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World Championships 2009: The scenic view from the top of the climb on the TT course.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Van Garderen is expected to do well in the TT.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Noel Dejonckheere talks with Tejay Van Garderen during practice.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Peter Stetina on the climb.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Jessica Phillips, one of the three American women in the TT.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara checks out the course, led by Bjarne Riis on the scooter.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Armstrong on the climb.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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World Championships 2009: Kristin Armstrong looks on as the mechanics make adjustments to her TT bike.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Van Garderen’s second overall was the highest finish at Tour de l’Avenir since Greg LeMond’s 1982 win.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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The future may not be all that bright for Vuelta winner Alejandro Valverde.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: A Body Paint leg’s edge is no ravel-prone cut edge.

A Body Paint leg’s edge is no ravel-prone cut edge; it’s the fabric bolt edge, with 50mm of 43% elastic for grip.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: SRAM’s Bastien Donzé in Boulder City’s River Mountain skate-park-like bike trail.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Campagnolo Zondas now come “2-Way-Fit” for tubeless or tubed clinchers for $920/pr.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Fulcrum’s new 1595g/pr, $850 2-Way-Fit Racing 3, like Campy, is machined between spokes.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The Hive offers two different leverage-gain links.

The Hive offers two different leverage-gain links, one of 1.3 (shown) another of 1.4 for Dura-Ace levers.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Edge will lace its 45mm Clincher rim to DT Swiss 240S or 190S hubs.

Edge will lace its 45mm Clincher rim to DT Swiss 240S or 190S (ceramic bearing) hubs with DT Aerolite spokes.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The lower wedge piece secures the angled lower edge of the rail support in Edge’s post clamp.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The Edge seatpost is a continuous-fiber monocoque, with carbon filaments wrapping the clamp.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The Parlee Z5 has an oversized bottom bracket shell to accept BB30 cranks.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Parlee offers a Short or Tall 1-1/4 X 1-1/8-inch head tube (Tall shown) with each of 5 sizes.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The Hive’s REVL road brake looks like a Bontrager because The Hive makes those, too.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The underneath layer of the Body Paint chamois pad is the shape of a saddle.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The Skin Care layer of the Body Paint chamois pad is soft and stretches to conform to the rider.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Athena Ergopower levers are carbon-wrapped aluminum.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Athena goes to 11, like Chorus, Record, Super Record.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The Athena Ultra-Torque crank is usually aluminum, but a carbon crank is a $175 option.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: The new Athena brake looks like Centaur (which remains 10-speed).

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Spinal Tap with argyle on another Campagnolo fleet Madone.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Blue flames on one of the Campagnolo Madones

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Trek made three Madones for Campagnolo’s demo fleet, complete with logo.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Interbike, 2009 – Outdoor Demo: Castelli’s Body Paint shorts.

Castelli’s Body Paint engineered-knit single-panel bib shorts have almost no seams.

Published Sep 22, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: The Pay ‘N Take bar in Flagstaff. Local riders’ joint and all good people.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: Flagstaff has its own singlespeed mafia.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: Braaap! The StingRay with its monster rear disc.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: Check out the Mafac brakes, cyclocrossers. This is where our modern stopper evolved from.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: One of the cherry ride-able relics Bryce has stashed.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: The keg-tank. A marvel of engineering.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: Bryce Wright of AZ Bikes.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: The author takes a chill after tasting some fun Flagstaff singletrack.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: Singletrack, Flagstaff style. It’s everywhere…

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Mud and Cowbells: The sights on the way to Flagstaff were incredible.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The rear hub features radial drive-side lacing and a wide flange.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Hybrid-toroidal rim shape aids aerodynamics.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The hubs borrow from Zipp’s 88/188 engineering.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: New SRAM aluminum road wheels look light and priced right.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Chris DiStefano with a Cielo Sportif road bike.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Titanium ratchets and a cut out flange shave weight.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Chris King’s InSet is available in a range of colors and fitments.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Low spoke counts (down to 20) are an option with Swift front hubs.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The Swift road hubset weighs 320 grams total.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Chris King displays are always colorful and inventive.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: New from Chris King is a sealed BB that’s SRAM compatible.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The display bike is only one of a few yet built.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The Cielo 29er is popular enough to likely wind up in production.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Stainless steel rings on a head tube sharing space with the Cielo badge.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Chris King’s new InSet headset is the natural choice on the Cielo.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Classic details on the Cielo 29er are shared with the road bikes.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Jay Sycip with a Cielo 29er mountain bike, a first for the brand.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: BB30 is now incorporated and adds diameter to the lower half.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: BMC’s first bike was a teammachine, but this one is much revised.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The difference in size of the chain and seat stays is dramatic.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: A step-down in fork blade diameter isolates vibration.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: The angular frame shapes are distinctive to BMC bikes.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: This step-down in seat stay diameter helps attenuate vibration.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: It’s not an integrated seat mast, but the BMC post gives similar benefits.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: Extremely slender seat stays on the timemachine help damping.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: BMC’s new timemachine SLR01 has characteristic shapes.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: An expander wedge at the seatpost base eliminated the need for a clamp.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike, day 1: BMC uses a cam and expander wedge to secure the seatpost.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: Franco Pelizotti’s polka-dot Super Six marks a sweet accomplishment for Cannondale carbon frames.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: A light components pick helps keep the weight just below 15 pounds.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: A Lefty fork, minus the suspension, in unidirectional carbon fiber saves weight on the Ultimate SL.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: Shimano Di2 shift buttons are integrated into the grips.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: This Bad Boy Urban Super Light concept bike is the pinnacle of Cannondale’s matte black urban bikes.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: The chain enclosure is actually a structural case that bolts to the bottom bracket area and supports the

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: A Lefty HeadShok fork completes the “missing pieces” look of Cannondale’s On.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: Here’s a better look at the missing frame elements from the On urban bike.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: SRAM and Cannondale worked together on this special I-Motion internally geared rear hub.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: The background poster shows some of the process of bringing the On concept to life.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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2009 Interbike preview: This On bike from Cannondale is remarkable in that it’s missing a rear triangle.

Published Sep 21, 2009