  22 Jan 2010 | 3:15 am

  It’s an interesting question because of spinning’s popularity and the fact that many serious riders enter spinning classes frequently in the winter season. I believe most people can benefit from spinning classes. Spinning bikes are different to ride than regular road cycling bikes, but the physiological adaptations are so close to adaptations from road cycling. Thus it’s almost certain you will improve your cycling performance when you enter a spinning class. Though I have to say that it’s impossible to compare 1hr spinning with 1hr road cycling. There are many…

• How to Make a Quick Warm-Up before Interval Training

  Jesper Bondo Medhus

  11 Jan 2010 | 1:17 pm

  It has long been known that warm-up before physical exercise can improve your performance significantly. In many of my training programs, I actually recommend you to perform an incremental warm-up before interval training really starts. Physiological benefits of warm-up Metabolic processes are temperature-dependent, thus many enzymes perform better at higher temperatures. Oxygen transport from blood to tissue is more rapid. Faster transmissions of nerve impulses. Bottom line is that your body is better prepared for severe exercise after doing a proper warm-up. In my opinion it’s an easy…

• Happy New Year 2010!

  Jesper Bondo Medhus

  8 Jan 2010 | 1:48 pm

  2009 was a fantastic year for me: April 30th Anna and I had our second child, a boy named Vitus. August 15th we got married. These two amazing events will probably be among the biggest events in my entire life. Nothing can be compared to these lovely memories. What happened in 2009 Training4cyclists.com grew into a readership of more than 1200 RSS/E-mail subscribers and the blog was visited by more than 300.000 unique visitors and more than 1.000.000 page views. These numbers show me that I’m doing something right, but the e-mails I receive in my in-box convince me even more that this…

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  the Practical Pedal

• Blue

  admin

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:17 pm

  Posted via email from practicalpedal’s posterous

• Engine Is Mounted

  admin

  31 Jan 2010 | 10:31 am

  The engine is fully mounted. The front mounting struts are adjustable in length and serve to set the primary-drive chain tension. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from practicalpedal’s posterous

• Engine Mount

  admin

  28 Jan 2010 | 9:29 am

  I got the engine mount all brazed up. Very stiff, torsionally and otherwise. Even without the front mounts in, the gearbox doesn’t move. Posted via email from practicalpedal’s posterous

• Primary Drive

  admin

  23 Jan 2010 | 3:50 pm

  Here are some shots of the transmission and primary drive chain. Those pieces of angle iron and the clamps are just a temporary structure while I braze in the actual mounts. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from practicalpedal’s posterous

• Gearbox Mounts

  admin

  21 Jan 2010 | 8:57 am

  This is a close-up shot of the gearbox mounting tabs and associated attachment tubes. It’s definitely a tricky bracket. Posted via email from practicalpedal’s posterous

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  BicycleSpokesman.com

• Bike Lanes From Around the World

  spokesman

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:01 pm

   The Huffington Post recently published a slide show featuring bike lanes from around the world.   Although the slide show did feature one fictitious bike lane, the real ones illustrate how bike lanes can be integrated into cities and make bike commuting much safer and easier.   The slide show gave me some potential ideas from my neighborhood.  In the Washington DC area, many of the suburban metro stations are surrounded by large roads.  During the morning rush hour, these roads are busy and are dangerous for cyclists.  The result is that the garages are filled with cars that are…

• Cyclists and Body Mass Index

  spokesman

  31 Jan 2010 | 8:18 pm

  Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height.   It provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. Nationally, almost a third of American adults are obese and nearly two-thirds are either obese or overweight under the BMI criteria.  However a key drawback of the BMI is that people who are lean but well muscled (like many athletes) can have the same BMI as somebody who carries too much fat.  Below are some professional cyclists with their height and weight…

• Chelsea Clinton Is Spinning For Haiti

  spokesman

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:15 am

  This past week, Chelsea Clinton led a spinning class to raise money for Haiti.    While it is a well intentioned effort, I think it is stupid.   If you want to give money, just give money.  Don’t think that if you do some pseudo-suffering in a 90 minute spin class, you are somehow suffering along with the true victims.  Chelsea is not even leading the class alone - she is co-leading it (and not with one of the Bush kids) It is $1000 for a front row bicycle, $500 for the second row and $100 for any other bike (however the press release didn’t say you couldn’t move your…

• Cyclists Are Tougher Than Football Players

  spokesman

  18 Jan 2010 | 8:37 pm

  This past weekend, the Minnesota Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 34-3 in a playoff game.  After the game, Dallas Cowboy linebacker Keith Brooking complained that Minnesota had run up the score.  Brooking said “I thought it was totally classless and disrespectful.  This is the NFL, that’s not what this is about.  I don’t think there’s a place for that..”. Hey Brooking - you’re a wimp.  You’re paid to stop them from scoring.  If you can’t do it, get out of the league.  In the Tour De France, there is a time cut-off each day.

• 2010 Mileage Log

  spokesman

  2 Jan 2010 | 7:43 am

  I have used a custom excel spreadsheet to track my mileage for the past several years.  The 2010 version can be found on the Potomac Pedalers Bike Club website.  It is a great spreadsheet organized around a calendar.  It provides weekly and monthly subtotals.  Thanks to Mark for going to the trouble to develop it.  If you like this post then please consider subscribing to my full feed RSS . You can also subscribe by Email and have new posts sent directly to your inbox.

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  Bike Lane Diary

• The Driver is always at fault

  Tino

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:54 am

  In the Netherlands, the driver is pretty much considered always at fault in bike - car collision. Here is why. In Toronto, it's so much easier just to blame the victim.

• UPS by Bike

  Tino

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:53 am

• Beatles On Bike

  Tino

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:16 pm

• Bicycle Tour Puzzle improved.

  Darren

  6 Feb 2010 | 5:34 pm

  Staff at the BLD had a little laugh at Tino's expense today. Tino posted an antique bicycle map that encouraged cyclists to visit each town on the map as they rode. It seems that Tino missed the modern version of the puzzle that sends cyclists all over the place just to get from point A to point B. The map is readily available in most bike shops across Toronto. As I write this I can even spy one

• Bike Dancing (Quicksilver)

  Tino

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:51 pm

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  Bullwhip

• FALCON RESTORED! and, PAINT!

  admin

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:22 pm

  There’s been a lot of painting going on as I prepare for Benno’s Randonneur; first off was this Falcon restoration for our friend John. Looks better than new:     I also repainted Scott’s IF, adding a brace for the disc brake mount, and an ISCG mount:   And tons of paint for Hollands and Gaulzetti – more soon, including new fork blade bender! Also, at long last I added photos of the finished trailer class trailers – check those out here.

• NOTHING IS SACRED; WE FIX BROKE BIKES!

  admin

  3 Dec 2009 | 5:25 am

  It’s been – how to put it? – an interesting couple of months for me. Most of the stress, drama, intrigue, hassle and tears have had to do with my restoring an old house, not an old bike; but that’s a story for another day, and in among the horsehair plaster and knob and tube wiring I saw some lovely beaten down bikes as well. But first – Ron B and his singing 8 speed! This has been a long time coming, and it’s great to see it on the road. Just one shifter and one derailleur, 8 speeds, no waiting! Richard Sachs lugs, canti brakes – but the paint.

• COUPLER-RAMA!

  admin

  13 Oct 2009 | 5:52 am

  It’s been a while, so much has been happening that I haven’t had a hot second to stop and write about it, but here goes! First off is KC’s coupled single-speed that shipped to Singapore last week! Take that, trade deficit! You’ll also note the Paul’s dropouts with built-in chain tensioners, and the stainless steel down tube protector.       I also added couplers to Terry’s Centurion, and painted a raft of forks for Team Geekhouse:    We were also pleased to have a birthday ride with ANT’s Mike Flanigan, and saddened to…

• MO & JASCHA

  admin

  17 Aug 2009 | 6:05 am

  So two bikes went out last week after waiting on some parts: Mo’s road bike, built with Columbus Spirit For Lugs tubing, with Richard Sachs lugs, fork crown and BB shell; and Jascha’s single speed disc-brake commuter, complete with stainless steel fenders and sliding dropouts. Let’s look at Mo’s first.              Here are some shots of Mo’s in progress, including the internal cable routing. We use a brass tube to run the housing through, which insures that no water will make it into the top tube.    …

• JEN’S TOURER, JASCHA’S SINGLE SPEED

  admin

  16 Jul 2009 | 9:30 am

  So Jen’s 26″ world-tourer just went out; she’s building it up in Milwaukee and striking out to the west. It was an interesting and novel paint job, so that means – you guessed it – it’s time for another ANATOMY OF A PAINT JOB! This is the original mockup she sent me: And here’s how I got started; first I sprayed the entire bike white, and then I started masking off where I would be shooting red, using a combination of Fine-Line tape for the points and circles cut by the vinyl cutter for curves:    Once the shapes were outlined, I have to…

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  Jim Langley's Bicycle Beat

• Cars Videos Part 2

  29 Jan 2010 | 5:30 pm

  Now, here's another old video. But this one is real footage, 7-minutes of traffic in San Francisco in 1906 a few days before the earthquake. What's cool here is how cyclists, cars, public transportation, horses and pedestrians all share busy Market Street equally. What makes this work is that they're all traveling at about the same speed - a nice example of how lowering speed limits on busy streets and roads makes them much safer and more pleasant to use for everyone.

• Cars Can Turn Good People Bad

  29 Jan 2010 | 11:08 am

  While it might be 60 years old, this Disney cartoon is still a fitting commentary on how getting behind a steering wheel changes some people. Pretty funny too.

• Q&A: What's That Clicking Noise? and more

  21 Jan 2010 | 7:45 am

  Tech Q & A: What's That Clicking Noise? Spokes, Shifters and TricyclesQ: Jim -I have a Diamondback Deluxe bicycle and as it rolls it goes click, click, click, click. It has 21 speeds and has Shimano components. If you pedal it does not click. As soon as you stop pedaling and coast, it clicks. If you pedal backwards the amount of clicking increases. If you go faster it clicks faster too. I assume it has something to do with the gears? Is there any way to stop it from doing this? Thanks,TimA: Great question, Tim, and you're not the first to ask me how to stop this noise. To help explain,…

• Q&A: Old Pedals, What's Upright, Chaindrag, Holy Bars, The Deal On Steel

  2 Jan 2010 | 7:18 am

  Q: Hi Jim!I was directed to your website by someone who works in my local bike shop. I recently purchased a pair of 1970's vintage Lambert pedals in gold. I was planning on using them on a kind of retro mountain bike commuter build-up. I am using brand-new 2010 Race Face cranks. I bought pedals online, and I was told by the seller that they were 9/16-inch, which is standard mountain bike size. They indeed look to be 9/16, but will not thread into the cranks or into several other older mountain bike cranks I have tried them in.The threads look to be the same pitch (I think this is the correct…

• Jim's Awesome Last Minute Cycling Gift Guide

  17 Dec 2009 | 6:01 am

  Jim's Awesome Last Minute Cycling Gift GuideBy Jim LangleyYou're lucky to be a cyclist when it's gift-giving time because it's easy for your friends and family to find goodies you'll love. To help, here are some ideas sure to please any bicycle nut. These are year-round cycling gifts, so don't feel obligated to use them all up for the holidays. Also, you'll find some of these items and a lot more ideas at your local bike shop. They typically offer gift certificates too so your favorite sprockethead can choose their own cycling toys. You might also gift them a coupon for a tune-up or bike fit…

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  Citizen Rider

• Starts and restarts

  cafiend

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:46 am

  My wife's mother died at the end of January. That makes any whinge about lack of riding or skiing opportunities seem unforgivably trivial unless you consider the anti-depressant effects of exercise and the value of positive routines to help overcome the considerable stress of unhappy events.Indeed, my wife resumed her trainer rides when we returned from the funeral trip. I was the laggard, already in a slump with the destruction of cross-country ski conditions after heavy rain took out most of the trail system a few weeks ago. And I got a headcold on the airplane trip. So the ride I took…

• Partly Cloudy with a Flurry... Of BIKES

  cafiend

  27 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pm

  A warm wet day followed by a warm sunny day destroyed most of the cross-country skiing on Monday and Tuesday. The weather hasn't really cooled much today, either.On this sunny morning I arrived at work to find a mountain bike hanging in the work stand. A note on another repair ticket informed me that the owner of that bike had moved his deadline closer, so it was now urgent as well.As I planned my morning, in walked a teenage lad inexplicably at large from any of the local educational institutions."Can you put a chain on my mountain bike?" he asked. When someone of that age asks that question…

• A Brave and Willing Advocate

  cafiend

  25 Jan 2010 | 5:02 pm

  On Rantwick's blog today he posted about the adventures of a cyclist in Texas who writes under the name Chipseal. Chipseal has also commented here on Citizen Rider.It seems Mr. Seal has been getting arrested for cycling in a legal fashion on Texas roadways. The law allows cyclist behavior, such as taking the lane, that many motorists find unusual and disturbing. Chipseal has reported his arrests and trips to jail as his odyssey through the Texas courts gets underway.Controversial figures who call attention to the need for various social changes often suffer for it. They get nailed to crosses,…

• My Alternative Lifestye

  cafiend

  15 Jan 2010 | 4:43 am

  My friend's interest in Telemark lessons has receded. Coincidentally, I've had opportunities to scrabble around on the Nordic trails, enjoying the most complete exercise ever devised.As great as cycling is (and it is), Nordic skiing provides one-stop shopping for full-body conditioning. With the right trail network, it also provides some excitement. You have to control your effort on climbs and control speed and direction on descent. You have to hold your line in corners and be able to adapt instantly to changes in the surface or sudden obstacles. The speed range is different, but many of the…

• Back in the Saddle

  cafiend

  5 Jan 2010 | 7:26 pm

  Two days officially constitutes a trend. I've resumed exercise, with some ski-specific leg work and two sessions on the rollers.The cellist was more consistent with exercise than I was during the December doldrums. Today she put in an hour and a half on the trainer. It's all good. I prefer to mix up the muscle groups a bit in the off season, but the trainer is convenient for her. She started sitting up to do some arm work with light weights during today's workout.A friend of mine is interested in learning Telemark turns to enhance his exploratory skiing. We plan to go to a small lift-served…

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  Big Bike Little Bike

• Masi Gran Commuter

  Brian Chapman

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:44 pm

  Our friend Ricardo brought this Masi Gran Criterium in a little while ago and it had a thrashed seat lug and seat tube. He wanted to convert it into a commuter and I was very willing to help. Having already replaced the seat tube on this frame and built a new fork for it, I didn’t see it as being sacrilege to do this conversion. Ricardo is going to be getting groceries and running errands on this bike with great style. The silvery metallic purple has an almost micro-suede look to it that just makes you want to reach out and touch it. And the super thin clearcoat really shows the…

• David K.’s wintry mix

  Brian Chapman

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:50 am

  Hopefully David doesn’t have to endure too much sleet and freezing rain on this bike but it’ll be ready to take it on! This road/commuter frame is going to be set up with drop bars, rack, fenders, and a full Shimano 105 group. I’ll be sure to post pictures of the complete bike when it comes together. It’s guaranteed to be a stunner. Butter cream and baby blue have joined forces to brave the 2010 winter weather (which has already thrown it’s fair share of snow in our faces). Upcoming bikes include Leif’s cross/commuter frame and fork and two (yes, two)…

• One more BMX frame

  Brian Chapman

  17 Jan 2010 | 12:58 pm

  I said I wasn’t going to build anymore BMX frames but here I go again. This black and gold street frame is for Adam who I’ve built a bike for before. This was built with a combination of straight gauge and True Temper tubing and weighs in at around 3.75 pounds. The dropouts are definitely large by today’s standards so I could have take even more weight off. We shall see how this holds up at Rye Airfield. David K.’s commuter is up next!       See the full slideshow.

