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The Countdown
The countdown until I leave for Interbike officially began yesterday! For those of you unfamiliar with Interbike it is North Americas largest bicycle convention, and this year will see over 1,000 exhibitors flood the Las Vegas Convention center to display the latest and greatest in cycling products for 2011. This will be my first year [...]
Tour de France Champion Passes
Today we say goodbye to two-time Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon. Fignon had been battling metastatic cancer and lung cancer since 2009, and was finally taken over by the disease today at the age of 50. Fignon won his first TdF title his second year as a professional in 1983 with the Renault-Elf-Gitane professional [...]
Garmin and Cervélo Join Forces
With Cervélo disbanding at the end of the season it means the end of the road for some, but for other, such as Garmin-Transitions, it means new opportunities. Under new UCI regulations in order for Cervélo to remain a team in the 2011 season they would have had to either enter many more races, or [...]
Boeing 747
Ever wondered how they painted a Boeing 747? Check out this video of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 being painted. The video is pretty cool and really makes me want to take a trip somewhere. Maybe New York?
I am Precious?
What’s Precious? Precious is a bike with a mind of his own that is traveling across the United States in the name of cancer. The bike, however doesn’t move on it’s own, it needs the pedal power of Janeen McCrae. Her goal is ride the length of the TransAmerica Trail and while doing so raise [...]
Foxy Shazam – Foxy Shazam
Well, it’s #musicmonday on twitter again and it’s been a while since I updated for #musicmonday, so I decided today would be a great day to do an update for it. I was completely unaware of the fact that Foxy Shazam was releasing a new CD until my buddy Bryan from Man vs. MUNI showed [...]
BlackTrail BT-01
As far as electric bicycles go, this one takes the cake! Not only is it constructed entirely out of carbon fiber, aerospace aluminum, titanium and magnesium, but you can also take this bad boy up to 65 mph! Get ready to not only pay for a permit to drive one, the insurance of a motorcycle, [...]
Wheel Talk III
These guys just don’t quit! That’s what you want to see, though, from a group of up and coming riders! Nothing is better than progression, except for making that progression visible to the public eye! With each edit the tricks step up and the quality of riding steps up as well. This time around Slum [...]
Bikes Belong!
Roads, those black things we drive our cars over every single day and take for granted. Ask any cyclist about roads and it will open a lengthy conversation about different types of pitch used, pot holes, round abouts, center dividers, even weather conditions. These are things you hear the occasional “boy this road is bumpy” [...]
Rapha and Paul Smith
Rapha and Paul Smith, one produces the most classically stylish cycling apparel, and the other is the leading British fashion designer. When the two are paired together only great can be accomplished and that is just what is happening with the AW10 range of cycling apparel! On July 29th they unveiled select pieces from the [...]
