Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

Euro-Style alert, as I was reading cyclingnews.com on some new shoes coming out from Interbike I came upon a line that struck a chord with my Euro-Style sensibilities.
The bright green-and-pearl white shoes are arguably a bit garish, but undoubtedly Euro-chic and proved to be surprisingly well-received by the decided US-centric crowd at Interbike. This [...]

Black appears to be the new blue for 2007. Team kit designs for the pro peloton seem to follow common trends as each team has their own variation on a popular theme. The previoulsy trend was a blue team kit that started getting popular in the 1990s when cyclist realized they did not always [...]

Disclaimer: I will be racing for the Colavita-Spokpost.com racing team, this story is from Spokepost.com.
Spokepost has some great racing tips for all of you budding racers to use. I touched on a few of these back when I wrote about “How to keep up with the fast guys”. Now Bill Laudien, organizer of the Turkey [...]

Fat Cyclist (via cyclelicio.us ) has a brilliant writeup on the latest Euro-style trend in hair. Jan Ullrich’s new hair cut and the Discovery Channel response:

“His curly, highly moussed locks clearly state, ‘I am the team captain. You must ride in support of me, and in support of my hair.’ I only wish that [...]

This week has been full of team presentations from the major Pro Tour teams and smaller continental teams. Everyone has the hope and ambition for the new year. Plus, the new kits are released for the coming year. Here is a look at a few team kits and my impression.
Discovery Channel:
New design for the jersey [...]

Weather has been extremely good for cycling in Upstate New York. Usually in January you wouldn’t dream of riding on clear roads with little to no salt. Sunday called for a club ride, even though I missed out on my first team ride (My email wasn’t coming through from Yahoo Groups for an odd reason). [...]

The new kits for 2006 are slowly dribbling out. Some teams have stayed the same, such as Bouyges Telecom and T-Mobile, while others are changed for various reasons.
Each year provides subtle gasps at the Euro-uglyness of some team kit, or the new cool style. Case in point is the Lampre team kit for 2006. Squares [...]

Velochimp will be racing a bit more this year as I joined the new regional amateur team for Colavita Olive Oil. The team picks up several riders in the area that were formerly part of the Aurora Cycling Team and Maxxis-Spokepost.com. The new team currently has 24 riders that race in various levels from Cat [...]

An important part of being a Euro-style guy is to be able to go fast when needed. You don’t need to be a Hammerhead, but you want to keep up with the fast guys on the club rides, and have a good showing when you race.

In cycling, no matter how fast you are, there is [...]

The new kit is slowly coming out for 2006. We had Saunier Duval ruin their understated kit by including many chickens.

Next we have Quick Step going for a US Postal style look. They darkened the blue and removed the white sections. Now Casse d’Epargne-Balears (that rolls off the tough does’t it?) released one of their [...]