• Mike’s green beauty

  Brian Chapman

  15 Jan 2010 | 5:12 am

  Mike’s cross bike is finally done after lots of lug carving, crazy paint masking, and the most precise lug lining you’ll ever see. It had been 5 months since I built a lugged frame (the last 5 frames were fillet brazed) but it wasn’t hard to get back into the swing of things. This bike is going to be Mike’s winter bike as well as cross bike. Winter is far from over so he’ll have plenty of chances to ride it. The snow is melting away on the trails as I type so I anticipate this bike getting muddy very soon. The bike is a kelly green with lime green lugs and gold…

• Dan C’s track frame

  Brian Chapman

  21 Dec 2009 | 6:19 pm

  We were sad to see Dan move to Portland but it’s totally a good fit for him. Dan’s a guy that rides all the time. For his job, commuting, fun, etc. And what better place to ride than Portland. I hear they have lanes specifically for bikes over there! And bike racks! And a bike shop on every corner! Oh well, Providence has a ways to go and I understand if he doesn’t come back. I’ll be sending Dan a little piece of his home state soon. This gun metal beauty is for him and will hopefully make its way over to Alpenrose for a lap or two. I made some modifications to the…

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  Cyclelicious

• Make a Valentine heart from a bicycle chain

  Yokota Fritz

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Make a Valentine out of Bicycle ChainVia.

• Link Love

  Yokota Fritz

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:44 pm

  A few goodies to check out this week: * Calgary Tour du Nuit Society is " voice for commuter cycling in Calgary." * Dan the Bike Man is car free in Oakland, California. Nice stuff at his blog! * Kendra is a Girl On a Bike in Berkeley, California.

• 2010 Tour of Qatar

  Yokota Fritz

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  Katusha team riders cycle past a mosque during the first stage time trial of the Tour of Qatar cycling race, around the West Bay Lagoon in Doha, Qatar, 07 February 2010.Quickstep team rider Tom Boonen of Belgium leads a second breakaway during the second stage of the Tour of Qatar cycling race, between the Camel Race Track and Qatar Foundation near Doha, Qatar, 08 February 2010. Topsport team rider Geert Steurs of Belgium won the stage.Topsport team rider Geert Steurs (L) of Belgium celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Vacansoleil team rider Wouter Mol of the Netherlands to win…

• Vancouver vs the NFL vs Cycling

  Yokota Fritz

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  I thought I'd see how many NFL doping stories there were over the past week versus how many doping stories related to the 2010 Winter Olympics were posted to the news.NFL Doping Feb 1 - Feb 7 2010: about 164 stories.Vancouver Doping Feb 1 - Feb 7 2010: about 2,870 stories.If you're curious about cycling: 284 hits from this past week for "armstrong doping" and 529 hits for "cycling doping. Even tour de france doping has 536 hits, and that event is five months away.Some people accuse editors, journalists and bloggers of soft pedaling the doping issue in professional cycling, but in American…

• Snow bicycle

  Yokota Fritz

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  Parked bikes at the King Street Metro Station in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia over the weekend.Kabul, Afghanistan doesn't have quite as much snow on the ground as the two feet dumped on in the DC area. This cyclist rides past the destroyed Darul-Aman palace in Kabul.

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• One Race is One Man’s Legacy

  radiofreddy

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:35 am

  In 1980, Frenchman Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle finished 2nd to former World Champion Francesco Moser in Paris-Roubaix.  The 25 year old Duclos-Lasalle withstood constant attacks from the Italian in the closing stages before finally conceding.  Sometimes steely resolve alone cannot change the course of history.  While Moser went on to win his third consecutive Queen of the Classics by nearly two minutes, Duclos-Lasalle would come up empty as a Paris-Roubaix favorite for another eleven years.  While each year his target was victory, what he did not plan was how his destiny would be written, from…

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: What’s In a Name Anyway?

  radiofreddy

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am

  When the now defunct Belgian newspaper Het Volk first organized Omloop Het Volk in 1945 to capitalize on the growing popularity of bicycling racing in Belgium, and the Tour of Flanders specifically- started by rival sports daily SportsWereld-it did not intend its image to develop into that of a preparatory race for the more famous Ronde. But it has successfully established itself as De Ronde’s little brother, and proudly opens the race calendar in Belgium, and the classics season, at the end of every February. While the region of Flanders is approximately 30,000 square kilometers, the heart…

• An Interview with Harrie Van Der Burgt from Spooky

  radiofreddy

  29 Jan 2010 | 2:33 pm

  I remember the day I first saw a pair of Spooky brakes: the place was Amsterdam, I had a layover coming back from France and some time to do some exploring. Tucked away in the corner of the market square was a small shop. Entering the shop was quite memorable: the shop was tiny and dirty with the usual inventory you would find in the states. But hanging on a hook near the rear of the shop was a used set of Mafac-looking cantilever brakes. I asked the Dutch shop keeper if he was selling them. The shop keeper smiled and said, “cross is good ya!” Smiling, I said, “yea, it’s good,”…

• Giro d’Italia 1974 – Tre Cime di Lavaredo

  radiofreddy

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:05 am

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• january is gone

  iraryanbicycles

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:50 pm

  i picked up two bikes at coat the other day and would love to show them off on my flickr page. check em out here. emily’s 650b mixte is deluxe with polished fork crown and polished top caps on the seat stays. the paint is glossy and i ordered all the parts today. looking forward to this being built up with xtr, chris king, white industries, gilles berthoud, brooks and nitto. also in the bag was brian’s cx bike with another steller paint job to come out of coat paint shop. we added some swallows and extras to make his bike beautiful. i am excited to see the latest rapha continental…

• laundry list

  iraryanbicycles

  25 Jan 2010 | 10:17 am

  i love white board and those big calendars that cover your entire desk. i don’t really love the way they look but rather the way they make me able to just barely juggle my life in and out of the shop. if it weren’t for these massive note pads, my pockets and work bench would be over flowing with piles of paper and notebooks. i have thought a lot about keeping all my lists for a year and covering a wall with them but……. an old friend of mine once said that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions. 2010 is bound to be a year of more focused lists and goals…

• midwest visit

  iraryanbicycles

  18 Jan 2010 | 3:11 pm

  rach and i have been in iowa for a week visiting family since we weren’t able to make it home for the holidays. it was cold (-20 degrees) the week before we got here but everyone kept telling us that we brought a heat wave with us rising the region up to a balmy 30 degrees for a couple days. it was hard to take for a day but then we rediscovered the dual heating action of carrying wood to the wood stove still functions as it should in the snow. we did not bring bikes or even plan on riding during our trip but we both wished we had skies as the cross-country sky crowd is big in iowa…

• the end of 2009.

  iraryanbicycles

  29 Dec 2009 | 1:20 pm

  it has been a banner year as far as riding, frame building and seeing much more of the world than i ever have before. this past 12 months have confirmed that i am indeed living the dream. the experiences and travels have shaped how i build bicycles and shown me that riding means more than just an average speed or watts produced. the vistas from on top of a mountain in italy riding with rachel and brian to riding along the rugged coastline in norway with alex and al reinforce the use of the bicycle as a way to see the most beautiful places in the world. recapping the year in cycle trips starts…

• santa clausing!

  iraryanbicycles

  26 Dec 2009 | 1:59 pm

  santa wasn’t able to fit the 300 pound clausing lathe into the sleigh but………… i should be heading up to seattle to take possession of an old 1940’s 10 inch clausing lathe that i bought in the last month. i am excited to have a lathe to be able to fabricate and turn down parts for bicycles. i have found myself wishing that i had it all set up as i could make all sorts of accessories and clamps for my bikes. stem clamps, seat post clamps, even chaingaurds for cyclo cross bikes are all on the drafting table and just piling up before i get the lathe to the…

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• Tacx Bushido trainer

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:25 am

  Entertaining and versatile

• Le Col long-sleeved jersey

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:15 am

  Well made and stylish layer

• Lazer Genesis RD helmet

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:07 am

  Top performing lid

• New satellite shifter for Shimano Dura-Ace Di2

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:20 am

  Change gear electronically while on the tops

• Independent Fabrication Club Racer

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:01 am

  Classy custom ride

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  Jeffs Bike Blog

• If You See This Guy...

  Jeff

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:54 am

  Do your best to stay out of this guy's way. His license number is 658304. It's pretty scary to think that we are sharing the road with this guy. Listen to the video and you'll understand.658304 from Bikesafer on Vimeo.Whether he will actually follow through on his threats I don't know. At least now if he does there is this evidence that he threatened bodily harm to cyclists who get in his way.I'd love to get the authorities involved since he admitted on video that he was threatening to use his truck as a weapon, but given my recent experiences, I don't think that will happen.

• When The Truth Doesn't Matter

  Jeff

  30 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am

  I'm left wondering what to do when the truth doesn't seem to matter to those sworn to uphold the law and dispense justice. That question has me at a crossroads.The question arises from the latest incident in which my hand was hit by a car. The report for that incident says that Ihit the car rather than the other way around. Not only that, but the report says I admitted that I punched the car. My statements say nothing of the kind. My only solace is that my statement was recorded, so what I said should not be in dispute. Therein lies the problem, the New Berlin Police Department says the…

• The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

  Jeff

  28 Jan 2010 | 6:08 am

  I know it's been a while since I updated regarding the car that hit me.I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to write. I've written and re-written posts about the November 3rd incident numerous times but haven't published any of them. I have a lot to say about my citation and about how the incident has been handled up to this point. Since the matter is not settled yet, (The ticket won't actually be dismissed until July), I am limited in what I feel comfortable sharing. For now I can only say that I committed no violation on November 3rd. Beyond that I have to keep in mind that anything I say…

• Dismissed!

  Jeff

  14 Jan 2010 | 6:34 am

  I had my first court date for my ticket from November 3rd last night. The city prosecutor dismissed it under the condition that I not get any more tickets for this same infraction in the next 6 months. I have a few things to say about all this but that will have to wait until I have more time to type. Just wanted to get the update out there.

• I Got a Ticket For Christmas

  Jeff

  26 Dec 2009 | 1:34 am

  Actually it came in the mail a few days before Christmas. It was for "failure to keep right" and it was from the November 3rd incident. I understand that the driver got 2 tickets, one for the illegal pass and the other for swerving and stopping short in front of me. I plan to fight my ticket. I'll have more info when the case is resolved.The school bus driver from a few weeks ago apparently got a good talking to by his bosses and some retraining. Those darn funny shaped signs with the word stop written on them can be pretty confusing.

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• Silly Sunday

  Lynda

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:50 pm

  I was feeling a little silly on Sunday. I put on my knee high SSWC09 socks and my Stars n’ Stripes jersey and played on my friends bike and watched my friends play on their bikes and throw them in the air and chunder down rocks and look at funky rocks I’ve ridden past one hundred times and never looked at and savor a favorite view I’ve savored one hundred times already I wasn’t the only one feelin’ a little silly on Sunday

• Sun Souls

  Lynda

  29 Jan 2010 | 7:59 am

  Emma is an amazingly creative little girl. She wrote (well she sang and I typed as fast as I could) this poem for the poetry competition at school next week. She plans to paint a picture of it this afternoon. Sun Souls Poem By Emma Wallenfels The nature above us is the sun souls We know the sun soul is very good for us The plants are good and nature sings about the sun souls Angels sing to the sun soul within us In the place of harmony the sun is true with the nature Within our hearts we know when can pray to sun to go to another land Here comes night We dream waiting for the sun souls We…

• Camp Lynda Day 3

  Lynda

  24 Jan 2010 | 5:54 pm

  Sorta… It was sunny all day but still plenty of muck left around for Bubba to find. It was easy to avoid muck on the bike by sticking to the rim trails today. This guy gets taller every week Janel cleaned this onsite first time, no scoping- impressive! DH looking serious

• Peek-a-boo sun

  Lynda

  24 Jan 2010 | 6:06 am

  The sun came out and so did DH. We rode Church Rocks and Prospector The sun went in and out, in and out. Hot cold, hot cold, hide-n-seek. Pee-a-boo, I kiss you.

• Camp Lynda Day 1

  Lynda

  22 Jan 2010 | 6:19 am

  Only one person showed up for Camp Lynda. She is from the East Coast and harder than I. We rode in the rain for 2 hours yesterday on the road. I rode in the rain!! I left the house while wet stuff was falling down from the sky and the roads were wet. It was kinda fun for the first hour then chilly soaked to the knickers by the end. Today: Rain showers likely before 11am, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. South southwest wind between 8 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one…

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  Twenty Nine Inches

• Lynskey Performance Pro 29 Single Speed: Out Of The Box

  Guitar Ted

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:08 am

  As mentioned earlier, Twenty Nine Inches will be doing a long term test/review of the Lynskey Performance Pro 29. First off, I should make everyone aware that the 2010 Pro 29 comes as you see here and covers the geared and single speed applications that riders may choose between. No vertical drop version will be offered unless you order up a custom version, which Lynskey is quite capable of doing. Speaking of custom, you can get a Pro 29 with a Lefty compatible head tube, a BB-30 compatible bottom bracket, or even with press fit bottom bracket bearings, all done up in several different finish…

• Santa Cruz Tall Boy: Out Of The Box

  Guitar Ted

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am

  By Grannygear: Santa Cruz Tall Boy – Out Of The Box The Tall Boy hit the 29er world like a shock wave, rippling through the online community with sneak pics and tidbits from the Santa Cruz blogsite. Santa Cruz was making a 29er. Not just a 29er, but a 4”travel FS made from carbon fiber and using the VPP suspension design. It was great looking, it was expected to be light and fast and it was a bold step right out of the gate. We have ridden examples of this bike at Interbike Demo Days and it was one of our top bikes of the week. Now Grannygear is getting a chance to ride one on local…

• Lynskey Performance Pro 29 Single Speed: On Test

  Guitar Ted

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Twenty Nine Inches has just taken delivery of a Lynskey Performance Pro 29 single speed bike for review and testing. We will be detailing out the build spec and features on this frame in our next “Out Of The Box” post coming soon. In the meantime, here are a few images….. Stay tuned for the “Out Of The Box” post coming in a couple days!

• European News And Rumors

  Guitar Ted

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:45 am

  This go round we feature some news and rumors from “across the pond” and beyond. Check out the newest tidbits to have crossed the Twenty Nine Inches desk here: A new Alfine with 11 speeds is set to bow in late 2010. Shimano Goes To 11: No, not on a derailluer set up! The ever popular Alfine, which some users have pressed into off road duty with the current 8spd version, will gain three more gears in it’s newest incarnation, lose a bit of weight, (reportedly), and be operated by the trigger shifter shown here which will have some features found on Rapid Fire shift pods…

• Rohloff Speedhub: German Engineering Or Hype?

  Guitar Ted

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am

  Editors Note: Our European contributor, “c_g”, has checked in with the first in a series on the Rohloff 14 speed internally geared hub. By “c_g”: Part 1 – INTRO: Who of you has heard about the Rohloff Speedhub 500/14? For those of you who have – it probably holds the image of German engineering par excellence – and of high pricing probably. For those of you who haven’t I will give you a very brief wrap-up of the thing: The Speedhub is an all German made, internally geared hub with 14 gears spaced evenly at 13.6 % resulting in exactly the same range as a…

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  Fat Cyclist

• Surviving a Mile at a Time (The Marathon Chronicles, Part V)

  fatty

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:07 am

  The bicycle is wonderful for a near-infinite number of reasons, but perhaps the most extraordinary is the fact that, when properly built up, a bicycle can coast. When you are going downhill, you can stop working and yet keep going; perhaps you’ll even go faster. You can take short breaks on level ground, too. You can, amazingly, even coast uphill briefly. You cannot, on the other hand, coast at all when running. A fact I, until this past weekend, never really fully comprehended. 26.2 miles is a long way to go without getting to coast. Really long. Foreshadowing The last Saturday before…

• 4:27

  fatty

  6 Feb 2010 | 2:51 pm

  The Runner and I finished the Death Valley Trail marathon in 4:27. No injuries, apart from my ego. I will explain more in my writeup this Monday. For the record, that’s twelve minutes faster than my previous marathon time, seven years ago. Those of you who ought to be paying, please get your wallets ready. And now I believe I need to sleep for the rest of the day.

