Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

The winter days mean that there isn’t much light out if you do try and ride. Lighting systems are necessary, but some are expensive and do not look that cool.

Check out the tutorial below on setting up ground effects for your bike. Get the import rice-burner street rodder look that would make Vin Deisel in [...]

Rule number one of riding in the rain is do not ride through puddles. There are many reason to not ride through a puddle and number one is the fact that you do not know how deep the puddle is or what is below. A bicyclist in China had his ride through a puddle turn [...]

On the list of links to rider’s sites, one of the best has to be soprojones.com. The quirky website was always worth a visit for something entertaining even though it was not always updated. The last week or so, I noticed that the site seems like it was taken over by some generic company that [...]

Tom Boonen took the Oscar Gazzetta, the top prize offered up from the Gazzetta dello Sport for a Pro Cyclist for his performance during the 2005 season. The prize was awarded from a vote by some of cyclings top names such as Bernard Hinault, Felice Gimondi, Christian Prudomme(Tour Boss) and many others. The voters were [...]

iShares will co-sponsor the Phonak Cycling team for 2006 with an eye to becoming the main sponsor in 2007 when Phonak will bow out. iShares sponsorship shows an extension of Barclays Global Investors moving from main sponsor of the San Francisco Grand Prix to co-sponsoring a major Pro Tour Cycling Team.
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Only one week to go until the calendar turns to 2006 and all self respecting cycling sites do one thing. They have to proclaim a cyclist of the year. Looking at L’Equipe, they point to Danilo DiLuca, obvious choice since he won two classics and followed up with a fourth place in the Giro. He [...]

Retired sprint king Mario Cipollini will not be dancing with the stars or riding his bike anytime soon. Cipo crashed while skiing in Abetone in Tuscany. Mario came upon a group of children that were on the ski course and had to make quick maneuvers to avoid the group. Luckily Cipo hurt his knee and [...]

Bjarne Riis likes to plan for races well ahead of time. A few weeks ago, CSC announced the riders who will ride the Tour, now Riis is announcing his team for the Giro D’Italia. Since Ivan Basso has decided to ride both the Giro and Tour, both Grand Tours will be a very important [...]

These cold winter months in the Northeastern USA make it tough to consider riding outdoors. Most riding is done inside to a copy of the Tour de France or in a Spinning class with crappy music. Our local club has a few hearty folks that like to ride in the winter. They go by the [...]

Ivan Basso is planning his 2006 season and it looks very ambitious. In addition to going for “The Double” he will be present at the first Classic of the season Milan-SanRemo March 18th.
Ciclismo: Basso alla Milano-Sanremo – Yahoo! Sport IT