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Team Milram prepares for Amstel Gold race
AThe annual Ardennes Trilogy opens this coming Sunday in Maastricht, Netherlands, with the Amstel Gold Race. A total of three classic races in the Dutch-Belgian hills will be held within one week. The ProTour race in South Limburg will be followed on Wednesday by the Fleche Wallonne (April 23) with its feared final climb on the „Muur van Hoy“ and the Classic Lüttiche-Bastogne-Lüttich on Sunday (April 27).
Base Training, Moab Style
Base Training, Moab Style
The 32 and 36 Talus forks have a three-position travel lever.
The 32 and 36 Talus forks get a new three-position travel lever, 100mm, 120mm, 140mm and 100mm, 130mm, 160mm respectively.
The 32 Talus on the left and the 36 talus on the right
The 32 Talus is pictured with the 15QR thru-axle at left, while the 36 Talus has a no-tool 20mm thru-axle. The 36 and 40 long-travel forks also get new dampers for 2009.
The remote works with all trigger shifters, but not with twist shifters.
The remote works with all trigger shifters, but not with twist shifters. It locks via a thumb lever and unlocks via a knuckle button.
The remote forks.
The RL Remote forks only have external adjustments for rebound and air pressure. They are factory set with the FRLC’s firmest low-speed compression setting, four clicks, to resist bob under efforts when unlocked.
Fox will offer a remote lockout on one model with three travel options.
Fox will offer a remote lockout on one model for 2009, the F-Series RL fork, which will be available with three different travel amounts, 80mm, 100mm and 120mm. The those forks will be referred to using the travel amount, so F100RL Remote is the 100mm fork with the remote lockout.
The new standard is compromise between weight and stiffness.
The 15mm diameter and standard was settled on as the best combination of weight and stiffness for trail bikes. Shimano will offer a pre-built XT wheel for the new axle design. As well as two XT hubs, one accepts six-bolt rotors and other is Center Lock compatible.
The fixed nut opposite the quick-release is removable and clockable.
The fixed nut opposite the quick-release is removable and clockable, so that the quick-release lever can be optimally positioned.
The 15QR adds less than 20 grams to the F-Series chassis.
The 15QR adds less than 20-grams to the F-Series chassis. In the 32-Series forks it reduces the weight by 26-grams, due to the re-designed and lighter lower casting.
Norcal mountain bike league returns to Fort Ord
Riders and families of the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League were greeted by a warm beautiful Monterey day when they all came out for race 4 in sunny Fort Ord. The unexpected warm temperatures added an extra stress for racers, but true to League character, most persevered to the end. Although the location was the same as the season opener, it was a very different race. With a few more steep hills, a downhill sand pit, some newly added windy single track, and poison oak that was in full bloom, the course provided a day full of epic attacks, surprises, and mishaps.
German and American velodrome makers form joint venture
World class velodrome designer Dale Hughes and world class velodrome builder Walter von Luetcken will combine their expertise in a joint venture to design and build the highest quality velodromes on the planet. The newly formed WorldRecord Tracks, Inc. with offices in the Germany and the U.S. will "offer the most advanced design process with the most experienced craftsmen in the world," said Hughes. Said von Luetcken, "This venture will produce the finest and fastest tracks anywhere, period."
Fort William World Cup tickets on sale
The Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2008 announced the official launch of ticket sales for the world-renowned event. The World Cup will be held on the 6th, 7th and 8th of June 2008. Fort William will once again play host to the event recognized as “Best Mountain Bike Event in the World” for three consecutive years, as well as “Scottish Sporting Event of the Year 2006”.
Frankenbikes? Canada is a country. Good Rock, bad Rock?
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Bikes for cobbles... or for ads?
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Pantani and Indurain 95 Worlds
Pantani and Indurain 95 Worlds
Indurain Defends Olano’s Attack 95 Worlds
Indurain Defends Olano's Attack 95 Worlds
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
This Week in Pro Cycling – April 14, 2008
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Alessandro Petacchi wins first stage in Turkey
Italian sprinting star Alessandro Petacchi continued his 2008 winning ways in the Tour of Turkey (UCI 2.1/April 14-20). He won the first stage from Izmir to Kuþadasý in a photo finish, for his seventh win of the season. Second, by a hair, was the Argentinian Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (CSF Group-Navigare), and third was Spaniard Javier Benitez Pomares (Benfica). The stage win also gave Petacchi the overall lead.
Epic letters on LeMond, game theory and lawsuits
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Alexi making his move in 1984
Alexi making his move in 1984