• How To Use “The Secret” in Cycling

  fatty

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:40 am

  A Marathon Chronicles-Related Note from Fatty: Thanks, everyone, for your feedback yesterday regarding whether we ought to go to Death Valley and run the alternate course, or go to St. George and pre-run the Ironman course, or make something up. We’re going to go to Death Valley as originally planned. The points about an event being different than a solo run, the scenery being worth seeing, and a road trip being worth taking put us over the edge. Plus, there were a few hard cases who asserted that the bet stipulated the Death Valley marathon, and I don’t want to lose a bet by…

• Alternate Route (The Marathon Chronicles, Part IV)

  fatty

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:17 am

  I wish the Tour de France — and all of the big cycling tours, really — would follow the same route each year. Now, I freely confess that’s probably a stupid wish, but I’ve got my reasons. To me, part of what makes a traditional cycling event a great tradition is that as much as possible of that event remains consistent. The approximate date, the rules, the incentives, and the course are pretty much the things that you can normalize, and so you should. By having a different course each year, it becomes difficult for us to really compare the winner of one Tour to…

• An Open Letter to the Guy Riding His Bike in the Cold and Wind and Snow and Slush and Rain

  fatty

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:39 am

  A “Now’s a Good Time to Buy Some Fat Cyclist Stuff” Note from Fatty: From right this second through this Friday, February 6, Twin Six is going to be donating 25% of all purchases of Fat Cyclist gear to LiveStrong. So if you have been thinking about getting a t-shirt, or a whole clutch of bottles, or a vest, or a hat, some shorts, or some arm warmers, or some stickers, now’s a good time to do it. You’ll be getting some stylishly self-deprectating clothes (or other accessories) and fighting cancer at the same time. Like you’re some kind of multitasking genius…

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  Every Day Adventurers

• Inquiring minds want to know

  Rick

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:31 am

  A new member posted a couple questions to the RootsRadicals cargo bike group on Yahoo! that illicited some great responses from current Xtracycle users. Read and ride on! So I’ve got a bike and I’m thinking of getting the Free Radical extension. I’ve got a seven year old and other kid-carrying options aren’t working that great (outgrew the trailer, trail-a-bike is awfully shaky). This xtracycle thing seems like a pretty great solution. However, I only have the kid and/or cargo about half the time. Is it easy to take off the long tail and make it a regular bike and then…

• Real Life on an Xtracycle c/o Momentum Mag

  Nate

  18 Jan 2010 | 12:49 pm

  Click the image to read the entire article. Tweet This Post 

• Xtracycle Sponsorship Recipient Picks and Pedals

  Nate

  14 Jan 2010 | 10:35 am

  Steel Wheel Duo Spokesongs Tour from Joel Landis on Vimeo. Tweet This Post 

• Xtracycle Looks Forward to 2010

  Nate

  13 Jan 2010 | 11:19 am

  As we embark on 2010, we are excited to see Xtracycle products continue to do what they’ve always done - change lives and empower people to engage their communities through creativity and joy. We here at Xtracycle have experienced a year of tremendous growth as well as a year of many humble learning moments.  We are stronger than ever, but also more clear than ever that staying focused on the health of our organization allows us to most fully achieve on the above - empowering Xtracycle customers to heal the world.  Our new year’s resolutions for 2010 are about healthy growth and…

• Pick Your Own Radish!

  Rick

  9 Dec 2009 | 12:22 pm

  Radish Closeout Special! We’ve dropped all 2009 Radish to $880 including LongTail Kit! Save over $300 on the cargo bicycle that Lighter Footstep named Car-Free Lifestyle Bicycle of the Year. Radish, the perfect family cargo bicycle Radish comes with 8-spd twist shifter, rear disc brake, chain protector, LongTail Kit (bags, racks + deck), fenders and kickstand. Carry 4, or 6, bags of groceries in the voluminous FreeLoader side bags. Cart your kids aboard the SnapDeck platform, or strap down that cool, curb-side find you discovered while riding on your commute. Read what other Xtracycle…

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  Official Website of Jeff Kerkove

• Sunday and Monday

  Jeff Kerkove

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:36 pm

  Sunday and Monday the weather took a turn for the worst.  Good thing the team heads to Tucson, AZ on Wednesday for a little work and fun at the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo.  Updates to come!

• Gateway

  Jeff Kerkove

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:23 pm

  I am in Boulder for the weekend, so I hit the Gateway Ride to get in my 'race effort' for the week.  Had about 50 folks show up...give or take a few.  A lot less than last week according to some riders who mentioned there was close to 120+ riders!  Wow!  50 riders is about the right number.  It is a safe number.  You still get some good talent that shows up and you can still work the peloton.  Today, I was able to talk Yuki into coming up from Denver to enjoy the suffering.Unlike the Oval Ride in Fort Collins, this ride is what I call "choppy."  One…

• FREE Original Growler Entry!

  Jeff Kerkove

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:27 am

  HOW HAS ERGON CHANGED YOUR RIDING?  New contest for you! Ergon is giving away the following prize package to one winner:1. One Entry into the 64 mile Original Growler on May 30 in Gunnison, CO. This event is already SOLD OUT!2. A pre-built 100k training plan aimed at the Original Growler race format from LW Coaching.3. A new pair of Ergon grips. Your choice! (based on available stock)What do I have to do to get all this into my hands? Well, it is kind'a simple.First, log onto Ergon's Facebook page. Become a fan if you are not already.Then, Ergon needs you to post a video of 1 minutes or…

• Warmth of the canyon

  Jeff Kerkove

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:14 pm

  Monday-Wednesday was all about sub-threshold work.  Thursday was a light day with 30 minutes of spinning.  Today?  That was a short session up the canyon with some harder effort thrown in to keep the legs snappy for the Gateway Ride in Boulder on Saturday.  This past week has been awesome with temps near 50F.  Looks like we run out of good weather starting late Sunday.  No worries, as the team leaves for Tucson, AZ on Wednesday.  Hoping for a warm and dry 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo.  I need singletrack.  I bet it has been since our Moab trip in…

• Groove

  Jeff Kerkove

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:42 pm

  A week off the bike is a long time. Doesn't seem like a lot, but when your body is used to it....the effects are noticeable.  The last few days I have been getting back into the training groove.  Lots of 'Sweet Spot' intervals to get the system back on track.  Yesterday was on the flats along I-25.  Today I needed a change of scenery, so I headed west to play on the rises in the foothills.  Wattage goals today was a set amount of intervals at 280-290 wts.  The fun part is keeping those wattage numbers while you climb at 12 mph and descend at 30+.  Tomorrow…

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  Bike Noob

• Trainers Vs. Rollers

  rainycamp

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 am

  Guest poster Don Blount follows up his post on rollers, by comparing them to trainers. If the weather changes so you are reluctant or unable to get outside to ride, is it better to hop on a stationary trainer or on bike rollers? The answer is, it depends on what you want to accomplish. The consensus among a few experienced cyclists is that rollers will allow you to work on your riding skills, although you’ll need practice to be able to stay upright on them. However trainers will let the most novice of riders hop on and do power workouts without any type of learning-how-to-ride-them period.

• New Jersey (The Kit, Not the State)

  rainycamp

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:16 pm

  Rode today in our new club jersey. Compared to the old ones, this looks much better and stands out on the road. As far as a picture of me modeling it, well, I didn’t shoot one on the ride, and now the jersey is in the wash — but maybe someday soon, I’ll appear here in it. Filed under: Accessories, clubs Tagged: clothing, clubs, jersey

• Should I Wipe My Bike Tire While Riding?

  rainycamp

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:36 pm

  Ultra Rob addresses the question on his blog. I don’t do it while I’m riding the bike, but I’ll stop and wipe the tire right away if I ride through some broken glass. Nice post, Ultra Rob. Filed under: Maintenance, Safety, tires Tagged: Maintenance, Safety, tires

• Strict Liability

  rainycamp

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:50 pm

  How many times have you heard stories about car-bike crashes, where the car was clearly at fault, but the driver wound up getting off without a ticket — on in some cases, the biker was ticketed? It doesn’t have to be that way. In the Netherlands, which we already know is a biking Mecca, in car-bike collisions the car is almost always found to be at fault. Car drivers are held to a standard called “strict liability,” in which they are presumed guilty until they can prove themselves innocent. Here’s how it works: Think we could ever get something like that here in…

• Do You Have a Good Ride Coming Up This Year?

  rainycamp

  2 Feb 2010 | 6:07 pm

  This evening, I caught myself staring blankly at the computer screen, paying no mind to what I was doing. I realized that I had been daydreaming — my mind off somewhere in the sunny future, watching myself ride and ride in a “must-do” event. Actually, I wasn’t that far off in the distance. I was thinking about the MS 150 coming up in April. It’s got to be one of the premier biking events for me. I’m looking forward to it, and am already getting apprehensive that I haven’t been putting in the miles I need to to get ready for it. The MS 150 runs from…

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  Urban Velo

• The Dropout Austin TX Bike Zine

  brad

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:55 am

  Back in the fall a few friends from the Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club came through town on their guerrilla polo tour before and left a copy of The Dropout for the library. Since then The Dropout has put out a second issue, and made both issues available online so that people outside of the Austin scene can read along. The first issue featured a front and back cover of vinyl sticker material, with a lot of solid content within including an interview with cover artist Taliah Lempert, words on polo and geeks on bikes, and the zine classics of a crossword and a word find in the back. In…

• The River City Trick Jam - Feb 27th

  brad

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:55 pm

  On the same weekend that thousands of cyclists will descend upon Richmond VA for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, fixed freestyle riders will gather for a trick competition on February 27th. More information as the details come together at RVA Fixed.

• Who’s on Flickr?

  Urban Jeff

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:44 am

  As you know, Urban Velo has a Flickr photo group. But not every single reader is a member of the group, so who else has a Flickr photostream we should check out? Post a link in the comments below. (If you include the entire URL, it will automatically be a hyperlink.)

• SRAM DoubleTap 10 Flat-Bar Road Shifters

  Urban Jeff

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:11 am

  SRAM introduced their handlebar mounted, road bike twist-shift system in 1988. Dubbed Grip Shift, the system saw immediate success in the competition arena, if not necessarily in the commercial market. But with the release of their mountain bike system, the Chicago upstart company gained a significant foothold in the world bicycle market. With a reputation for innovative products that competed with those of the industry leaders, they continued to grow. In 2003, SRAM unveiled their own unique version of the mountain bike trigger shifter. Their Impulse Technology shifters (X-7, X-9 and X-0)…

• The Fast Track Cleveland Velodrome Plans Announced

  brad

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:11 am

  Last year we posted on Fast Track and their plans for an Olympic level indoor velodrome in Cleveland, OH. Recently the non-profit Fast Track announced more detailed plans for the velodrome project, along with an agreement to purchase some 9.5 acres of vacant land. While there is a lot of fundraising to do and sponsorship deals to be inked before the estimated $6.5 million construction costs are covered, securing a site is a big step in the long march towards what would be only the third indoor velodrome in the USA.

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  Sweetpea Bicycles

• Still Life with Band Aid, Space Pen: or this is all you need.

  Austin

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am

  This is what it looks like when we plan our future.

• Body of Work

  Natalie

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:20 am

  I recently discovered a blog called Obsessive Consumption. A woman draws a picture a day of something she’s purchased. The drawings are delightful – a gum wrapper, bobby pins, a ticket to a movie. She’s been at this for a long time, so she’s got this archive of little black and white sketches. Each day, a purchase, which on its own may be inconsequential, marks time and tells a story. The appeal I suppose is similar to journal writing. I love the idea of rigorously documenting mundane stuff. This takes persistence, a daily practice and the lapse of time before you have a body of work…

• The Chalkboard Wall

  Natalie

  2 Feb 2010 | 2:17 pm

  I did a major shop clean up week. This is news because I am a messy worker. I admire folks who keep a neat, organized and even appealing work environment, but I am not one of them. I have lots of flux, metal chips, and a scraggly old palm tree. I get in the working groove, with my hat and my apron and I work like the Swedish Chef. Cue the flying tools, the background explosions. My shop is not without its charms, but I sometimes have to clear a path before I can really see that. On Thursday, I had a photographer and graphic designer in the Sweetpea shop for a photo shoot.  As soon as they…

• Revelations

  Natalie

  30 Jan 2010 | 10:59 am

  One of the things I love about biking is that if you do it for long enough you are bound to have some humbling moments and some revelatory ones. I’ll save the humbling stuff for another post, because I want to share my latest revelation. Bibs. For those of you who are well acquainted with the joys of bibs, I applaud you. Keep on rockin’. But for those of you who don’t have some bibs among your riding collection, we need to have a little talk. Bibs are high-waisted bike shorts with built in suspenders. They come in womens and mens sizing, shorts, knickers, tights and the…

• Commit this to memory

  Natalie

  24 Jan 2010 | 11:38 am

  My favorite lines on the fickleness of memory come from Billy Collin’s poem: “Long ago you kissed the names of the nine Muses goodbye and watched the quadratic equation pack its bag, and even now as you memorize the order of the planets, something else is slipping away, a state flower perhaps, the address of an uncle, the capital of Paraguay.” Have you ever heard that wonderful factoid about how we can hold up to seven chunks of info, plus or minus two, in our short term memory at a time? Well I invite you to cast aside the order of the planets and commit something of greater…

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  Bicycling Magazine Features

• Man in the Mirror

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:43 pm

  Expectations are high for British star Mark Cavendish as he kicks off his 2010 season. . .

• Valentine's Day Gifts for Cyclists

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:43 pm

  If you love someone who rides, any of these items will make the perfect gift.

• SLIDESHOW: Contador, Astana Prepare for 2010 Season

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:43 pm

• The Trash Talk Begins

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:43 pm

  Early-season drama between L.A., J.V., and Wiggo lay the foundation for 2010 ProTour fireworks.

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  Hub and Spokes

• Re-examining the Big Box

  mides@hunter.cuny.edu

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am

  Ian Sacs over at Planetizen has some great ideas on how we can make those big box stores, and the parking lots that front them, more usable in the future. He sees the current commercial downturn as a way to rethink the redevelopment of the box store.The idea is simple. On major arterials and highways violently parsed with endless curb-cuts where roadway capacity is high but congestion persists, shopping centers can be scheduled for a facelift by eating away at some of that “peak event” parking typically required by zoning codes along the parking lot perimeter. Usually, the edges along the…

• $600 million bike plan

  mides@hunter.cuny.edu

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am

  Portland's Mayor Sam Adams wants a $600 million bike plan to be implemented for 2030. While knee jerk reactions are the norm, this article makes some great points:The 2030 Portland Bicycle Plan, envisioning a future when 25 percent of trips are made by bike, is expected to coast to approval when it goes before the City Council on Thursday. It's easy to green-light America's most ambitious investment in bicycling when it would be funded down the road. But according to city transportation officials, the plan to build 681 miles of new bikeways over the next 20 years will eventually cost $613…

• 2050 Journey

  mides@hunter.cuny.edu

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:52 am

• No High Speed Rail for MN

  mides@hunter.cuny.edu

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am

  Well Minnesota got a small chunk of the federal dollars to move forward with high speed rail planning from the Twin Cities to Chicago, I find it hard, that this planned line will still be a 5-6 hour trip. That means you could fly or drive faster. While I think this line would be great, I do fear that moving at the pace of Amtrak trains will not make it a real viable option for travel between the two regions. Some how before we have even built the lines the high speed factor has been removed. Yes, it will travel at 100 MPH at times, but it seems obvious that will not be the norm because of the…

• Bike Sharing on the Up and Up

  mides@hunter.cuny.edu

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:22 am

  Cities like Boston, Minneapolis, and Denver are introducing a new way to get around: bike share. But these programs aren't just a ride in the park. Andrea Bernstein reports from Marketplace.

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  FixedGearGus

• Live Video Feed

  EXPO Racing

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  Today is my first day as Elm Creative Arts School's "Artist-in-Residence". As for the live feed, I connected the video camera to the projector to be able to show the camera and my nose hairs up close without the need of 30 cameras.The goal: Introduce Digital Cameras to the masses and learn students and staff how to upload and access photos on school computers. Finished product: ABC's of Art at Elm book to be created by 4th graders.Free time: After I submit this post - Get to work on an 2009 EXPO video.Working is fun.

• 4Runner

  EXPO Racing

  30 Jan 2010 | 8:38 pm

• I'm Back... Sooner than Later

  EXPO Racing

  14 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Portfolio is all turned in and I am the heaviest I have ever been.  One week left of student teaching.  Three day weekend will give me time to get the bikes back into working order.  One of the best feelings ever to finally be to this point.Ride hard.Get a job.Eat right.Keep Press'n On

• Das Ergon Blog has EXPO Juniors Stoked!

  EXPO Racing

  23 Dec 2009 | 9:01 pm

  Click pic to Read...

