Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

Wired has a feature on concept bikes which includes a square wheeled bike and this cool bike from a company called pilen concept bicycle by eric therner

The bike looks like a modern retro racer. You would have to wear leather goggles when riding this with a skater helmet since anything else would look out of [...]

etnies Guy Skates the 405 Freeway on Go Skateboarding Day! on ShredOrDie.com
Well, the Crimanimalz have some competition on the 405 with an Etnies skateboarder guy. Pretty soon with all of the bikes and skateboards riding on the Los Angeles highways you may start seeing moms with baby joggers and senior citizens with matching track suits [...]

Seems that the two un-sponsored American teams now have major sponsors. This is great news after last years folding of Discovery Channel due to the lack of new sponsors. Team CSC also found a new sponsor with Saxo Bank and Quick-Step has their sponsorship extended for three more years. Most of the top teams seem [...]

Campagnolo decided to take cassettes to the next level and unveiled that all Campagnolo gruppos including the new (old name) Super Record will have 11 speeds. Pretty cool news, but just imagine how ultra narrow those chains will be now. When asked why the move to 11 speeds, Campy reps could only respond with “Why [...]

They rode around Paris with an anti drug (droggi.com) message posted on their rears. The Droggi girls will help you get in the mood for the Tour de France while advertising women’s underwear.

Cyclist Rolls Off Side Of Bridge – Watch more free videos
The video has been everywhere. This is a crazy crash and fortunately Frank Schleck made it out alright. Seems the racers who careen off of mountain roads usually make it OK. Oscar Pereiro crashed on the Col D’aubisque in the Tour in 2005 while busy [...]

bicycletutor.com is a nice new site that contains several tutorials on how to fix and maintain your bike. Even though I’ve been riding for ages there are some things that escape me and I go over to the local shop for help. This site help to demystify fixing your bike.
http://bicycletutor.com/

In Los Angeles and other places rush hour traffic is so slow that you could get places faster with a bike. The Crimanimalz a group in LA decided to take to the highways during rush hour as a protest/demonstration?
Bicycles on the Freeway from RichToTheIE on Vimeo.

In LA most of the people in traffic were [...]

Cervelo took a huge risk when they became the main bike supplier to Team CSC. The risk paid off nicely with the huge success of the team making Cervelo bikes one of the leading brands out there. Originally Cervelo was a small boutique brand with an emphasis on providing better aerodynamics with their airfoil downtubes. [...]

Originally I was going to title this post Riiis is “bringing Saxo Bank” into cycling. Apologies to Justin Timberlake for the bad reference to his song. But I decided to keep it basic.
Bjarne Riis successfully found a new sponsor to replace the outgoing CSC in Saxo Bank. Effective immediately Saxo Bank will cosponsor the [...]