Also part of the Prowler family is the new Prowler SL 29-inch tire. It comes in a 2.1 size and features a more consistent center tread for faster rolling.
SRAM's superlight Red cogset is totally hollow inside.
WTB co-founder Mark Slate has launched a new independent venture in addition to his WTB duties, which he still fulfills. OSBikes.com are one-speed 29er bikes, yet the OS stands for Of Spirit.
Spot Bicycles and its new subsidiary Carbon Drive Systems had one of the buzz booths of the day. It seemed everyone was talking about its carbon belt driven single speed drivetrain.
The Red rear derailleur is shockingly light to pick up, and it shifts great and has precision-ground pivots.
Yakima's Big Wheel was at the demo showing its smaller nephew the ropes.
12. Fulcrum’s mountain bike wheels will be ready for retail sale come October. Three weeks ago the Red Metal Zero disc supported Julian Absalon’s latest world championship win. The wheelset is said to weigh 1570 grams will cost roughly $1100.
The cage of the Red front derailleur is all titanium. It is tightened up in spacing and shaping to produce its best performance specifically with SRAM chainrings and chain. It only comes in braze-on style. You can use a superlight spring-steel band.
The BH Speedrom is a stiff, precise, great-riding monocoque carbon bike. The frame weighs under 1000 grams, yet this Ultegra SL-equipped model I rode retails for under $2,800!
The Red Metal Zero’s aluminum spokes have been lightened from those first seen at Sea Otter this past April, but they are still laced using Fulcrum’s 2 to 1 drive/disc to non-drive/disc spoke count.
Red's Double Tap lever guts. The shift lever and the brake lever are both adjustable for reach, making this the only high-end road lever that can be adjusted to fit small hands.
The following is a statement from Anne Samplonius regarding GenevieveJeanson'srecent admission that she used EPO during her carrer:Overall I am happy that Genevieve Jeanson has finally been able to begin to come to terms with everything, with herself, to admit what she did was wrong, very wrong.I understand to some degree what the influence and control of both her father and (Andre) Aubut had over her, and realize that she was for the most part a victim. I knew that all along and my disgust over the entire situation was always more against those in control of GJ, which were Aubut and her
Those familiar with off-road dirt bike competition will know that Tire Balls are small air chambers that fill out a tire in lieu of a tube. They’re more puncture resistant and allow tires to stay in service even with major sidewall gashes.
Zinn's own marketing targets an often over-looked segment
Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now ready for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of our most recent contest. Maurice Hessel’s “Climbing ‘The Snake’ in Burlington, Iowa memorial day weekend” is one image we kept letting our eye drift back to. We’ve seen a lot of images of “The Snake” before, but Maurice managed to capture the essence of the climb and gave viewers reason to understand why that cobbled hill earned its name. Nice work, Maurice. Please drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.comto work out the details and we’ll send you
Wade Summers, the father of nine-time GNCC national championship winner Scott Summers is the creator of Tire Balls for motorcycles and now bikes. A wheel’s worth of tire balls weighs 300-grams for the 2.5-inch downhill size.
The Mavic TraComp features composite spokes working in both Traction (i.e., in tension) and Compression. In a crash with another rider, a test rider caught a pedal in the wheel that broke four spokes. The wheel was still true.