• EFRs - 2010

  EXPO Racing

  21 Dec 2009 | 8:19 pm

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  Epic Riding | Grizzly Adam

• Dixie Flee

  Grizzly Adam

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am

  The escape was well met. Even if the rain also took a Saint George vacation. The trails were damp and tight and fast. The sky was grey, the sage wet and fragrant, the rock polished and clean. Fleeing the Wasatch seems especially well met right now; with a snowpack that is more dangerous than enjoyable, crowded roads with inattentive soccer moms behind the wheels of massive trucks, and trails covered in mud or snow the normally awe-inspiring Wasatch Front is little more than a netherworld of recreational mediocrity. Oh, certainly there are remedies for that, and I am perhaps exaggerating for…

• That is Stupid

  Grizzly Adam

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  The following poppycock was inspired by Aaron’s recent experience at work, and some of the comments that followed. But be warned: This is 2 minutes and 28 seconds of your life you will never get back. Related posts:Not Hate, Just Stupid

• Nostalgia (Video)

  Grizzly Adam

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  Feeling inspired by Mike Curiak, I rummaged into my own digital archives to see what I could come up with. I was surprised at how many photos there were that I had simply forgotten about. The experiences and the memories that they sparked were pleasantly unexpected. It was also a sort of reminder at just how important a role the outdoors play in my life. My mental and physical well being seem intimately tied to the landscape. It could be argued that the mountains that anchor the American West, are the anchors of who I am. I do not find it unusual that I think with clarity and alacrity while…

• Persistent Weakness

  Grizzly Adam

  2 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  In October of 2009 the snow started to fall in the mountains. And then, it stopped. November, aside from some intermittent and minor storms was a dismally dry month in the mountains. Good for bike riding. Bad for skiing. And it wasn’t just bad for skiing at that time. Rather, it was bad for skiing generally. That is, the entire ski season is being effected by those early storms, and the rotten, faceted snow that resulted. What is faceted snow? In short, it is snow crystals that have changed, due to temperature gradients within the snowpack, from being round and cohesive, to being angled…

• A Faint Memory

  Grizzly Adam

  1 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  March 2002. I was entering the spring with ambitions and expectations about the coming summer racing season. I was anxiously awaiting and anticipating the year’s first event, the Red Rock Rampage in St. George’s Green Valley–home to trails like Zen and Barrel Roll. But back then, I cared little for what else might occupy the finned mesa that the famous race course contoured and serpentined over. I was fixated on the tabled washes, the dirt roads and the smooth singletrack that comprised the course. Race day arrived. After a restless night of nervous sleep, and a morning of…

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  Bike Hugger

• Ladro Mug

  Andrew Martin

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:02 pm

• Hugga Represent Jersey Shore [Flickr]

  Hugger Industries

  Hugger Industries posted a photo: hell yeahs.

• Little Bumps

  DL Byron

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:42 am

  We were out riding during the Superbowl, and missed this, but hey cool that Lance was in a commercial. It’s called Little Bumps and is about active lifestyles and lite beer. Just posted a behind-the-scenes video from the commercial to our community.

• Kirk Precision

  DL Byron

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  Almost a decade ago Frank Kirk, an aeronautical engineer, had the bright idea that a magnesium bicycle frame could be made lighter and stronger than conventional aluminium or steel tube frames. He found he could make a magnesium frame only two-thirds the weight of an aluminium frame and one-fifth that of a frame made of steel — the Independent UK and we spotted a Kirk this weekend. The initial response was, “whoa” and a nod to how this must’ve been the shit back in 1988. While Kirk didn’t own the 80s with this awesome, die-cast magnesium wonder of CAD, for a…

• Winter Olympics Bicycles

  DL Byron

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:11 am

  We’re in Vancouver this weekend to blog the Winter Olympics, hang out with Kris Krug, and the girls from Momentum Magazine. There’s a Tweed ride on Saturday afternoon and a we’re planning a meetup for that night. See you there? Tandem mascots uploaded by MEOMI; Countdown uploaded by Xuan Rosemaninovich | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream.

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  The Cleanest Line

• Backyard Corridors: What animals do you no longer see in your area?

  localcrew

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:42 pm

  A while back, one of the local news outlets ran a story: “Dad Jumps Between Mountain Lion, Son.” The story was picked up by CNN and went national in just under 24 hours. In that story we were introduced to a man who had recently moved his family to northwestern Nevada and purchased a home on the raw edge of a rapidly expanding town near some sizable - but diminishing - pieces of mountain lion habitat. We learned from the story that these folks, like many who move here, were eager to live in a land where unmediated encounters with nature are possible. The reality of such an encounter was…

• 180° South: The Premiere, The Book and the Inspiration Behind them Both

  Free

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:06 pm

  On Wednesday, February 10, Chris Malloy's long-anticipated film 180° South will premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Hopefully those of you who live nearby will come out and join us for the screening. Details can be found on the Woodshed Films Facebook page or the SBIFF site. For those who can't make the premiere, there are a few ways you can get a taste of the story until we have more info on future screenings and the release of the film on DVD and Netflix. Mountain of Storms, the 1968 trip that inspired 180° South, is available now on DVD. I love this movie, and if…

• Copp-Dash Inspire Award for Alpinists

  Free

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  Jonny Copp and Micah Dash were two of America’s leading alpine climbers, traveling to the farthest corners of the world in search of first ascents in the purest of style. Jonny and Micah believed the summit meant something, but style was everything.Sponsored by Black Diamond Equipment, La Sportiva, Mountain Hardware and Patagonia the Copp-Dash Inspire Award has been formed, to support climbers who choose to follow a similar path, both in life and in the mountains.The goal is to assist climbers before, during and after expeditions with financial grants and multimedia instruction to help…

• Bad Weather in Patagonia - Mikey & Kate Settle for Aguja de la “S”; Colin Solos Aguja Guillaumet

  Free

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:07 pm

  [Approaching can be so miserable. Photo: Mikey Schaefer] By all accounts, the weather down in Patagonia this season has been terrible so climbers are taking what they can get. This has been the case for Patagonia ambassadors Mikey Schaefer and Kate Rutherford. After getting skunked on the larger features they had hoped to climb, Mikey and Kate finally got the chance on Monday to climb one of the smaller mountains in the Fitz Roy range. Aguja de la “S”Words and illustrations by Kate RutherfordPhotos and captions by Mikey Schaefer A great way to climb in Patagonia is to allow your…

• Backyard Corridors: Which animals in your area might need to move through corridors to survive?

  Free

  2 Feb 2010 | 2:41 pm

  Like a majestic pack of finger-clicking primates roaming the wilds of the Internet, our migration through the Backyard Corridors series is almost complete. Thank you one and all for sharing your thoughts with us and helping to paint a better picture of local-scale corridor issues. This week's question: Which animals in your area might need to move through corridors to survive? Sue Halpern kicks things off with a story about her area of Vermont and how the Forest Service has put up new “corridor” signs and speed reductions on local highways. [Illustration: Jeremy Collins]It was about three…

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  Limited Warren T

• Howdy Neighbor!

  Warren T

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:46 am

  Temperature at departure = 26° F (-3° C)What a weird encounter! With three hours sleep last night and the threat of freezing drizzle and snow on the way, I decided that I needed to get out this morning and jump start my day. It was a nice ride on mostly side streets -- until I was just shy of one mile from home.I was riding on a two lane, minor arterial street. A car was approaching from the other direction and slowly crossed the yellow line into my lane. It was a neighbor of mine from a few houses down and they had a really angry, determined look on their face and were muttering something…

• Library Rant

  Warren T

  31 Jan 2010 | 1:44 pm

  Sunshine and 33° FNice weather for a ride to the library to pick up some DVD's that they had on hold for me. Yes. Videos. You see, I'm cheap. I don't rent videos often (two trips to Red Box last year) and I don't belong to NetFlix. Why should I, when I can put a hold on videos when they come out and check them out for free? Thank you taxpayers of Johnson County. I'm not really happy that the library had to resort to competing with Blockbuster in an attempt to get people in the doors. I'm sure it was a rational decision, so I can rationalize my using the service. I would imagine that the…

• We're Back

  Warren T

  27 Jan 2010 | 6:40 am

  Temperature at departure = 26° F (-3° C)As I suspected, fall's bumper crop of acorns has produced a bumper crop of squirrels. Tons of rodent toddlers on the path this morning. Looks like the deer are back as well. There haven't been as many out the last two years. Perhaps the herds in Shawnee Mission Park are tired of being shot at and decided to migrate south a few miles. Whatever the reason, I welcome their return like the bike path seems to have welcomed mine.

• 38 Days

  Warren T

  26 Jan 2010 | 6:54 am

  On Sunday, the streets had finally dried out for more than an hour or two. It had been 38 days since I'd been on my bike. My excuse, snow Packed streets for close to a month with temperatures well below freezing and the resulting melt off keeping the air and streets wet and foggy for another couple of weeks. So when I finally got a day with dry pavement and at least a little sunshine, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to ride to the library. I could tell I'd been away...Yesterday was a bit better. I had time after dropping kids off at school to take a quick ride. The temperature was 28° F…

• Christmas Igloo 2009

  Warren T

  28 Dec 2009 | 10:15 am

  I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We had a bit of a blizzard here in Overland Park ... but family made it up from Wichita and in from Topeka and we had a blast.I gave my wife a bike for Christmas so we can finally enjoy riding together (once the snow melts off). I'm pretty excited about that.And, I thought I'd share a quick video of the igloo that Trevor and Peter (my two oldest) made on Christmas Eve. Enjoy.

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  Joe Friel's Blog

• My Bike Fit and Wind Tunnel Testing

  Joe Friel

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:54 am

  I spent the morning in the A2 Wind Tunnel in Mooresville, North Carolina doing one-minute intervals into a 30-mph headwind to get my new Blue Triad SL dialed in for this next season’s racing. While I had taken clients to wind tunnels before, this my first opportunity to get my own time trial bike and position tested.I’ve had many bike fits done and highly recommend that as a necessity regardless of whether or not your next step will be a wind tunnel. A bike fit will cost you from $100 to $300 depending on how much time it takes and the reputation of the fitter. I found the A2 tunnel to be…

• Read Any Good Books?

  Joe Friel

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:49 pm

  I recently read a couple of books you may find enjoyable and informative:Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald. Matt is a coaching colleague who I have always found to be level-headed with his training advice and have a firm foundation in research. Both qualities stand out in this book which hit the shelves in the last few months from Velo Press who also publishes many of my books. I never thought it possible to write an entire book on this topic. Writing a blog post on weight management for serious athletes seemed long when I did it some time ago. I was expecting a lot of meaningless fill with a…

• Even More on Running Shoes

  Joe Friel

  29 Jan 2010 | 7:24 am

  I always enjoy reading the sportsscientists.com blog written by Ross Tucker, PhD of Cape Town University and Jonathan Dugas, PhD of the University of Illinois in Chicago. They have a level-headed approach to training that I admire and they seem to be open to new ideas. Many in sport science (as in any science, I suppose) are deathly afraid of change because it means rethinking the area of suggested change and its overlapping areas. Acceptance of new ways also suggests that nothing is above re-examining and possibly changing. Change is scary. But being open-minded to the possibility of change…

• More on Running Shoes

  Joe Friel

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:21 pm

  Here's an interesting view on running shoes and footsrike from a professor at Harvard University and colleagues (thanks for the heads up, Chad). The lead author, Daniel E. Lieberman, PhD, studies human bipedal movement from a paleolithic perspective. You may well find this interesting based on the comments that followed my previous posts on running shoes here and here. It seems there are some pretty strong opinions and even feelings on this topic among runners. I should point out that the research leading to the website cited above was funded, in part, by Vibram FiveFingers, the makers of a…

• More on Running Faster

  Joe Friel

  24 Jan 2010 | 5:02 am

  As mentioned in a previous post on running faster, I have the triathletes I coach do some form of the basic strides drill year round. As with swimming, it seems you can never devote too much time to improving your run technique. I once coached a pro triathlete who was an All-American runner in college and considered one of the fastest runners in triathlon. I still had him work on technique year round. You should too.The downhill strides workout described in the original running faster post is very simple. All you do is run fast for 20 seconds several times on a soft surface such as a grassy…

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  Bicycle Design

• Peugeot B1K concept bike

  James T.

  30 Jan 2010 | 3:09 pm

  Wow...this past week in Dongguan passed very quickly. Right now, I am getting ready for a flight north to the Shanghai area, but I have a few minutes for a quick post.Bike Rumor mentioned this Peugeot B1K concept bike a couple of days ago (see more renderings there). Much like the flashy concept "fantasy" vehicles that are common in the auto industry, I doubt that this design was intended to ever be produced. More likely it was created to generate excitement and gain some needed attention for a brand that is poised for a revival these days. Though not intended for production, concept designs…

• IBDC entries and a few other links

  James T.

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:12 am

  I am in China this week and next. My schedule is pretty tight, so I won’t have a lot of free time for the blog while I am traveling. Right now though, it is the middle of the night and I am still not adjusted to this time zone, so I will pass a long a few links of interest.The shortlist of IBDC (International Bicycle Design Competition) entries has been announced. The winners will be announced at the Taipei International Cycle Show, which takes place March 17th -20th. The design pictured here is AutoVelo, by Eric Stoddard of Speed Studio Design. You may remember Eric from his excellent…

• Batavus BUB review

  James T.

  23 Jan 2010 | 3:57 am

  You may remember that the Batavus Urban Bike (BUB) was one of the new designs that really caught my attention at Interbike. Soon after the show, I was lucky enough to get the chance to try out one of the prototypes for a few weeks. Before I get into my thoughts about the time I spent with the bike, I will remind you of the BUB background information that I posted by Eric Kamphof, the General manager at Fourth Floor Distribution. You can also read more about the BUB at the Renaissance Bikes website. Renaissance Bikes was the place where I picked up my loaner BUB, and I can tell you that they…

• Cannondale Simon electronic suspension and more

  James T.

  12 Jan 2010 | 5:09 pm

  Stanley Song, an engineer from Cannondale, was at CES with a prototype electronically controlled bicycle suspension system called “Simon”. This design replaces many of the internal mechanical parts (springs, valves, etc) with an electromechanical device that can vary the suspension based on rider weight and current riding conditions. Check out the videos of the prototype at this Engadget post…it really is pretty cool. Via Cyclelicious.Yanko Design posted a Police Bike concept by Ciprian Frunzeanu. Also at Yanko design, you can see prototype photos of Fredrik Rudenstam's Nishiki urban…

• Sanyo eneloop e-bike at CES

  James T.

  8 Jan 2010 | 3:28 pm

  You have probably seen the Sanyo eneloop bike quite a few times in the past year, both on this blog and at other sites. Though it was making news on the web long before, the pedal assist hybrid e-bike, which offers regenerative braking and coasting, was officially unveiled to the US bike market at Interbike this past September. Well… now the bike is getting more attention at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. At CES, journalists not affiliated with the cycling industry will get a chance to try it out, and I am looking forward to reading some of those impressions as they start…

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  Streetfilms

• In Appreciation of the NEW Times Square

  Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:28 am

  Mayor Bloomberg is expected to announce his verdict on Times Square's new pedestrian spaces very soon. Will the changes be permanent? This morning Bloomberg told radio host John Gambling that we'll find out sometime next week. In the meantime, it seems like the media has decided to fixate on rumorsthat Midtown traffic speeds may not have increased across the board, without paying much attention to the tremendous difference this project has made for hundreds of thousands of pedestrians every day. It's been eight months since this part of Broadway went car-free, and maybe it's hard to recall…

• Streetsblog San Francisco shows its political clout!

