News

Atherton surprised the competition with a strong ride

An emotional triumph

On a roll: Kabush has been winning a lot this year

The sprint for second

Kabush knows how to celebrate on his birthday weekend.

Defending champ Cancellara was cooked

Like Kabush, Gould has had a great start to 2007

Mud, schmud — the dust was just as bad

Canadian Kiara Bisaro was second... more than four minutes back.

The tunnel of cobbled love

Tech Report, with Matt Pacocha - New developments at (a very wet) Sea Otter

Frichi talks tires with Scott’s Adrian Montgomery

Loved by 'cross racers the world 'round, Dugast also offers a beefy MTB tubular

Tires were the topic of the day, as Kabush chats with Maxxis team manager Gary Wolff

Katie Compton winning on 58mm carbon wheels and Dugast Rhino cyclo-cross tires

O'Grady takes a solo victory on the Roubaix velodrome

Tech Report, with Matt Pacocha - New developments at (a very wet) Sea Otter

Extra pix Roubaix

Manitou’s carbon R7

Extra pix Roubaix

The Minute MRD

Really, it’s his.

A moment to savor. Cancellara's win was enough to erase the memory seven miserable hours in the saddle.

How's that for a booth? Trek-Volkswagen erected a full-sized two-car garage.

Boonen hopes to overcome the frustrations he's experienced this past week.

Inside, artists silk-screened custom T-shirts.

Oh the agony. Boonen and Ballan put their chase on hold because of a freight train.

Felt was showing its final preproduction prototypes of its Redemption trail bike. The chassis relies on Felt’s Equilink design to deliver 7 inches of travel.

O'Grady is feeling as fit as ever.

Specialized’s new Captain tire, designed by Ned 'The Captain' Overend. The S-Works version is set to cost $45 and the Control version $35.

Ramsey takes the win on his own

Christoph Sauser has a new Specialized tire too; it's called the Sauserwind. It will also carry prices of $45 for the S-Works and $35 for the Control version.

Dan Ramsey and Andy Jaques-Maynes in the early break

Crank Brothers has a new short spindle kit for its eggbeater, this one is made from stainless steel rather than titanium and costs $40.

Before the storm.

World champ Jill Kintner’s GT is sporting a custom white set of Juicy Ultimate brakes.

Rain, rain, rain

Events surrounding the 2007 Tour de Georgia officially kicked off Saturday afternoon in Peachtree City, which meant two things were less than 48 hours away: The start of stage 1 and — more significantly — the return of Tyler Hamilton. The 2004 Olympic time trial champion has been racing in Europe since January, but Monday will mark the first time Hamilton turns the cranks in a UCI race on American soil since the 2001 San Francisco Grand Prix. Since then, the now 36-year-old has seen quite a few ups and a healthy share of downs, at a rate few of us will ever know. He won stages at the Tour

The caliper matches the lever.

Compton does it on her own

Kelli Emmett (Giant) getting fit for Shimano’s new heat moldable SH-M300 mountain shoe.

SRAM unveiled a bunch of new product, including a new X.0 rear derailleur. The major change is in the cage — instead of full carbon, the inner length of the pulley cage is aluminum.

Trebon tries an early dig...

Tara Llanes dials in her Giant Trance Advanced (carbon) for the Super D.

The Monarch uses a dual air style spring and has a number of adjustment options and usage configurations.

... Peraud, however, handily counters and rides in for the win.

Notice the odd-colored swingarm. It looks like it’s from an aluminum Anthem. Giant is testing how a carbon front end mates to an aluminum rear end. The aluminum swingarm has more tire clearance as an added advantage.

Vivid is RockShox’s new World Cup level coil over rear shock. It features two external rebound adjusters and a low-speed compression adjustment. It also has three interchangeable bottom-out bumpers called drop stops.

Rollin powers in for the win

3) Niki Gudex designed her own graphics for her race bike. She rode the Ransom in the Super D.

Continental has a new 2.4-inch tire called the Mountain King. The Supersonic version weighs 550 grams and costs $50.

Benjamin grabbed the right wheel.

4) Travis Brown (Trek-FRS) talks tires with Schwalbe’s Henry Horrocks.

Knog’s Frog safety light now comes in nine different colors. The new styles will cost $12 and boast an eight-hour continuous or 160-hour blinking burn time.

Brian Lopes’s GT sports a custom rainbow saddle.

O'Grady leads his team through a stretch of cobbles, during a reconnaissance ride on Thursday.

Travis Pastrana’s Subaru racing car.

Danielson - here on his way to winning atop Brasstown Bald in 2006 - comes to Georgia as a strong favorite.

Scott USA’s Addict SL...

...sports a unique integrated bottom bracket...

Hutchinson and Mavic teamed up for a new 29-inch offering.

Sauser’s custom 2X9 carbon crank.

Sauser’s S-Works Epic race bike

Yeah, there's nothing to this whole bike-racing thing — unless you count the cold and the cobbles

Love the Otter: Kabush shows off one of his prizes

Kabush and Nash tops at Otter TT

“(N)o one wants to look like wimps on national television."—Health Net-Maxxis team director Jeff Corbett while discussing whether the inaugural U.S. Open Cycling Championships should be run as scheduled despite wintry weather With all due respect to everyone who took a beating from hypothermia in Virginia or cobblestones in Belgium during this past week, Jeff Corbett had it exactly right. Cycling — and pro cycling in particular — is not for wimps. This is the time of year when colorfully clad cyclists start popping up like migratory tulips on our potholed roads, inspiring bored columnists

Cancellara says he doesn't need a train to win at Roubaix

Joel Smith, John Tomac and the Carbide cross-country bike.

A closer look at the Carbide.

The brand is back

The Spyder

The flex stay design

Fox Racing Shox new 29-inch fork built exclusively for Gary Fisher and Trek, featuring a 51mm offset, this one relies on F Series RLC internals.

Fisher’s new HiFi 29er

Bontrager was showing a Prototype Rhythm 29 wheelset with a modified crow’s foot lacing pattern with 24 spokes.

The new Paragon hardtail

And its shaped tubing

Trek’s new full-suspension 69er, there is rumor that one will be spec’d how Brown races his, with a single front chainring.

The geared 69er hardtail...