News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: Columbia DS Rolf Aldag relaxes before the start. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: The ever present Mavic bike takes a turn at 80 kph plus. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: Martin Maskaant is moonlighting as the team bus driver. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: Lance leads the yellow jersey group down the Petite St. Bernard Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: Three generations of Italians watching the Tour. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: Cadel Evans tries to recover his Tour on a desperate descent, and fails. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, CBG Gallery, stage 16: Race winner Mikei Astarloza flies down the descent. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Garmin teammates Bradley Wiggins, David Millar and Christian Vande Velde. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Garmin’s David Zabriskie keeps an eye on race leader Contador. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) and Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) alone off the front. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Cervélo’s Thor Hushovd didn’t see much of green-jersey rival Mark Cavendish on Tuesday. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: SIlence-Lotto’s Jurgen van den Broucke was a busy man on Tuesday. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Astana’s Lance Armstrong made a big effort to regain the yellow-jersey group. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) was taken to hospital following a high-speed crash. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) continues to hold third overall. Published Jul 21, 2009
News 2009 TdF, stage 16: Alberto Contador (Astana) withstood a series of attacks from Saxo Bank and retains the yellow jersey. Published Jul 21, 2009
News Death of the 26-inch hardtail: Specialized factory rider Todd Wells chose to ride his S-Works Epic full suspension at nationals. Published Jul 21, 2009
News Death of the 26-inch hardtail: Katie Compton led the women for three laps on her new Independent Fabrication Ti Deluxe 29er. Published Jul 21, 2009
News Death of the 26-inch hardtail: Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski took the men’s national title on his sub-20-pound 29er hardtail. Published Jul 21, 2009
News Death of the 26-inch hardtail: Heather Irminger’s XC win proved 29ers are not just for tall folks. Published Jul 21, 2009
News Death of the 26-inch hardtail: ona’s Barry Wicks broke into the top 10 on his fully suspended Hei Hei 2-9 Delux 29er. Published Jul 21, 2009
News Death of the 26-inch hardtail: Giant’s Adam Craig almost always chooses to ride his Anthem X full suspension bike Published Jul 21, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: While not concealed under the BB, the rear brake is still well hidden from the wind. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: One aspect that FOCUS changed from the original Walser bikes is the BB, which is now wider. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: Although lacking some of the features of the latest bikes, the Izalco Chrono is still quite sleek. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: Very narrow tube shapes define the Izalco Chrono bikes used by Team Milram. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: Exceedingly slender seat and chain stays meet at the rear of the Izalco Chrono. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: The FOCUS Izalco Chrono time trial bike was designed by aero guru Andreas Walser. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: A huge BB shell, enclosing BB30 bearings, keeps the Izalco efficient. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: The 3T Funda Pro fork with a 1-1/4th-inch lower bearing race is exclusive to Focus. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: FOCUS is looking forward to entering the US market with the Izalco as well and other new models. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: In addition to SRAM Red cranks and front derailleurs, it looks like GORE sealed cables. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: The Milram team is using SRAM Red drivetrains with BB30 cranksets. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: FOCUS says that the rear dropout design adds stability to the seat and chainstay junction. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: A rear loop of shifter housing extends from a cable stop near the back of the BB shell. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: The externally visible “Reinforcing Integrated Cable Tunnel” runs the length of the downtube. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: It looks like the cable housing keeps going, but there is a stop inside the frame. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: The 2010 FOCUS Izalco gets internal cable routing. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: These Jagwire in-line barrel adjusters give the rider opportunity to adjust cable tension on the fly. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: Peter Velits was one of the Milram riders to get a new Focus. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: One of the distinctive characteristics of the new Izalco is rounded, external ridges on the tubes. Published Jul 20, 2009
News Tour Tech: Milram’s Focus: For 2010, the Izalco model gets updated, more slender seatstays. Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: The XX brakes are close to a quarter pound lighter than the Juicy Ultimate model that SRAM pros previously rode Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: The XX cassette’s increased range better allows the use of a single chainring. Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: SRAM’s X-Loc bar mounted lockout works like that of a push pen. Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: The Reba Team 29er fork is equipped with the new X-Loc hydraulic lockout. Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: Bontrager’s Race XXX Lite carbon wheelset drops more than 50-grams from the scandium alloy version. Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: Truvativ’s Noir crank is used because it accepts a 36-tooth chainring. Published Jul 20, 2009
News JHK’s Nats bike: The Subaru-Fisher team uses ESI’s Racer’s Edge closed cell foam grips. Published Jul 20, 2009
News 2009 MTB Nats, short track: This year’s course went straight up and straight down the mountain. Published Jul 20, 2009
News 2009 MTB Nats, short track: Ryan Trebon heads into the steep section of the course. Published Jul 20, 2009
News 2009 MTB Nats, short track: The top 5 men climb to the top of the course. Published Jul 20, 2009
News 2009 MTB Nats, short track: Mary Mcconneloug rode a tough race. Holding off Kelli Emmett for fifth. Published Jul 20, 2009
News 2009 MTB Nats, short track: Lea Davidson ended up passing Willow Koerber for third. Published Jul 20, 2009
News 2009 MTB Nats, short track: Heather Imiger on her way to a second place finish. Published Jul 20, 2009