  John Hamilton

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:59 am

  Every day at Streetsblog San Francisco, our writers and editors marvel at the intelligence and passion of our readership, though we rarely get to meet this community of dedicated urbanists in person. Recently we threw ourselves a birthday party at the LGBT Center in San Francisco to celebrate all that has come in one year and we were joined by 150 of our closest friends and avid readers. We broke bread and raised our glasses in honor of the impact that our brand of advocacy journalism has had on the Bay Area, where Streetsblog San Francisco has quickly become the go-to source for sustainable…

• Veronica Moss “Crashes” the Streetfilms Spectacular

  Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

  21 Jan 2010 | 11:11 am

  Thanks to the 100+ folks who showed up at our "Streetfilms Spectacular 2010", a fundraising party we plan to schedule each year.  We've already had a number of people step up to want to sponsor some Streetfilms which bodes well for future productions we want to get to. As you may have heard by now, we were graced by the presence of Veronica Moss, who barged in to interrupt our sales pitch to the attendees and express her own views about traffic and transportation.  Thankfully, Ben Fried and Sarah Goodyear of Streetsblog were there to ask her a few pointed questions, even though it probably…

• Streetfilms Spectacular 2010

  Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

  6 Jan 2010 | 8:26 pm

  You are invited to the first you-gotta-be-there event of 2010.  So don't be that I'm-so-sad-I-missed-it-person and plan to be there. On Tuesday, January 19th we'll be hosting: “Streetfilms Spectacular 2010: A Celebration and Opportunity to Help Support the Future of Streetfilms” in the Penthouse at the Open Planning Project. Come by and meet the team.  See what Streetfilms is working on. Give us feedback on what you’ve liked in the past and what you’d like to see us tackle in the future. And most importantly, learn about exciting new opportunities to fund part of our work! And, as…

• 10 Things to Be Thankful for on Gridlock Alert Days

  Elizabeth Press

  21 Dec 2009 | 11:24 am

  Each year, New York City DOT and the MTA create a Holiday Traffic Mitigation Plan to ensure that traffic flows as smoothly as possible throughout the busy holiday season. You can do your part by taking mass transit whenever possible, especially on gridlock alert days (when traffic is expected to he heavy enough to warrant announcements encouraging people not to drive). So far, there have been six such alerts this month. On one of them, Streetfilms and Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton went for a whirl around lower Manhattan to see how the alert kept traffic flowing. In this light-hearted…

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  Momentum - The Magazine For Self Propelled People!

• How To Cycle in Vancouver at the 2010 Olympics

  Miteymiss

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am

• Catalogue - BikeStyle Fashion Show, San Francisco, CA

  Amy Walker

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:05 am

  Bikestyle 2009 Fashion Show Presented by Momentum, Saturday, November 21, 2009 read more

• Biking and Walking Investment=Improved Community Health and Safety, Report

  Momentum Contributor

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  [image:bicyclepedestriansign-AllianceforBikingandWalking.JPG|size=large] By Meagan Thibeault Flirting with fatality on a narrow path hugging a metropolitan speedway can be enough to dishearten any bicyclist or pedestrian. Nevertheless, emerging onto a wide-open, freshly paved dedicated car-free lane can instantly revive that spark for self-mobility. The correlation between improved walking and cycling infrastructure and the number of people who choose these forms of transit, is just one of the major findings in a recent report released by the Alliance for Biking and Walking. read more

• Double Decker Bike Parking

  Momentum Contributor

  27 Jan 2010 | 11:48 am

  [image:Dero Decker.JPG|size=large] MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Not enough room for bike parking? The Dero Bike Rack Company has developed a new two-level bike parking system called the Dero Decker that could solve your problem. The two-level system doubles bike parking capacity by allowing cyclists to stack their bike on a two-tiered system. The unique bike parking structure uses lift-assist top trays that slide down to just inches off the ground and require minimal lifting of the bike to secure it into the tray. It also has a front wheel safety locking lever and tray dampers to provide safe…

• Utne Reader: Cycle Lanes For the World's Most Dangerous Traffic

  Amy Walker

  26 Jan 2010 | 3:58 pm

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  Bikes For The Rest Of Us

• Linus Bikes

  Tom

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:18 am

  Linus makes simple city bikes with 1950s-60s French styling cues. The "bikes as transportation" message on their website makes me smile."In most urban cultures bicycles are viewed as legitimate transportation and not merely recreation, but sadly this idea never really caught on in the US. We take numerous little journeys, under 5 miles, as part of our everyday life…. to the store, the pub, to work, etc. Besides the obvious joy of riding a bicycle, these small bicycle trips reduce carbon emissions, congestion, noise pol-lution, and make for a happier, city experience."The Linus model line-up…

• Tres Chic!

  David

  29 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am

  These have been mentioned here before, but I saw them in person for the first time last week, and I can't not mention them again...Every bike in the Ticino series, by Electra Bicycle Company, is lovely and practical and elegant. I really can't say anything about them without sounding like a 13-year-old girl at the opening night of Twilight, but Edward Cullen's got nuthin' on this.The Electra Bicycle CompanyElectra Bicycle Company on Facebook

• Rivendell Atlantis

  Freewheel

  28 Jan 2010 | 6:37 am

  Rivendell makes high-end lugged steel bikes designed for the rest of us. The Atlantis, for example, has a wide tire clearance (35mm or wider) and can be used for loaded touring, trail riding, and commuting. Rivendell claims “you can do anything on an Atlantis.” The Atlantis frame, fork, and headset go for about $2,000, but the total cost depends on how you get it set up.Rivendell is the brainchild of Grant Petersen, who previously was with Bridgestone Bicycles until its demise in the mid-90s. The Atlantis is the lineal descendent of the much-acclaimed Bridgestone XO-1 (I own an XO-2,…

• Sheldon Brown and Grant Petersen

  Freewheel

  27 Jan 2010 | 12:50 pm

  Long before there was a blog called "Bikes For The Rest Of Us," there were advocates for the types of bicycles that we promote here. I think the two most prominent were the late, great Sheldon Brown and the iconoclast Grant Petersen.You want to hear an informative discussion about bikes for the rest of us? Listen to this conversation between Sheldon and Grant at the 2005 Interbike show.Here's a brief excerpt:Grant: "I think the worst thing that's happening in bicycles these days and it's been happening for years is using racing and competition bicycles to sell bicycles to people who are not…

• What is an Upright Ride and Where Can I Get One?

  Tom

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:25 am

  Finding a riding position that works for you is mostly an exercise of trial and error. It's mainly a matter of preference and there are no hard and fast rules; however, there are riding positions that work better for particular situations. Road bikes typically have their handlebars below the level of the seat; this hunched-over position is better for maximum power off the line and provides lower drag at high speeds. Mountain bikes with their short flat bars slip through tight places and keep your weight forward allowing the wheels to steer over rough terrain. Touring and trekking bikes need…

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• Paul Griffin - Summer Olympics to Winter Olympics

  gearedup@bytesurgery.com (Team Geared Up)

  15 Jan 2010 | 5:09 am

  Different Strokes Article by Malachy Mc Clerkin Irish Tribune Jan, 10, 2010 In his life less ordinary, Paul Griffin has left behind rowing heartbreak to embark on his toughest challenge yet, qualifying for the Winter Olympics. Paul Griffin should have guessed this was going to be one of those trips when his wallet came back to him $300 light after he’d left it on the connecting flight from Cork to Heathrow on his way to Alaska. Or when Western Union confused him with another Paul Griffin in their system who had a gladly-pay-you-Tuesday credit rating and wouldn’t release any cash…

• Sergio Fernández: “Step by Step, you Achieve Everything”

  gearedup@bytesurgery.com (Team Geared Up)

  26 Apr 2009 | 5:10 am

  FIGUERES, SPAIN (Team Geared Up) Sergio Fernández has completed the Libyan Challenge and the Rock and Ice Ultra, two ultra-marathons, taking place in the south of Libya and in the North of Canada, 200 km non-stop and 225 km in stages, respectively, at 35ºC and -35ºC, with backpack and carrying a sled, on sand and on ice. Back from Canada, after finishing the project, he tells us how everything was. How was it in Canada? Relatively well, I finished which it was the main purpose and I wasn’t too sure about that. Also I managed to finish in the 5th place. Taking into account…

• Dublin Duathlon Series

  gearedup@bytesurgery.com (Team Geared Up)

  14 Apr 2009 | 7:05 am

    DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Dates have just been announced for the very popular Dublin Duathlon Series which starts next month. This year Belpark Tri Club and Trinity College Tri Club have teamed up to organise what is being touted as “the best duathlon series to date” - http://www.dublintri.com/duathlon.html. I did one of these last year, my first ever attempt at a duathlon, and found the event a blast. The course in the Phoenix Park was excellent and the race was extremely well organised. For would-be triathletes this is a great way to be introduced to the sport…

• Mountain Climbers Warned to Prepare

  gearedup@bytesurgery.com (Team Geared Up)

  10 Apr 2009 | 7:27 am

  Dublin, Ireland (Team Geared Up) Breaking News is reporting that the Irish Mountain Rescue Association has said climbers are unwittingly risking their lives by setting off on treks without any preparations. Last year the IMRA responded to 214 call-outs, assisting 265 climbers in need. Thirteen bodies were recovered. According to Gerry Christie of Kerry Mountain Rescue Team people aren’t taking the dangers of Irish mountains seriously and don’t realise how conditions can quickly change for the worse. As someone who has witnessed “climbers” in jeans and runners with…

• Video: Revolution Cycle Reach Uyuni Salt Flats NUDE!

  gearedup@bytesurgery.com (Team Geared Up)

  11 Mar 2009 | 8:55 am

  DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Irish around the world cyclists Revolution have just reached the Uyuni salt flats. Watch this best video yet from the lads. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia from revolutioncycle on Vimeo. There are some serious beards coming on! -Robin.

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• Arrgh, Indoor flat tires!

  Unit

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:35 am

  I woke up this morning to discover why my last workout seemed to be getting more difficult than normal. My front tire developed a slow leak while riding my rollers. This makes number five for the year. Riding in the winter time is always an added layer of difficulty. Regardless of if you ride indoors out outdoors, few people report as much pleasure with riding this time of year. Adding one of the worst things about riding in nice weather (flat tires) to everything you get with riding in winter and you have a real fun time on your hands! Do not call me for an outside ride until they clear all…

• 2.07.09 Long Road Back

  Joe Strummer

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:36 pm

  Route: Marine Loop Tunes: Wilco, KICKING TELEVISION Well, that wasn't pretty. I'm so embarassed, I'm not even going to post my usual time, distance, and pace stats. For the record, I rode the standard Marine Loop; I did so in a little over two hours, and my average pace did not threaten the 16 mph mark. Pace was not today's goal. "Just getting out and doing it" was. I could have -- and probably should have -- ridden yesterday, but I didn't, choosing to do my now usual 6-mile run on the Nickel Plate trail instead. Doing a 6-mile run once a week, which is all I've been able to manage lately, is…

• The 60 Minute TimeTrial that never was

  Mark EWERS

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:04 pm

  Some days are better than others. Today was one of those others. I've been feeling pretty good on the bike lately. My answer to the standard cyclist's "How's your training?" greeting has ranged from "Not bad at all" to "Really well" recently. Things have been going so well in fact, I thought today might be a good day for one of my favorite workouts/tests, the 60 minute TT. For some reason though, the good workout streak seems to have ended yesterday without warning. This 60 minute TimeTrial felt like cold sweaty death right from the start. Many times starting out is hard. The legs feel crusty…

• Money in the bank

  Unit

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:38 pm

  I saddled up again today on my lunch break. I could try and over sell the endeavor, but it is pointless to do so. I went into the dark cold room in the back here at work and hopped on the rollers for an hour. Steadily I moved the RPMs up as well as the resistance. I enjoyed some nice music while I rode. I recently bought Owl City for my kids and I have to admit it is really odd stuff. I have no idea what any of the lyrics mean, but the sound of it puts a smile on my face. These rides are hardly motivating by themselves. Cold, dark, stationary, but they are money in the bank. When this snow…

• Rest and Recovery Done Right

  Mark EWERS

  3 Feb 2010 | 4:35 pm

  One of the things I've come to understand a lot better in the last few years is the need for rest and recovery. A lot of guys I know, and I myself have been a long-time member of this club, don't really get what recovery is about and how to implement it as part of their training plan. I think that club I mentioned above is a hard one to get out of for a couple of reasons. For one thing, a lot of people associate rest and recovery with down time. That is, time not spent training. And we all know if you want to reach your optimum you have to train, right? Another reason, and this was always a…

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• Tested: Specialized Big Mouth Bottle

  Levi

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:25 pm

  If you’re new to cycling, here’s one thing you need to know: the Specialized Big Mouth Bottle is the standard bottle by which all other water bottles are judged. I have been using these bottles as long as I can remember, I just haven’t reviewed them since it seems like such an obvious choice for a water bottle. But to point out all the reasons why I use Specialized water bottles, here is my review… As you can see from the picture above, Specialized bottles are available in a variety of color schemes thanks to many companies using them as promotional items. That’s…

• Tested: 100% Whey Gold Natural Protein Powder by Optimum Nutrition

  Levi

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am

  While whey protein is a staple for bodybuilders, it also functions as a good source of protein for anyone who may need extra protein in their diet. That could be a vegetarian, or perhaps an endurance athlete who constantly beats up their body and needs to recover! Earlier this year I purchased the Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Natural Protein Powder so I could get back into the habit of whey protein supplementation. Normally I don’t go crazy with protein supplements, but since I was taking some time off the bike and spending more time in the weight room, I thought I’d add it…

• Tested: Quaker Simple Harvest Hot Cereal

  Levi

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:17 am

  I was once a big fan of the fruit and nut bars from the Quaker Simple Harvest line, but you can’t get those anymore, so I tried the hot cereal hoping it would be good, too. I grabbed the vanilla almond honey flavor since it was on sale. The Simple Harvest hot cereal is a lot like oatmeal, but it offers more than oats. Yes, it’s mainly oats, but they throw in a little wheat, barley, and rye, too.   Ingredients: Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Whole Grain Rolled Wheat, Rolled Barley, Whole Grain Rolled Rye, Sugar, Almonds, Whole Flaxseed, Oat Flour, Natural Flavors, Salt, Molasses The…

• Tested: Raw Revolution Organic Live Food Bar

  Levi

  28 Jan 2010 | 8:52 am

  The trend toward organic and raw foods is fast underway, with many snack bars and health drinks offering these more natural versions. One bar that has gone all the way is the Raw Revolution Organic Live Food Bar, which is made of raw, living foods, rather than cooked and processed ingredients. Raw Indulgence was created by a Registered Nurse and Natural Foods Chef who developed a passion for preparing and eating raw foods. Why raw foods? In general, raw foods contain more nutrients and enzymes than cooked foods, which usually lose a certain amount of nutrients during the preparation process.

• Really, What Time of Day is Best for Exercise?

