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VeloNews.com readers give us guff, and a few kudos, for our annual April Fools’ efforts.
It's a bad habit, we know. But, for longer than anyone here can remember, the staff at VeloNews (the magazine) and now, VeloNews.com, has entertained itself by coming up with a handful of absurd stories on April 1. The goal is to make the stories just realistic enough to pull readers in and leave them wondering — or perhaps seething — at the absurdity, until they look at a calendar.
Cannondale to cut PA workforce
As part of a company-wide restructuring in North America, Europe and Asia, Dorel Industries will reduce its workforce at its Cannondale bicycle factory in Pennsylvania by two-thirds this year. Dorel owns the Cannondale, GT, Sugoi, Pacific, Schwinn and Mongoose brands.
The Explainer – Of rules and regulations
Dear Explainer,
A few years ago, the UCI banned a time trial position which was dubbed the "Praying Landis," named after its originator. It seems to me that Levi Leipheimer's current position on his time trial bike is very similar to that used by Floyd Landis. What am I missing?
Joseph Welsh
Banner Elk, North Carolina
Park Tool factory visit: Eric Hawkins’ custom motorcycle.
Eric Hawkins’ custom motorcycle has a Schwinn Stingray gear shifter and dual Schwinn stems holding its ape hanger bars. The banana seat and the fender are both hollow gas tanks so that the top tube above the engine is free to hold the shifter and look like a Stingray.