Heule's carbon Stevens
The Swiss champ has lots of carbon on his bike. The brakes are by Spooky, while the Ritchey WCS fork may set the bar for mud clearance
The wheels are custom with DT Swiss hubs, fitting for a Swiss rider, laced to seldom-seen Ritchey aluminum tubular rims
Dura-Ace SRM crank is fitted with a custom 46-tooth Dura-Ace outer ring, produced for sponsored athletes only
Ritchey alloy cockpits can be found on both of Heule’s bikes
Molly Cameron was sporting new wheels from sponsor Chris King. The 68mm Edge carbon rims were laced to new high-flange, cyclo-cross specific hubs
Danish national champion Joachim Parbo has been riding SRAM for three weeks and gives it a thumbs up
Parbo's cockpit is a mix of Selcof
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The brakes are Ridley’s 4ZA brand with BBB’s pads and post mount carriers
Barry Wicks and his new Kona Major Jake
Andy Jacques-Maynes's Specialized Tricross S-Works carbon frame
The team is using KORE’s new Kross Race cantilever brake
He relies on a single 42-tooth Rotor chainring mounted onto a 175mm Specialized S-Works carbon crank
FSA provides many of the team’s components including the top-end K-Force Light crank with a ceramic bottom bracket
SRAM Double Tap shifters operate short arm Tektro linear-pull brakes that don’t require adapters to work with road levers
Wicks uses a 44cm K-Force carbon bar
And the Phnom saddle is up to the rigors of cyclocross, says Jacques-Maynes. It has tougher titanium rails than the road-oriented Toupe
Ryan Trebon’s steed mirrors his teammate's, with a few slight differences. Trebon has a Dura-Ace front derailleur (Wicks uses an FSA model)
Trebon also prefers an SLK crank
The 2008 Major Jake has brazed cable stops that accommodate a full-length rear brake housing. They also retrofit with stops for a more conventional setup
The final podium
Bennati v. Petacchi at the line
Th-th-that's all, folks
A toast to the finale
Kolobnev enjoys a treat of a different sort
The weary peloton heading for home
Backstedt set the day's early standard.
Sánchez wins, climbs podium; Menchov secures; Sastre endures
Second stage win in two days, Sánchez fights his way on to the podium
Barring alien abduction, Menchov seems set to win in Madrid on Sunday
Sastre did what he needed to preserve his position on GC
Evans says fatigue may be taking its toll
McCartney now has his eye on Stuttgart..
Vande Velde finished 14th, 41 seconds off of Sánchez's time.
17 professional years, with some 275 victories.
Former junior world champion Geneviève Jeanson admitted to doping during her career in an interview with Radio-Canada’s news magazine "Enquête."
Sánchez had a good day in the saddle, but missed passing Evans on GC by a scant nine seconds.
Friday's Foaming Rant: O'Grady weighs in on 'the decision'
Moninger in yellow at Redlands
Sastre battled to take time on Menchov, but it was no dice
Menchov stuck to Sastre like glue
It wasn't a great day for Evans, who slid to third on GC
San Lorenzo
Jeanson was regarded as fierce competitor.
Reaction was muted Friday in Spain following the news that Floyd Landis failed in his bid to fend off doping allegations from his disputed 2006 Tour de France victory. Oscar Pereiro - the man set to inherit the Tour crown – said the 2-to-1 decision against Landis will end what he described as a “14-month purgatory.” “Now I can start to believe it a little more. I’m still missing some sort of official notification from the UCI or the Tour organizers before I can say with certain,” Pereiro told Spanish radio. “Of course we’ll celebrate it once it’s confirmed. After a year of rumors and more
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Dear Readers,Last column (Deliveranceof the bird man), we had a letter from C.W. in “deepest darkestWest Virginia” asking about self-defense, after his club ride was buzzedby “the clan from deliverance.” In response to the buzzing, the club’sfearless leader extended a one-fingered salute to the offending clan, whichresulted in the car sliding to a stop across the club’s path and a confrontationbetween “the enraged and rather large passenger.” This column, we’ve gotsome follow-up questions from readers, and next column, we’re going totake a second look at whether or not “flipping the bird” is
Oscar Pereiro was formally named the winner of the 2006 Tour de France on Thursday after American authorities ruled against Floyd Landis's appeal for failing a doping test, the sport's world governing body, the UCI, said. Pereiro finished the 2006 race in second place, 57 seconds behind Landis but the American tested positive after the race following his 17th stage win at Morzine, three days before the end of the race. "We can right now say that Pereiro is the winner of the Tour without waiting for a possible appeal by Landis to the Court of Arbitration for Sport," UCI president
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: More thoughts on the bird man
Perez Sanchez steals a march on a squabbling break
Landis is stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title.
Sastre said he was done with attacking ... yeah, right
Sorensen and Vande Velde were there to lend a hand
Menchov and Evans weren't caught out
But Efimkin was, and it cost him his second place overall
Welcome to Avila
Avila is Sastre country, cobbles and all
Perez wins
And Menchov is one day closer to a final victory
Two of three panel members said this win was dirty.
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