  Levi

  26 Jan 2010 | 10:52 am

  Ever since I started working out seriously in high school, I have always been a firm believer in working out in the morning. I just thought it was the best way to start the day. Eventually, I read some articles that said it’s good to workout early. There were all sorts of benefits like burning calories off your body and not just what you’ve eaten during the day. So I kept doing what I was doing. In later years, it turned into a big debate focused on the best way to burn calories. Some said morning workouts were great for burning body fat, while afternoon workouts did nothing more…

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• City toughens cell phone policy to save lives and money

  Jonathan Maus (Editor-in-Chief)

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:41 pm

  “The combined estimated direct and indirect costs of losses attributable to cell phone use while driving on City business = $283,554 to $1,039,698 annually.” — From a City risk assessment report on the use of cell phones while driving The City of Portland is taking Oregon’s new cell phone law one step further when it comes to their own employees. A new state law prohibits the use of hand-held “mobile communication devices” while driving, but it makes two major exceptions: hands-free use is still allowed and so is using a cell phone “in the scope of…

• The Monday Roundup

  Elly Blue (Editor)

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:22 pm

  Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: - The ballooning recall of Toyota models with sticky accellerators has cast light on the reluctance with which the auto industry responds to safety issues. - While many of our Portland readers were at City Hall to rally and attend the new bicycle plan hearing, the federal HUD secretary was a few blocks away at PSU announcing the opening of a new federal department with strong potential links to transportation issues, the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities. - On Streetsblog, a discussion of the “invisible” side of…

• 7th annual Mini Bike Winter starts Thursday

  Jonathan Maus (Editor-in-Chief)

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:29 pm

  Carnage awaits at the Chariot Wars event.(Photo © J. Maus) This year’s Mini Bike Winter is shaping up to be one of the best ever. The event — which tries to capture the fun and creative culture of Portland’s beloved Zoobomb community — features parties, competitions, and this year, even a panel discussion. Mini Bike Winter kicks off on Thursday night (2/11) with a panel discussion titled, “Should Bikes Save the Planet?” Panelists include: Author of Efficiency Shifting, Conrad Schmidt; Bicycle Pornographer Reverend Phil Sano; President of Umbrella and…

• Reality check: Bike plan includes no financial commitment

  Jonathan Maus (Editor-in-Chief)

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:17 pm

  “The plan calls for spending approximately $600 million to…” — From a story published today by the Portland Tribune The myth that the City of Portland’s Bicycle Plan for 2030 comes with a $600 million price tag continues to spread among various media outlets, despite the fact that the plan commits the city to no spending of any kind. The Oregonian’s misleading front page article last week, (which their Editorial Board reinforced the next day) got the ball rolling. The Oregonian article saying the plan had a “hefty price tag” was put out on the…

• Mt. Hood Cycling Classic returns to Portland in 2010

  Jonathan Maus (Editor-in-Chief)

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:51 am

  The scene at Mt. Tabor during the 2008 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.(Photo © J. Maus) The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, a major, multi-stage road race that draws top professional athletes from all over the country, is set to return to Portland in 2010. The six-stage race will begin with a prologue on June 1st at Portland International Raceway in north Portland. The following day, the race moves to Mt. Tabor Park in Southeast Portland for a “lung and leg busting” circuit race. After Portland, the race travels into Washington and then out to the Columbia River Gorge and then ends with two…

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  Singletracks Mountain Bike Blog

• WTB Aviator Saddle Review

  Bob_the_Builder

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:08 pm

  New for 2010 is the WTB Aviator, a saddle so tough it flies through the air wearing Carhartts! WTB built this saddle to withstand the abuses of a downhiller or freerider, meaning it will be able to handle multiple crashes, heavy riders, and jarring impacts. The WTB Aviator saddle is covered by the same material that Carhartt uses for their jeans so naturally the material resists tearing and stains. The circumference of the saddle is covered by a rubber strip, offering more grip and abrasion resistant corners. The over-sized 8mm chromoly rails are designed to resist bending while the comfort…

• Idaho License Plates to Support MTB Trails

  trek7k

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:33 am

  An Idaho legislator is seeking approval for a special vehicle license plate to benefit mountain bike trails. While many states (including our home state, GA) offer cycling-themed plates, as far as we know this would be the first mountain bike specific plate in the US. Those who choose the MTB plates would pay a $35 special tag fee initially and $25 each year upon renewal. The extra funds would go to support the 12,000 miles of bike-friendly trails in Idaho. While some supporters of the MTB plate point to the revenue potential, we think the awareness potential is a much bigger deal. By some…

• Awesome Land: Women of Dirt (Movie)

  trek7k

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:17 am

  There’s a new documentary film out about mountain biking women and judging by the previews it looks to be as adrenaline packed as any MTB film we’ve seen. Of course, this movie isn’t just about women who ride bikes - it’s about women who ride downhill, DJ, and freeride specifically. A Seattle Times film reviewer gives the movie two and a half stars out of four which ain’t bad. The film is showing in Seattle this week and you can buy the DVD through the Bones Over Metal website for $24.95 right now. Anyone seen this one yet and care to share a review? Trailer…

• Manitou Rethought, Re-engineered, Re-energized!

  element22

  4 Feb 2010 | 11:56 am

  As a mountain biker for many years, I’ve seen dozens of riders and companies come and go. One company I have always admired is Manitou but lately (the past few years) I feel like they haven’t been seen around much. Besides sightings of the Dorado (more on that later), the R7 on some winning XC bikes, and mentions of the Minute forks, the company seems to have been keeping a low profile. Well, I had the great opportunity to speak with one of the many people who are pushing Manitou back into the spotlight with an all new, shiny line up. Richard, or Rich for those who know him, has a…

• Sneak Peek: Syncros FR Wheelset

  Bob_the_Builder

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am

  Over last 5 years, more and more riders have been choosing to equip their DH and freeride bikes with Syncros FR Wheelsets. These wheels are easy to identify thanks to their distinctive white rims and prominent logo placements. Syncros parts are quite popular in British Columbia, Canada, where the company started and the Syncros-sponsored NSMB team is also located in B.C. Here in the east, however, Syncros wheels are not as widely used which is a shame. As a former resident of Vancouver’s fabled North Shore, I’m excited to test these wheels since many of the riders I look up to used…

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  Evomo Team Blog

• Little things

  Clint Hosman

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:01 pm

  Maybe it’s the MBA program I’m in right now talking or maybe its just the realization of how cool the little things in life are but I couldn’t help but think of the small things this morning on the trail and how they combine to make an experience. Like being the first ones out on [...]

• DOH!

  Darren

  2 Feb 2010 | 1:16 pm

  This past weekend was race #2 for the MBAA state championship.  With all of the rain we have received it has really changed the lines of this course.  Unfortunatly though it did not make Mt. 2fnhigh any smaller.  The first lap I was on a great pace when, I moved over to let some pros [...]

• Evomo Brisbane, Austrailia

  admin

  28 Jan 2010 | 3:27 pm

  Some very loyal fans from Brisbane, Australia sent us an email with some great pictures... check em out!

• Crap Weather

  Darren

  21 Jan 2010 | 1:38 pm

  This is the 5th day in a row where the weather has sucked.  Between the mass amount of rain (remember i am in the desert so any rain is a big deal) and the wind.  So I haven’t made it out on the trails at all this week.  Cabin fever is starting to set in.  [...]

• What Do You Eat for Lunch?

  Bryan

  18 Jan 2010 | 10:14 pm

  As a follow up to my question to all you amature (or professional) athletes who follow the Evomo blog... What do you eat for lunch on a non-race, non-competition day?

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• Dr. Thunda recommends you get the Sette Ace

  RL Policar

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:52 pm

  Dr. Thunda recently bought a new Sette Ace. He had seen me ride it through some of the local trails and based on my review and my suggestion, he bought one. Here he is with his new bike. Congrats to Dr. Thunda, getting a new bike is certainly a great experience! FREE Shipping on All Orders over $75 at DirectBicycleParts.com BicycleBids.com, the Auction Style Classifieds

• Santiago Oaks with El Guapo

  Joe

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm

  Last weekend some of my teammates (David, Kim and Tony) and I headed to the Santiago Oaks for some fun. We were joined by our friends Dan, Albert and Joshua. Following the heavy rains earlier in the week, we waited until the weekend to give the trails a chance to dry. Unfortunately some areas at the lower part were still pretty muddy. Oaks is always fun. This time we stopped at the play area to watch David “el Guapo” Sanderson put on a clinic and show us his jumping skills. Below is a short video our ride. Enjoy! FREE Shipping on All Orders over $75 at DirectBicycleParts.com…

• KHS SixFifty 606 review

  Joe

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:47 pm

  MtnBikeRiders.com first heard about the KHS SixFifty 606 just before Interbike 2009. Excited with the 650b concept, I couldn’t wait to see it in person in Las Vegas. To date, there are only a few manufacturers entertaining this wheel size as part of their line-up. The 650b (27.5”) is the third option in mountain bike tire size. It falls in between the established 26” and the revolutionary 29er (29”). The 27.5” tire is fairly new in the current MTB arena however the tire size itself has been around for many years. The 650b is designed to roll faster than a 26” bike, yet is lighter…

• Kuat Innovations The NV Hitch Mount Rack-Being Tested

  RL Policar

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:32 am

  Just received this bad boy the other day for testing from KUAT Innovations. Specs: Here’s some photos on how it looks on the Limo. The NV came with additional adapters to allow 700c wheels. But what you see can also handle 29er wheels. Plus it ratchets so you can make sure your bike is snug and with a simple press of the button, it releases. Wheel tray. Large quick release lever allows multiple rack positions. Tilt forward Flat Up Built in lock and cable See that knob, you crank on it and it will tighten the rack against your hitch to prevent sway. Here’s the best part of the…

• The Moe’s Come Back Ride

  RL Policar

  31 Jan 2010 | 8:24 pm

  A few months ago The Moe took a dive during a DH practice run at Fontana. He took a jump, landed but his bike bucked him off and OTB he went. Little did he know that his fall actually resulted in a REALLY messed up shoulder. He knew it hurt but he didn’t know the extent of the injury since he kept DH racing. Months later the pain got to The Moe. He finally went in and the doctor said that he tore his labral or something like that. That meant surgery, a few screws and orders that he stay off the bike for months. Well its been a long few months and the Doc gave him the ok to start riding…

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  Sick Lines - mountain bike reviews, news, videos | Your comprehensive downhill and freeride mountain bike resource

• 2010 Hayes Prime Disc Brakes

  sicklines

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:20 pm

  Hayes has been working on a new brake for 2010 called Prime.  Available in two flavors, Pro and Expert. top loading pads tool free reach adjust tool free contact adjust high-flow reservoir venting system optional two piece floating rotor titanium hardware on Pro model Available Rotor Sizes: 140, 160, 180, 203, 224 (mm) and more http://hayesdiscbrake.com/prime/

• 2010 East Coast Racing Schedules - Gravity East Series, Diablo, Plattekill, Blue Mountain, Snowshoe

  sicklines

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:54 pm

  For 2010, the race season is looking pretty healthy for U.S.A. racers on the east coast.   Check inside for dates for the Gravity East Series, Diablo, Plattekill, Blue Mountain, Windham, and SnowShoe. Be sure to check out our East Coast Chronicles page as well as our courses pages to see video from most of these locations! Gravity East Series - http://www.gravityeastseries.com Tentative schedule: April 30 - May 1st - Massanuten, VA June 12 - 13th – 7 Springs, PA July 3th-4th – Plattekill, NY July 10th – 11th - Highland, NH July 31st - August 1st – Sugarbush, VT August 13-14th –…

• New Banshee Bikes Website

  sicklines

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:05 am

  Banshee has a new website up and its got some pretty nice updates including some bike videos, detailed specs, and much more.  Check it out. See more. http://www.bansheebikes.com

• Freeride Friday

  sicklines

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:39 am

  Every Friday we will post a few videos for you to look at that we’ve found on the Internet that are fun to watch (especially if you’re bored at work). If you have any suggestions, or have a cool video to share feel free to drop us an email. Previous Freeride Friday Videos

• Video: DirtTV-Finally Part Six

  sicklines

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:49 am

  Finally (part 6) - Created by the Parkin Brothers (Focus, ReFocus, 3Focus, etc).  Part 6 takes us to Australia for Worlds and Schladming for the finals. Greg Minnaar, Sam Hill, Steve Peat, Fabien Barel, Gee Atherton, and many more battle it out in a nice recreation of the 2009 season. Finally: Part One Finally: Part Two Finally: Part Three Finally: Part Four Finally: Part Five

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• Bahati: Out of Compton

  VeloLoser

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:36 am

  Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team and Endure Media Group announce a partnership to produce a groundbreaking entertainment documentary series preliminarily entitled Bahati: Out of Compton. This project captures the essence of the human condition, said Endure spokesperson Matthew Hall. Rahsaan Bahati’s story is one of hope, compassion and excellence. We use cycling as a backdrop to tell Rahsaan’s story, and weave the excitement of the sport, the passion of the events and celebrity cache for tremendous impact on the community. Bahati: Out of Compton will blend professional footage with…

• February Already? Time to Get Serious!

  VeloLoser

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  Throughout the month of January I took things at a decidedly easy pace. I was running a bit, spending some time on the trainer, and riding to work every day, but my both my volume and my effort were low. But that was okay. It was Only January. Then today I came the shocking realization - it's Already February! And that means it's time for me to get serious. This year will be my first full year of racing, as well as my first year with a team, RACING GREYHOUNDS. Here's a preview of the fancy team kit: So I spent some time outlining my goals and planning a tentative race schedule. Since this…

• No Animals Were Harmed

  VeloLoser

  16 Dec 2009 | 8:38 am

  Last night I attended the new member orientation meeting of the Racing Greyhounds, a cycling team to which I applied and, shockingly, was accepted. Since receiving my acceptance email last week, I'd been concerned there had been some kind of mistake. Perhaps they had accidentally sent the email to everyone who applied, rather than just the smaller group of those selected for the team. When filling out the application, I was somewhat embarrassed when filling in my "race resume" - a short list of 5 or 6 category C cyclocross races and a 100-mile "time trial" with less than impressive results -…

• CX National Championships Live!

  VeloLoser

  13 Dec 2009 | 10:18 am

  Live video coverage of Cyclocross National Championships in Bend Oregon via CyclingDirt.org! Live text coverage via Cyclocross Magazine! Cycling Dirt Sunday Schedule (PST): 09:35 AM: Pre Race Show 09:45 AM: Collegiate Men's D1 Race 10:30 AM: Live Post Race Interviews from Collegiate Men's Race 10:45 AM: Pre Race Show 11:15 AM: Elite Women/ U23 Women's Race 11:55 AM: Live Post Race Interviews from Elite/ U23 Women's Race 02:00 PM: Pre Race Show 02:30 PM: Elite Men's Race 03:30 PM: Live Post Race Interviews from Elite Men's Race Please upgrade your browser

• Can of Worms

  VeloLoser

  4 Dec 2009 | 10:38 am

  Among cyclists, helmets use is, and will probably always be, a contentious issue. Because of this, many of us just don't discuss our position on the issue at all. It will just make everyone hate one another, but no opinions will be changed. Today I am going to risk scorn and abuse by opening this can of worms, specifically because of an incident that has reinforced my opinion on the issue. For years now, I've obstinately worn a helmet whenever I am on a bike whether I am going 100 feet or 100 miles, 5mph or 25mph. And in that time, I've never once experienced a situation in which my helmet…

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• Stan & Jude - tubes in, bikes out.

  steve garro

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am

  Ahhhh - high gloss black. much like the proverbial "little black dress" it leaves little to imagination & hides even less........every imperfection jumps right out at you, but this frame is smooooth. just waiting on silver decals to send this gem to WI. i really tried to blend all the fillets perfectly & i'm proud of the effort. man, that looks cool in the snow. we got more snow & we have drifts that i estimate at 10-12+ feet with an all over coverage of around 4'. fillet brazing sure is allot of work but worth the end results are distinctive & worth it. here is Jude's 650B…

• Stan's frame finished, Jude's coming right along / finally got out!

  steve garro

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:26 am

  Stan's completed frame. a very straightforward sweet rig. a nice, fat strong fillet. while it seems that blending the two fillets together would be less work, it's actually more work to polish - go figure.......Jude's bike, 1st sub assembly. seattube sleeve made from an 8' length of 4130, seattube cut to length & mitered, H2O holes drilled & ST tacked to the BB shell. still need to drill the vent holes for the down tube & toptube and the seat tubehole and slot. it's the "spine" of the bike - make it good. BAM! front triangle all tacked. I got out for my 1st exercise in over two…

• kinda jacked up.........

  steve garro

  28 Jan 2010 | 10:37 am

  i jacked up my left wrist polishing so i've been moving slow the last few days - i can hardly do shit with only one good limb to my name! still, i was able to prep Eric's frameset so he could come build it - dark ford blue, a fine color. i went to acupuncture & massage and i'm feeling better about my wrist, it's coming around. i'm constantly treading a thin line on the edge of overuse. all built! quite the eclectic gruppo. ready to go around the block or around the world, no problem. stoked guy leading his new pony home. going to get back on Stan's frame today & wrap it up. wrist…

• 2nd biggest winter storm ever / Stan's frame.

  steve garro

  23 Jan 2010 | 11:38 am

  here is the view from the office - whoa! Glad i married good Wisconsin stock! that's an 8' ladder behind the pole. there's still allot up on the roof, too. Denise is pretty worn out. i'm kinda worthless at helping, so i'm just working - i figure that i can at least make money while she is shoveling..... Shop view. checking out Stan's frame. good! starting out on seat stays. this is just a raw 8' length of 4130.done - i've put allot into these, enough that i consider much of it proprietary any more. after mitering i'm checking to see what i have - all good. final alignment check before i…

• holding in there.......

  steve garro

  22 Jan 2010 | 8:59 am

  one of the top three snowfalls ever recorded in Flagstaff, with more to come. can't see out of the windows anymore. this was yesterday afternoon, and we got 12"+ more, with up to double that expected, still on the way. damn.........

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  Moving Target

• Larry Z dies, wake 13th February 2010 [2]

  Buffalo Bill

  2 Feb 2010 | 12:26 am

  Sad news, this from Josh: Sorry to anyone who hadn’t heard the news yet, Larry died 4am 30th of December, just less than five years after he was hit by truck on his way home from...

