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2009 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: Coryn Rivera timed her jump perfectly.

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2009 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: It’s SoCal: lemoade comes with mint leaves or lemon slices.

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2009 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: The women’s field on the backstretch.

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2009 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: L-r: Ken Hanson, Rashan Bahati, Lucas Sebastian Haedo.

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2009 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: Lucas Sebastian Haedo, FLoyd Landis, Freddy Rodriguez, and Tony Cruz at the start.

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2009 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson.

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2009 BC Bike Race: Monavie-Cannondale pros Matt Ohran (left) and Bart Gillespie enjoy a cool dip after a hard day’s work.

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2009 BC Bike Race: First-timers Troy Ferguson and Craig Spurn sport shoulder patches depicting Ralph Wiggum of “The Simpsons.”

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2009 BC Bike Race: Others pause to take a soil sample.

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2009 BC Bike Race: Some guys don’t even blink at the technical bits (though they may blur a little).

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2009 BC Bike Race: North Shore-style riding means lots of roots, rocks and structures to navigate.

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2009 BC Bike Race: Stage 1 began with a long climb that took riders to the brink of the brutal Severed Dick descent.

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2009 BC Bike Race: Seamus McGrath (left) and Chris Sheppard took charge on Stage 1.

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Marzio Bruseghin will aim for a top-10 finish, but has no realistic hope of reaching the podium.

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Moreau rode his first Tour in ’96 as a member of Festina. This year’s may be his last.

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2009 European championships: Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wins in Belgium.

Published Jun 28, 2009

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Cannondale 2010: Cannondale prefers to use 3D-forged aluminum dropouts.

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Cannondale 2010: The Scalpel uses a new lightweight Mavic Crossmax SLR wheelset.

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Cannondale 2010: The Scalpel uses flat bars and a 3D forged, single unit, stem and steerer.

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Cannondale 2010: Cannondale and SRAM cooperated on a spider to mate XX chainrings with the BB30 Hollowgram SL crankarm.

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Cannondale 2010: The top model is built with SRAM XX shifters, brake levers, derailleurs and cassette.

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Cannondale 2010: The front triangle uses high-modulus carbon fiber to reduce weight.

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Cannondale 2010: The Scalpel, a replica of the Cannondale-Monavie cross country bike, weighs just 19.5 pounds.

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Cannondale 2010: The Prologo saddle replaces last year’s Selle San Marco Ponza.

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Cannondale 2010: The new Shimano RS80 wheelset only adds about 1,500 grams to the package.

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Cannondale 2010: Swallowtail-shaped seatstays aim to provide vertical compliance for an otherwise laterally stiff bike.

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Cannondale 2010: A new paint job complements the new carbon fork with aluminum dropouts.

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Cannondale 2010: The FSA SL-K Light crankset doesn’t add much weight to the 1,200-gram frame.

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Cannondale 2010: The CAAD9 road sports Shimano 7900 shifters and derailleurs and is said to weigh just 16.3 pounds.

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Cannondale 2010: The Control Tech seatpost is carbon-wrapped aluminum for extra durability.

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Cannondale 2010: The white SRAM Red hoods complement the black-and-white theme.

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Cannondale 2010: Cannondale considers the Easton EC90X carbon fork best in class for ‘cross performance.

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Cannondale 2010: A Shimano Ultegra cassette is intended to reduce the likelihood of mud or snow buildup.

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Cannondale 2010: The CAAD9 sports Hollowgram SL cranks, FSA chainrings and SRAM Red derailleurs and shifters.

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Cannondale 2010: The top end CAAD9 cyclocross model is a legitimate team replica, including stock tubular rims and tires.

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Bookies tend to look past fan loyalty and nationalism. Most say Contador is a sure bet to win the Tour.

Published Jun 28, 2009

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Eatough (right) and Schalk took top honors in 2007

Published Jun 27, 2009

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Nash hopes to win the women’s prize alongside Luna teammate Catherine Pendrel

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Seamus McGrath (right) and Chris Sheppard would love to redeem themselves after a heartbreaking 2008 race

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Barry Wicks (left) and Kris Sneddon come in as defending champions

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400 riders will tackle this year’s BC Bike RAce

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Riders queue up to register for this year’s event

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The wooden ladder structures and steep terrain of the North Shore are on tap for stage 1

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The BC Bike Race Enters it’s third year with a new course

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BC offers unique trails … and unique challenges.

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Gerrans scored a big win at the Giro. Apparently that didn’t guarantee him a spot for the Tour.

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Riccò’s fall took down his whole team.

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Contador will wear national colors in time trials for the next year.

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Contador topped a strong field of Spanish stars.

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Oakley started making watches in 2000.

Published Jun 26, 2009

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Oakley has a whole fleet of vehicles on display in its front yard. Besides the trucks, Oakley has a tank that it keeps on campus

Published Jun 26, 2009

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Blick had some of his latest, favorite special edition athlete models out on display for us.

Published Jun 26, 2009

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‘Rad’ Ross Schnell mans the machine gun that guards the locked door to the Oakley design department.

Eyewear design is the most protected wing of the building — no pictures allowed.

Published Jun 26, 2009

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This is one of Oakley’s retired SLA machines.

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His crew regularly confiscates counterfeit product from all over the world.

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This radical sketch represents the concept for the first Racing Jacket.

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The Racing Jacket evolved into this familiar form, which represents how the O-Matter frame would come from its mold.

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Many riders like the feel of the old hingless Pro M-Frames, so Blick has the Radar frames drilled and pinned.

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Behind the couches hang images of China’s Geat Wall, signed by all of the brand’s Olympic athletes.

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The Anti-Freeze Radar is the latest in a line of limited edition athlete inspired glasses.

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The Museum’s walls are covered with period advertisements.

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The Mumbos came in the late ’80s and would morph into the M-Frame.

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Oakley’s marketing department sports a comfy lounge for meetings.

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Oakley’s building once sported a NBA regulation basket ball court, that space has been repurposed for the brand’s clothing dept.

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The clay sample is used to make a prototype on a SLA (Stereolithography) machine.

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Most of Oakley’s new designs are drafted and then modeled from clay.

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A look at some of the concept sketches of Jawbone.

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These guys — Ryan Calilung, Hans Moritz and David Ginther — work behind the design door.

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One of Oakley founder Jim Jannard’s awards, it sits with a mess of others on his receptionist’s desk.

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Jannard sold the company but still keeps an office at HQ. The waiting area is features B-52 bomber ejector seats.

Published Jun 26, 2009

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On your way in: Oakley’s battle fortress from the outside.

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Vance Loman heads up Oakely’s division of brand protection. His job: Bring those producing and selling ‘Foakley’s’ to justice.

Published Jun 26, 2009

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We all remember Oakley Blades and Johnny T.

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Steve Blick is Oakley’s marketing man for cycling.

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Oakley’s walls are adorned with large industrial fixtures; this set of pipes is about 6 feet wide.

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This view is looking back toward the entrance through a massive exhaust port.

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The first Oakley product was a set of motorcycle grips made from Unobtainium rubber, circa 1975. The Eyeshades came later.

Published Jun 26, 2009

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Evans (here in yellow at the Dauphine) hopes to move up a step on the Tour podium this year.

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Evans, here in yellow at the Dauphine, is hoping once again to move up a notch on the Tour podium

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Evans, here in yellow at the Dauphine, is hoping once again to move up a notch on the Tour podium

Published Jun 26, 2009