Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

Ride your bike and make your neighborhood your Guitar Hero playing area. This video rocks.

Thanks to girlmeetsbike on Twitter.

This video has it all, tilt-shift video, urban fixie ala Lucas Brunelle barrelling down NYC. Thanks to www.cyclelicio.us and bikemonkey on twitter.
Empire from Empire on Vimeo.

Cool tune and contrast. Douchebag messenger and poseur lady riding through NYC on a tres-hipster Masi fixie with checkerboard painted forks and a cruiser bike respectively.

The video does make you want to ride. Link via Carlton Reid on Twitter and Quick Release TV

Took some video of the Men’s Open race. Here are some raw videos from several points on the course.
The start

The first set of barriers.

The technical S section. There is a little crash near the beginning.

This is a little jump heading back to the start finish line.

More videos to come.

Daniele Bennati sprinted to his final season win over Luca Paolini in the semi-Classic Giro del Piemonte. This is a flat race that finished up in a bunch sprint.

Il Killer del Spoltore takes the win in the hilly late season classic in Italy. Tuttobiciweb.com has been posting video reports from their site. The commentary is in Italian, but you get a glimpse of one of the great fall classics in Italy.
The Finish

Pre-race interviews. Cadel Evans has a great command of Italian since he [...]

Video from today’s Coppa Sabatini.

Ukraine’s Mikhaylo Khalilov, 33, showed his form is red-hot with victory in the 56th Coppa Sabatini. It was his third victory in recent weeks, adding to GP Prato and Memorial Cimurri. Italians Filippo Pozzato of Team Liquigas and Stefano Garzelli of Team Acqua Sapone-Caffè Mokambo finished second and third, respectively.
Organisers held [...]

Cross season is here already. So what is cyclocross?

Thanks to Maxpower teammate Noel for the link! Checkout the Syracuse Grand Prix of Cyclocross on October 18th and the cool banner I designed for the club site too.

Hornman is my name for the superfan who runs along the peloton with a giant flag and huge antlers attached to a football helmet. He has been a busy guy at the Grand Tours running along side the peloton with his flag and holding the torch for a Lance Armstrong return which is now happening.
During [...]

REUTERS/Felix Ordonez
Look out Lance, Astana has a multiple Grand Tour winner on the roster. Alberto Contador became one of five people to ever win all three Grand Tours. Contador won the Giro and Vuelta this year after missing out on defending his Tour de France title in July due to some odd reasoning by the [...]