• UK courier roller race championships, 19th February, Horseshoe [1]

  Buffalo Bill

  23 Jan 2010 | 1:11 am

  Describing the last 2 messengerpaluzas as amongst the most atmospheric Rollapaluzas ever, (by which I think they mean noisy, unruly and, most importantly, fun), the guys at Rollapaluza have announced...

• Overdrive's courier quiz [2]

  Buffalo Bill

  19 Jan 2010 | 12:51 pm

  In lieu of some actual original content on here, why not try John’s quiz? Sample question: In the postcode of W1, what is unusual about Tottenham Court Road? On the forum, here

• Department of Transport study exonerates 'lycra louts' [3]

  Buffalo Bill

  16 Dec 2009 | 12:03 am

  From the Guardian: Cyclists disobeying stop signal or wearing dark clothing at night rarely cited in collisions causing serious injury. A tiny proportion of accidents involving cyclists are...

• 8th female London cyclist killed by lorry? [22]

  Buffalo Bill

  15 Dec 2009 | 12:23 am

  Reading the comments in the follow up to a report of a cyclist/lorry collision in Greenwich a couple of weeks ago, it seems that the cyclist has died of her injuries. This would be the 13th cyclist...

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  Cozy Beehive

• A Shimano Solution To Toyota's Accelerator Problem

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:47 pm

  Dear Cyclists (& Pedestrians),This is a notice.Cozy Beehive is calling out a Worldwide Cyclist Death Or Possible Injury Alert For Immediate Make Officialling, also called WCDOPIAFIMO for short.In the upcoming days, months and possibly even years, you will surely die or get severely injured out on the road if you don't stay away from something called a TOYOTA. Even worse, really old women with Toyota's. Now that can be even worse.Steve Woz, the co-founder of Apple, has taken down many many individuals already with his Prius. Steve and his Toyota have both been arrested.Meanwhile, we from…

• Energy Costs Of Riding A Unicycle

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:31 pm

  A reader sent me an interesting page on the energy requirements involved in unicycling. Quite simply put, two riders, one skilled and one less skilled, show different efficiencies operating the cycle.Skilled unicyclists devote more energy to going straight than they do trying to stay in balance through precise timing of corrective energy provision, while less skilled riders show the opposite scenario, which is why most of us lose out quickly and fall.To keep a unicycle in balance, a correcting energy has to be supplied at some frequency for proper dynamics of the system. As far as steering is…

• Science Of Cadel Evans From Dr. David Martin

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:09 am

  I happened to read an article in the Ride Cycling Review publication titled "A Study Of Champions : Cadel & Lance". This is an Australian magazine and I wouldn't have had the chance to read it were it not for partner in blogging crime, Wade over at Cycling Tips, sending me a fine copy from beautiful Down Under. Thank you!Written by David T. Martin, a senior physiologist at Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, the article is a good reminder to all of us that some of the less talked about riders in the peloton also show remarkable physiological characteristics. Yet, few fancy…

• 52x12 vs 52x11 Gearing : A Look At Chordal Action

  28 Jan 2010 | 5:50 am

  If you're the type who likes to gun it down the line in high gears, you may have wondered more than once - what is really better in terms of crankset chainring-rear sprocket size, would it be a 52T x 11T or a 52T x 12T?At the same RPM, you get a slightly higher top end speed with the 11T at the sacrifice of some torque. But if you're asking this from an efficiency standpoint (ratio of input power over output power), its a slightly tougher nut to crack if you don't have actual measuring equipment.I won't talk directly about efficiency but I'll talk about something else that you may want to…

• Saturday Stupidity IX

  22 Jan 2010 | 9:01 pm

  While the geopolitical problems in the middle east continues on, another conflict moves on unabashed through the years.We wish both riders good luck in their senile competition. Love him or hate him, Armstrong is doing will do plenty for Acne.FOR PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS OF STUPIDITY, SEE :Saturday Stupidity ISaturday Stupidity IISaturday Stupidity IIISaturday Stupidity IVSaturday Stupidity VSaturday Stupidity VISaturday Stupidity VIISaturday Stupidity IX* * *

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  BicycleSpokesman.com

• Bike Lanes From Around the World

  spokesman

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:01 pm

   The Huffington Post recently published a slide show featuring bike lanes from around the world.   Although the slide show did feature one fictitious bike lane, the real ones illustrate how bike lanes can be integrated into cities and make bike commuting much safer and easier.   The slide show gave me some potential ideas from my neighborhood.  In the Washington DC area, many of the suburban metro stations are surrounded by large roads.  During the morning rush hour, these roads are busy and are dangerous for cyclists.  The result is that the garages are filled with cars that are…

• Cyclists and Body Mass Index

  spokesman

  31 Jan 2010 | 8:18 pm

  Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height.   It provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. Nationally, almost a third of American adults are obese and nearly two-thirds are either obese or overweight under the BMI criteria.  However a key drawback of the BMI is that people who are lean but well muscled (like many athletes) can have the same BMI as somebody who carries too much fat.  Below are some professional cyclists with their height and weight…

• Chelsea Clinton Is Spinning For Haiti

  spokesman

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:15 am

  This past week, Chelsea Clinton led a spinning class to raise money for Haiti.    While it is a well intentioned effort, I think it is stupid.   If you want to give money, just give money.  Don’t think that if you do some pseudo-suffering in a 90 minute spin class, you are somehow suffering along with the true victims.  Chelsea is not even leading the class alone - she is co-leading it (and not with one of the Bush kids) It is $1000 for a front row bicycle, $500 for the second row and $100 for any other bike (however the press release didn’t say you couldn’t move your…

• Cyclists Are Tougher Than Football Players

  spokesman

  18 Jan 2010 | 8:37 pm

  This past weekend, the Minnesota Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 34-3 in a playoff game.  After the game, Dallas Cowboy linebacker Keith Brooking complained that Minnesota had run up the score.  Brooking said “I thought it was totally classless and disrespectful.  This is the NFL, that’s not what this is about.  I don’t think there’s a place for that..”. Hey Brooking - you’re a wimp.  You’re paid to stop them from scoring.  If you can’t do it, get out of the league.  In the Tour De France, there is a time cut-off each day.

• 2010 Mileage Log

  spokesman

  2 Jan 2010 | 7:43 am

  I have used a custom excel spreadsheet to track my mileage for the past several years.  The 2010 version can be found on the Potomac Pedalers Bike Club website.  It is a great spreadsheet organized around a calendar.  It provides weekly and monthly subtotals.  Thanks to Mark for going to the trouble to develop it.  If you like this post then please consider subscribing to my full feed RSS . You can also subscribe by Email and have new posts sent directly to your inbox.

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  KGS Bikes Blog

• Find your Road Bike Setup like a Pro

  kgsbikes

  26 Jan 2010 | 4:08 pm

  Since I added a post on the way to find your tri bike setup, I am now working on my program to help you define your road bike setup. I have two graphics in this post, the first one being an alternative to the one I use in the KGS Bikes studio. The second one [...]Post from: KGS Bikes BlogFind your Road Bike Setup like a Pro

• Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle”

  kgsbikes

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:01 am

  I found a great website with bicycle quotes like the one above from the great Mark Twain. Post from: KGS Bikes BlogGet a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle” Post from: KGS Bikes BlogGet a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle”

• KGS Bikes’ First Video – How to change a rear bike wheel

  kgsbikes

  23 Jan 2010 | 3:07 pm

  I had been promising for some time to help folks with “how-to” videos. Here is the first one where I show you how to remove and replace the rear wheel on your bicycle. Thanks for looking and please send me topics for videos. I want to answer your questions! Post from: KGS Bikes BlogKGS Bikes’ First Video [...]Post from: KGS Bikes BlogKGS Bikes’ First Video – How to change a rear bike wheel

• Find your own Tri bike setup like a pro

  kgsbikes

  17 Jan 2010 | 5:55 pm

  I constantly am asked if I can help folks remotely with their bicycle setup. With a few tools and a little creativity and attention to detail, you can document your bike position accurately to help you in choosing a new bike or in returning the bike to the correct setup if it is disassembled. I [...]Post from: KGS Bikes BlogFind your own Tri bike setup like a pro

• What the bicycle industry wants – Paraphrased from Seth’s Blog

  kgsbikes

  15 Jan 2010 | 4:02 am

  I write many times about parallels to my industry when I get pearls of wisdom from Seth Godin. He wrote a doozy today regarding how I see the bike biz. Here is the post with my comments below: What the industry wants It’s easy to get trapped wondering what consumers want, and then being frustrated when you [...]Post from: KGS Bikes BlogWhat the bicycle industry wants – Paraphrased from Seth’s Blog

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  CogSnob

• Reviewed: Gargoyles Cardinal Eyewear

  CogSnob

  12 Jan 2010 | 2:18 pm

  Overview Reviewing cycling specific eyewear is a favorite category for us at CogSnob. Why? With our base elevation and... Get the latest cycling reviews on all the latest hot products at www.cogsnob.com.

• Creating a Computrainer Workout

  Mike

  29 Dec 2009 | 8:47 am

  I was asked recently how I create computrainer workouts to use with my indoor trainer. So I thought a write-up... Get the latest cycling reviews on all the latest hot products at www.cogsnob.com.

• VHoldR ContourHD Helmet Cam

  Mike

  28 Dec 2009 | 11:03 am

  I have been riding for about a month now with a helmet camera from VHoldR called the ContourHD. There are a couple notable helmet video cameras out all having a varying degree of price and quality,... Get the latest cycling reviews on all the latest hot products at www.cogsnob.com.

• Reviewed: Lake CX140 Boots

  CogSnob

  5 Dec 2009 | 9:53 am

  It has already been a cold start to ole' man winter here in Colorado. Needless to say, the only... Get the latest cycling reviews on all the latest hot products at www.cogsnob.com.

• I will beat my ass today, to kick yours tomorrow.

  Mike

  14 Nov 2009 | 5:11 pm

  VideoThis is what I awoke to today, winter on the Colorado Front Range. So far it has not been so... Get the latest cycling reviews on all the latest hot products at www.cogsnob.com.

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  podium insight

• Alessandro Ballan – looking forward to riding the Classics and the Giro for BMC Racing Team

  stephanie

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:44 pm

  The decision to sign with BMC Racing Team was relatively easy for Alessandro Ballan. It was based on a desire to try something new. “I liked that BMC was a smaller team,” commented Ballan. “I wanted... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• Mt Hood Cycling Classic returns for 2010

  lyne

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:56 am

  - Toughest Pro/Am Cycling Event in the Country Returns for 2010 - Hood River, Ore., February 5th, 2010– The Mt. Hood Cycling classic, renown for it’s challenging Columbia Gorge time trial and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• A closer look at North American women on European UCI teams

  lyne

  6 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  A closer look at the nine North American women, 4 American, 3 Canadian and 2 from Mexico that are racing with European-based UCI Women's teams in 2010: Kim Anderson, Evelyn Stevens, Amber Rais, Liz... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• Burghardt is Ready to Win for BMC Racing Team

  stephanie

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  After spending five years of his professional life with T-Mobile and Columbia –HTC, Marcus Burghardt is ready to ride and win for BMC Racing Team in 2010. “I was on Columbia for a very long time,”... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• A bold plan for the Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 team

  lyne

  3 Feb 2010 | 5:01 pm

  A new squad, the Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 Professional Cycling Team, joined the women’s cycling world this year with a unique approach: a focus on preparing their riders for the 2012 ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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  Keir Plaice

• I am settling in well here in the Netherlands, finding some good training routes and very much...

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:28 am

  I am settling in well here in the Netherlands, finding some good training routes and very much...

• I am safe and sound in the Netherlands… the last few days have been a bit of a blur. Travel...

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am

  I am safe and sound in the Netherlands… the last few days have been a bit of a blur. Travel...

• "It's all happening"

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:45 am

  That is my favourite line from one of my favourite movies (I’ll let you figure it out), and I...

• I have just read Mark Cavendish’s autobiography. It is a...

  25 Jan 2010 | 4:13 am

  I have just read Mark Cavendish’s autobiography. It is a rousingly honest account of his development into today’s greatest champion. Even for a rider of Cavendish’s calibre, cycling has been a battle filled with hard times,mistakes, and suffering. There were times where no one thought he would succeed except himself. It is Cavendish’s self belief, determination and uncompromising fire for winning that has made him the rider he is today.

• Wish I could be there tonight

  23 Jan 2010 | 1:10 pm

  Wish I could be there tonight

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  Bell Sports True Fit Community & Blog

• Round Two: Win a Bell Hawk Helmet and Tony Hawk: RIDE for Nintendo Wii

  Bell Sports

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  In partnership with Activision, on February 1st Bell Sports kicked off the first of three contest giveaways: for a week we asked you to engage us on twitter (@BellTrueFit) for your chance to win a Bell Hawk helmet and the video game Tony Hawk: Ride for X-Box 360. After sifting through the twitter messages, we’ve randomly selected a winner: Congratulations to @MomMostTravelled! You are the winner of a Bell Hawk skateboarding/BMX helmet and an X-Box 360 version of Tony Hawk: Ride! The Bell True Fit sweepstakes continue this week and for the next seven days we’re giving you the chance to win…

• Did you know? Bell’s Fast Facts Fridays

  Bell Sports

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:37 pm

  Bicycle riders are a dedicated bunch. They ride to work and school in the rain and cold – over bridges, through tunnels and down freeways (where legal). Some choose to ride for the health benefit, while other’s ride for the environment’s benefit. Many ride for the sheer pleasure, and others ride out of necessity. At Bell Sports, we are inspired by those who bike long distances to get where they need (or want) to go. Today’s Fast Facts Friday is in honor of those who take their bikes on busses, trains and other transit options. So without further adieu, here are some transit-related…

• Week in Review: Bicycle News & Opinions from Around the World

  Bell Sports

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:28 am

  One of the most touching weeks for bicycle news, to date. Our hearts were filled with joy in hearing all that people are doing to promote bicycling – cheaper lunches? A poetic tale of riding through the rain? Helping to heal those ailed by illnesses? Yes, these are all stories that made the news last week. To hear more of the stories that either put a smile on our faces or made us put on our thinking helmets, check out this week’s post of news from around the world. January 29, 2010: Want discounts on restaurants just for riding your bicycle? Move to Long Beach (for one day, at least)! To…

• Activision and Bell Sports Are Hooking YOU up with the Tony Hawk: RIDE video game and a Bell Skateboard Helmet

  Bell Sports

  1 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am

  Skateboarding and video games go back to the late 1980’s when relatively primitive, yet vastly popular, games for the Atari and Nintendo game consoles were introduced. California Games, Skate or Die!, and Skate Boardin’ all debuted in 1987 to great acclaim and positive reviews. While these were quite popular, none of these were the first skateboarding video game. This title belongs to 720°: The Ultimate Aerial Experience, which debuted in 1986. 720° is an arcade game by Atari Games, notable in that it is the first extreme sports video game, and it has a unique timed structure that…

• Did you know? Bell’s Fast Facts Fridays

  Bell Sports

  29 Jan 2010 | 11:25 am

  Wearing a helmet is the best way to protect your noggin when riding a bicycle, however injuries and accidents are best avoided when the bicycle rider knows his or her surroundings, understands proper bicycle etiquette, and has a finely tuned bike. In today’s edition of Fast Fact’s Friday we’re offering up some nuggets of information on bicycle repair, quality bicycle products and bicycle efficiency.  1) The most efficient animal on earth in terms of weight transported over distance for energy expended is a human on a bicycle. The most efficient machine on earth in terms of weight…

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  VeloLoser

• Bahati: Out of Compton

  VeloLoser

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:36 am

  Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team and Endure Media Group announce a partnership to produce a groundbreaking entertainment documentary series preliminarily entitled Bahati: Out of Compton. This project captures the essence of the human condition, said Endure spokesperson Matthew Hall. Rahsaan Bahati’s story is one of hope, compassion and excellence. We use cycling as a backdrop to tell Rahsaan’s story, and weave the excitement of the sport, the passion of the events and celebrity cache for tremendous impact on the community. Bahati: Out of Compton will blend professional footage with…

• February Already? Time to Get Serious!

