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… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Cycling
Garmin and Columbia Sportswear enter cycling
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… Read more »
But Campy goes to 11
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… Read more »
Droggi/Sloggi Girls at 2007 Tour
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.
Frank Schleck Tour de Suisse Crash
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… Read more »
How to adjust your derailleur
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/
Crimanimalz take critical mass to a new level
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… Read more »
The business of Cervelo
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…. Read more »
Team CSC and Saxo Bank
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… Read more »
Cunego recons the Tour
Damiano Cunego bypassed the Giro to focus his efforts on the Tour de France. With fewer time trials, more climbing and a couple days in Italy it seems like this is a Tour made for Cunego. After some very sharp spring form where he outfoxed rack SAchleck at Amstel Gold Cunego is ready to tone… Read more »