While most domestic road racers view either the Tour of Missouri or the USA Crits series finale in Las Vegas as the end of their long season, a select few are extending it through this weekend for the inaugural TD Bank Mayor's Cup Professional Criterium, held Saturday in Boston.
After a challenging summer fraught with sponsorship problems, Katie Compton has her program back on the rails, just in time for cyclocross season. For starters, she signed with Planet Bike as her primary sponsor. Then, a few weeks before opening weekend, a choice blend of product sponsorships fell into place, including Stevens Carbon Team frames; Zipp wheels, bars, and cranks; and SRAM Red drivetrain parts. Planet Bike gave the duo freedom to forage for supplementary sponsors, and they came up golden. “It’s a dream sponsorship for us,” said husband Mark Legg-Compton.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced a major shake-up of the world road race championship program as of 2012, which will be held in the Dutch province of Limburg. Limburg topped rival bids from Genoa in Italy and the Belgian town of Hooglede-Gits on Wednesday to win the right to host the 2012 world championships. The 2012 competition is set to begin with a trade team time trial, and throughout the week will also host the junior men's and women's road races and time trials, which have been held separately from the elite world championships for the past four years.
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Graham Watson captured Kristin Armstrong's return to the top of the podium on Wednesday during the elite women's time trial at the world road championships in Switzerland.
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The days are numbered on her racing career, but Kristin Armstrong was not feeling nostalgic Wednesday in her last major time trial of her career. Racing with the same intensity that delivered her the Olympic gold medal last year in Beijing, Armstrong powered to the rainbow jersey in the elite women’s time trial world championship Wednesday in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The reigning Olympic time trial gold medalist ripped the 26.8km course in 35 minutes, 26 seconds (45.4kph) to claim her second world title in four years and her fourth career worlds competition medal.
Graham Watson was on course and shooting during the under-23 men's time trial world championships in Mendrisio.
Key to the Vertex 29’s lateral stiffness is its flared seat tube made possible by a welded-on front derailleur.
The Vertex 29 takes an oversized internal headset and an un-tapered 1.125-inch steerer.
The Vertex 29’s seatstays taper from the dropout to the top end to enhance compliance over bumps.
Made in Canada, the Rocky Mountain Vertex 29 sells for $1,600 and comes in five sizes up to 22-inch.
No pivot here; never has been. Moots started making steel 26-inch YBB soft tails in 1988.
Cycling guru Lennard Zinn falls in love with Santa Cruz's carbon full-suspension 29er and takes a look at other big-wheeled mountain bikes at Interbike's Outdoor Demo in Bootleg Canyon, Nevada.
Wilier’s new Imperiale is the second bike in its line designed by aero guru John Cobb. The Ultegra 6700 equipped model costs $3,900.
Jamis worked hard over the last year to improve the manufacture of its top tier carbon frames. It now uses a process called Near Net Molding, which produces a very smooth interior finish and offers better resin dispersion and carbon compaction.