  VeloLoser

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  Throughout the month of January I took things at a decidedly easy pace. I was running a bit, spending some time on the trainer, and riding to work every day, but my both my volume and my effort were low. But that was okay. It was Only January. Then today I came the shocking realization - it's Already February! And that means it's time for me to get serious. This year will be my first full year of racing, as well as my first year with a team, RACING GREYHOUNDS. Here's a preview of the fancy team kit: So I spent some time outlining my goals and planning a tentative race schedule. Since this…

• No Animals Were Harmed

  VeloLoser

  16 Dec 2009 | 8:38 am

  Last night I attended the new member orientation meeting of the Racing Greyhounds, a cycling team to which I applied and, shockingly, was accepted. Since receiving my acceptance email last week, I'd been concerned there had been some kind of mistake. Perhaps they had accidentally sent the email to everyone who applied, rather than just the smaller group of those selected for the team. When filling out the application, I was somewhat embarrassed when filling in my "race resume" - a short list of 5 or 6 category C cyclocross races and a 100-mile "time trial" with less than impressive results -…

• CX National Championships Live!

  VeloLoser

  13 Dec 2009 | 10:18 am

  Live video coverage of Cyclocross National Championships in Bend Oregon via CyclingDirt.org! Live text coverage via Cyclocross Magazine! Cycling Dirt Sunday Schedule (PST): 09:35 AM: Pre Race Show 09:45 AM: Collegiate Men's D1 Race 10:30 AM: Live Post Race Interviews from Collegiate Men's Race 10:45 AM: Pre Race Show 11:15 AM: Elite Women/ U23 Women's Race 11:55 AM: Live Post Race Interviews from Elite/ U23 Women's Race 02:00 PM: Pre Race Show 02:30 PM: Elite Men's Race 03:30 PM: Live Post Race Interviews from Elite Men's Race Please upgrade your browser

• Can of Worms

  VeloLoser

  4 Dec 2009 | 10:38 am

  Among cyclists, helmets use is, and will probably always be, a contentious issue. Because of this, many of us just don't discuss our position on the issue at all. It will just make everyone hate one another, but no opinions will be changed. Today I am going to risk scorn and abuse by opening this can of worms, specifically because of an incident that has reinforced my opinion on the issue. For years now, I've obstinately worn a helmet whenever I am on a bike whether I am going 100 feet or 100 miles, 5mph or 25mph. And in that time, I've never once experienced a situation in which my helmet…

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  The adventures of Mike and his Bike

• Sore, But in a Good Way

  Mike J

  28 Jan 2010 | 7:39 am

  When I was younger I don’t remember the sensation of having sore muscles unless I did something out of control and kind of dangerous. I would ask myself “why is my leg sore” then I would remember that the previous day I had played tackle football in the mud with my buddies for hours and got repeatedly slammed into the ground by a much larger “friend” of mine. So in essence to be sore when I was younger I really had to earn it. Now that I’m a couple of years older I can be sore for no reason at all. Absolutely none! I’ll crawl out of bed and on my way to the shower wonder why my…

• The Ultimate Be Prepared Tip

  Mike J

  25 Jan 2010 | 10:21 am

  The Boy Scout Motto is “Be Prepared”. A long time ago when I was a Boy Scout I could have sworn that the motto was “Burn Stuff”. Believe me, as a 12 year old boy on a camp out with a bunch of other 12 year olds there’s nothing better than sitting around a camp fire and throwing things in to see if they would burn. Ahhhh, good times.Now that I’m older and more “Mature” (Jenny might disagree with that statement) I see the wisdom in the Scout motto of “Be Prepared”. Although I still like to burn things now and then too.So today I’ve got a handy dandy “Be Prepared” tip…

• Signs That The Training Season has Started

  Mike J

  24 Jan 2010 | 9:47 am

  This morning as our family sat down to eat some of my famous whole wheat pancakes there were some obvious signs that Jenny and I have entered the training season.Here's a picture of my breakfast. Whole wheat pancakes topped with apple sauce. A prefect training breakfast. Here's a picture of my daughters breakfast. Whole wheat pancake smothered in hot fudge sauce. As you can see there's almost more hot fudge than pancake. I'm going to have one of those next August!

• New Level of Cycling Insanity

  Mike J

  17 Jan 2010 | 8:13 pm

  The first time I completed a century the last 30 miles were excruciating.It felt like I was dragging a 1000 pound weight behind my bike and someone had lit my shorts on fire.It wasn’t a pleasant experience.I remember estimating down to the second how much time I had left in the saddle.My rear end was killing me, my hands and feet hurt, and my legs were just plain sick of spinning around in circles.Would I ever subject myself to doing that again? Heck yeah! I’ve completed 4 since then and I believe I’m ready to step up the insanity to an entirely new level.Why, I’m not really…

• Survival Guide to the 2010 Winter Olympics

  Mike J

  11 Jan 2010 | 12:37 pm

  On Friday Jenny and I went to Canada (Vancouver BC Area) for the day while the kids were in school. While we were there it occurred to me that the 2010 Winter Olympics are only a month away and it may be helpful for others if they had a quick survival guide for the Vancouver BC Canada area from a visiting American’s perspective.Speeding on Highway 99Before entering Canada you drive on I-5 with a speed limit of 70mph. Once you cross the boarder into Canada the road changes to Highway 99 and the speed limit also changes to 100kpm (62mph). Not wanting to cause an international incident I kept…

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  Browne Eye Cycling Blog

• 2010 Amgen Tour of California route to be revealed (press release)

  neilroad

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:43 pm

  Can Levi win again? Specific route details for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling race will be revealed beginning tomorrow via individual stage videos, AEG, presenter of the fifth-annual event, announced today. The videos have been created in collaboration between the start and finish cities of each stage (designated at “host cities”), highlighting features of the route for the eight-day event. Two videos will be released per day throughout the week of Feb. 8, and they can be viewed online at the Amgen Tour of California Web site (www.amgentourofcalifornia.com), as…

• My Plaid Thermos: Qatar crashes, Twitter war, Landis and Greenville Spring Series

  neilroad

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am

  "All you're left with is a plaid thermos..." I told you that there would be crashes with broken collar bones at the Tour of Qatar. Vaughters twittered that Cozza broke his collar bone and Sky’s Kurt Arvesen also went down in the neutral roll-out. And with the cross and side winds being part of the race you can expect more of the same. Speaking of Twitter I gotta hand it to Vaughters for poking the bear this weekend with this quote on TimesOnLine.com, “In 2009, the tactics worked in his favor [Wiggins] and Astana were soft-pedaling a bit to not embarrass Lance…

• Behind the scenes with Landis at the Boulevard road race

  neilroad

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:45 pm

  Floyd Landis - behind the scenes The Boulevard road race in San Diego county is the unofficial kick-off to southern California racing. It’s not uncommon to have visiting pros line up and compete in this tough road race. Weather conditions in the town of Boulevard during this time of year range from oppressive heat to snow to everything in between. This year’s edition rain is in the forecast which will make it a ‘hard man’s race’ – something Landis relishes. The category 1/2 pro field will complete four loops of the  Boulevard course for a total of 90…

• An interview with a tech guru – WIRED Magazine’s Mark McClusky

  neilroad

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Mark McClusky - tech guru and bike geek As a long time subscriber to WIRED Magazine I have always seen senior product editor Mark McClusky’s name attached to a sports technology article. And when cycling pops up in WIRED, Mark’s name is usually in the byline. Mark isn’t just the electronics guru at WIRED, but he’s also a real bike racer with a long personal history in the sport. His roots in the sport goes back to the LeMond days with the John Tesh soundtrack interlaced over CBS’ Tour and Paris Roubaix coverage. He’s definitely not the guy who lost the bet…

• My Plaid Thermos: Southern hospitality and races – Qatar, Mallorca and Boulevard

  neilroad

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:38 am

  "All you're left with is a plaid thermos..." Other than dealing with the weather, the move from southern California to Greenville, South Carolina has been an easy transition. You always hear about Southern hospitality and I had witnessed it a few times at the Tour de Georgia assuming they were being nice to me because I was a journalist covering their event. However as a new Greenville resident the southern hospitality continues. In the short amount of time that I’ve lived here I have met so many great people and I’ll continue to try and learn everyone’s name.

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  Mountain Biking - Bike198.com

• 2011 – The Year of 10 Speed Mountain Biking

  198

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:21 am

  I’m sure you have already seen the spy pictures and specs. Shimano and SRAM are both making a push on the new 10 speed platform for 2011. So…it begs the question…do we really need 10 speed mountain bike drivetrains? First off, I completely agree with a 2x setup on the front. I have been running this setup on my 9 speed stuff for a long time with the aid of a bashguard. There are a lot of benefits to running this setup when you go with a slightly larger middle ring unless you are riding a lot of forest service road where you need the big ring to keep momentum.

• Review: Turner 5.Spot Mountain Bike – 140mm DW-Link Suspension

  198

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:34 am

  The Turner 5.Spot has been the go to trail bike out of the Turner Bikes lineup for mountain bikers looking for a do it all rig. For 2009, Turner Bikes made a huge change to the DW-Link suspension design and the 5.Spot was one of the first out of the assembly line to get the new treatment. With a completely new design for 2009 away from the traditional 4 bar, does the new 5.Spot still have that unique Turner feel? Let’s take a look… Turner 5.Spot Mountain Bike Frame From TurnerBikes.com Travel: 5.5 inches { 140 millimeters } Class: enduro trail / adventure xc Specifications: Shock:…

• This Week In The Bike198 Forums (Jan. 29 – Feb. 5)

  198

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:19 am

  This week started big over at the Community.Bike198 forums. The biking forums are off to a big start thanks to the support of you guys and it is turning into a high quality forum on all things biking. With only a full week under our belt, there are 222 members that have generated over 1,130 posts. In the forum world, that is an incredible start. Thank you for the continued support and I am really happy with the way things are headed. If you haven’t had the chance, take a minute to look around, register for the forum and start in on the conversation. The Bike198.com community is off and…

• Riding Tip: Wet Weather and Slippery Mountain Biking Trails

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  4 Feb 2010 | 4:46 am

  We are dead in the middle of the wet season on the northern hemisphere. As I write this, my night ride has been canceled due to weather moving in from the west, so there is no chance of getting out on the trail. Hell…it seems like it has rained every weekend for the past 6 weeks! As potential saddle time decreases, we have to make due with what we can get and sometimes that means heading out in less than satisfactory conditions. Riding wet trails have a completely different feel to them than when they are dry. That same trail that you have ridden 2,000 times before, has different ride…

• First Look: Kuat NV Platform Bike Rack

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  3 Feb 2010 | 4:09 am

  Kuat Racks sent us over their latest and greatest platform bike rack for review. To be honest, I have been a Thule user for so long that the conversation about reviewing this rack was the first I had heard of Kuat. But…after doing some checking around, I saw that they had been picked up by several bike shops locally. Yesterday, the Kuat NV showed up at Bike198.com headquarters and we were ready to unwrap this rack and get it mounted. The Kuat NV Platform Bike Rack The Kuat NV has some pretty cool features that I don’t see on a lot of racks. The feature that probably stands out the…

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• Milram for Mallorca

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  3 Feb 2010 | 6:54 pm

  Linus Gerdemann is kicking off his season at The Mallorca Challenge.  Joining Gerdemann will be several of his Milram teammates fresh off of the Tour Down Under.  The Mallorca Challenge is a novel kind of stage race, in that it consists of five individual one-day races.  Riders can race in as many or as few of the one-day races as they desire, but the overall title will be given to the best overall time for a rider that has completed all five races.  Milram is not new to the challenge.  They competed in 2007 and in 2009.  Markus Fothen was 5th in the overall last year, and Gerald Ciolek…

• First Look New SRAM APEX Group

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  3 Feb 2010 | 5:56 am

  Sram is releasing a new budget groupset in October called Apex. It will be similar in quality to Shimano 105.  No other details yet, but check back with procyclingtalk for updates.

• The Story Behind Spokes For Folks

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  2 Feb 2010 | 7:37 pm

  About a year ago, a few friends from work decided that we should try out a restaurant that is on the other side of the river from our office building. To cross the river, you can drive, walk, hop on a water taxi, or ride the monorail. Having never ridden the monorail before, I convinced everyone to try it with me. It was an interesting experience to say the least. What we found out was that most people on the monorail are people with no place to go. They are on the monorail because you can get on for 25 cents and ride in the air conditioning all day. This is where it gets interesting: A guy…

• Buy a Water Bottle for Haiti

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  20 Jan 2010 | 7:08 am

  Bicycle accessories maker Elite, is doing its part to help the people of Haiti. Elite has started an initiative called “Elite for Haiti,” by producing a special water bottle in the colors of the Haitian flag. They will sell the bottles and donate 100% of the proceeds to the relief efforts. Elite Marketing Director, Alessio Sartore says, “Through the media we’ve learned that the lack of drinking water is one of the foremost emergencies on the island. These water bottles will not only serve to quench the thirst of athletes, but we hope that they can contribute to bringing water and aid…

• Sidi Ergo 2 Carbon 50 Special Edition

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  18 Jan 2010 | 12:02 pm

  Limited Edition Sidi Ergo 2 shoes are being released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the prestigious shoe company. The special edition “Ergo 2 Carbon 50” is the top of the line model that has already been on the market, but includes new graphics and a new sole. The sole, handmade from several composite materials, is lighter than its predecessor and crushproof. The color scheme is a very classy white with gold trim. The shoe goes on sale in March.

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• Cycling Training Tip – The Answer Is Old School

  Ron Fritzke

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:55 pm

  Here’s an interesting cycling performance tip from the peloton’s tough guy, Jens Voigt. While we, as cyclists, spend a lot of effort searching for the perfect bike, the most efficient wheels (that we can afford), and any equipment that will shave a few seconds off here and there, we may have been too polite in our efforts. This is a performance tip that may not be for every rider. The technique is effective, but entirely too old fashioned for the sensibilities of many cyclists. Without further delay, here it is… Speak clearly and authoritatively. Your legs will have no…

• Kurt Kinetic Road Machine: 3 Things To Know

  Ron Fritzke

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:22 am

  When I got my Kurt Kinetic trainer several years ago, I don’t know that it was called a ‘Road Machine’. Kurt Kinetic was just making a splash in the bike trainer pool, and this was their only product. Now there are several new fancy Kurt Kinetic horses in the stable, but the road machine is still like a cowboy’s trusted quarter-horse- not too flashy, but SOLID and impervious to breakdowns. 1) Magnetic Coupling If you’re new to the bike trainer world you may not have heard of Kurt Kinetic’s unique magnetic coupling design. I’ll get you up to speed.

• Cycling-Review Is Now On Alltop.com!

  Ron Fritzke

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  There are milestones in life. That includes the life of a website. The first hurdle was getting someone other than my mom to read my ramblings. Even she was hesitant, no doubt unwilling to discover what she had spawned half a century ago. Other family members followed her lead and the snow flake ball got rolling. Now Alltop.com has relented to my mother’s incessant urgings and has included Cycling-Review.com on their Cycling page. The employee here at Cycling-Review World Headquarters is beside himself with joy, and may have injured his shoulder hopping about and bumping into himself. A…

• Mustache Handlebar- For Cycling’s ‘Busy Hands’

  Ron Fritzke

  30 Jan 2010 | 7:17 pm

  The mustache handlebar’s pretty much about providing a variety of hand positions. Riders with ‘busy hands’ get antsy with the limited number of options provided by the straight bar on a mountain bike. Drop bars are better than straight bars, but the mustache’s got them both beat in the eyes of ’stache-aficionados’. I suspect these are the same people who had to touch everything in the store when they were kids. Now that they don’t have their moms around to hound them, they want to touch their handlebars ‘all over’. Other riders report that…

• Cycling Tools And ‘What If’s’ To Carry On A Ride

  Ron Fritzke

  28 Jan 2010 | 9:02 am

  Deciding which bicycling tools to bring along on a bike ride is a common part of the experience for all cyclists except the most spontaneous individuals. Spontaneous riders just get on their bikes and begin riding. Imagine that. That’s a refreshing picture, but not too amusing. It’s the riders on the other end of the be-very-careful / just-do-it spectrum that are great sources of entertainment. More on that later. In the interest of full disclosure, let me reveal that I only carry a couple of cheap ‘energy’ bars from Costco, a tube, a C02 inflater, a tire iron, and my…