Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

No, this is not a bike with a holder for your tasty Gyro, but a bike developed by some Dartmouth undergrads that helps kids learn to ride without the help of training wheel. The bike uses a gyroscope in the front wheel that helps keep the bike upright and allows the child to gently learn [...]

Mercedes-Benz has been using carbon for years long before the trend started hitting its stride in the bike business mainly due to their Formula 1 efforts. This year they are coming out with a limited edition carbon bike to satisfy the cyclist who likes to show that he drives a Mercedes too. The bike looks [...]

The news this week is about Jan Ullrich’s return to racing. Der Kaiser finally started his season after a knee flareup caused him to ease up on his training. The result is that Ullrich is behind in form yet again, and reporters, newsmen, bloggers and fans are all wondering just how fat is Jan Ullrich? [...]

Yeah, I’m stretching with an original title, it works though… Chris Horner took the stage win and the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de Romandie. The win makes it two in a row for Davitamon Lotto after Robbie McEwen’s sprint victory yesterday.
Horner chose to stay in Europe instead of coming back to the US for [...]

(photo from photoradius)
My first real race of the season was at The Perinton Spring Classic on Sunday. The race was put on by the Genesee Valley Cycling Club who are located in Rochester, NY. They are the same folks that ran the Rochester Giros and will host a bunch of other races later this year. [...]

Gas $4.00/per gallon, Air 75 cents for two minutes…. Easy choice, plus you get exercise.
Dolph Rempp, owner of an entertainment services company, pumps air in his bike’s tires before riding home Thursday, April 20, 2006, at a gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rempp, who lives in Beverly Hills, rides his bike to lunch to [...]

Paolo Bettini knows how to win at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The punchy Italian won in 200 and 2002 and thinks that he has what it takes to win again this year.
“It’s as if I’ve already won it. No really, I’m not joking,” he told La Dernière Heure.
Bettini place 12th in Wednesday’s Fleche Wallone, but explained that he [...]

Follow the Tour de Georgia with the tdgblog. It looks like it is the same folks that bring you the tdfblog.com as the format is very similar. There are links to photosets on Flickr and reports from folks who are at the race this year.
The Flickr links are by far the best feature since [...]

Hoping to keep his fitness unlike other retired Tour de France Champs, Lance Armstrong has his sites set on running the New York City Marathon.
Armstrong may miss athletic competition and is looking for a new athletic challenge, but maybe he also fears getting fat like his mentor Eddy Merckx. After burning all those insane amounts [...]

Nice shot of the Specialized Angel from Sea Otter. This pic comes from Flickr courtesy of the tdgblog.com

Specialized isn’t putting too much marketing behind the Tour de Georgia especially since Gerolsteiner is not racing there this year.
Specialized has a fairly low-profile presence in Georgia this week. Their only official sponsorship is of KodakGallery.com-Sierra Nevada, for [...]