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The chart above shows how hard is was for Mario Aerts to maintain a consistent pace within the 2007 Solvang time trial.

This chart highlights the Sierra Rd climb where Mario Aerts averaged 385w for 20 minutes in the 2007 Tour of California.

This chart shows Mario Aert’s Training Stress Score (TSS), total kJ’s, maximum 6-minute value and maximum 20-minute value for each stage of the 2007 Tour of California.

Lance Borrows MTB Kerrville TX 1993 Post Worlds

The High Road professional cycling team announced a partnership with Right To Play in an effort to increase awareness of the charitable organization and in turn help improve the lives of children through the power of sport and play.

“Right To Play’s values and mission align with those of High Road. They develop the values and benefit of sport and play in society. Team High Road focuses on clean and fair sport and upon success won by fair means. We believe in the global work of Right To Play and hope that we can help, “says Team High Road owner, Bob Stapleton.

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It takes three generations of a single Italian family to make the Ghisallo rims, crafted from Slovenian beech using a laminated construction method that doesn’t produce a seam. Hjertberg sells them for $175 apiece.

Ric Hjertberg was at the show with the Italian wooden rims he imports. “They have DNA,” he says, “and they’re incredibly lively.” They’re also quite durable — he has nine months of everyday commuting on a pair of the wooden clinchers he imports. He also brings in two tubular rims: One weighs a mere 320 grams; the other, 420.

Shimano used the Handmade Show to unveil its 29er wheel. The nine in the graphic is a snake. Snakes eat frogs; if that’s an indication, the competition should look out. The wheels are built on a XT platform with 24 spokes, a 7075-T6 aluminum rim and XT freehub body. The set weighs 1810 grams and will be available in July.

The Grognard from the front.

The bar McCormick built has a purposefully large, flat top, palm-sized bullhorns and an integrated brake lever.

Its dropouts are hand cut, something craftsman Dave McCormick will do in any custom build.

Grognard Bicycle built this special fixie for the show.

Romano and Norstad built it up using Paragon’s junk bins.

The owners of VeloNews have entered into an agreement for the sale of the magazine, its website and parent company, Inside Communications Inc., to Competitor Group Inc., a recently formed private equity-financed media company based in San Diego, California. The deal, announced to staff on Friday, is intended to add needed financial clout to VeloNews and other ICI divisions, including VeloPress, VeloGear, VeloSwap and Inside Triathlon magazine.

Romano couldn’t throw the CAD scraps away, so he saved them for four years and molded the Garbage Fiber 3000.

Franco Romano, who was sharing space with Norstad at the show, builds CAD cut carbon frames using T-700 fiber.

Norstad, who has enough tubing for three more ti' couches, estimates this one's price at $16,000.

Norstad’s titanium couch. The titanium rods were originally made for medical usage as femur implants but when tested had too much iron in the alloy. They came to Norstad in a bundle 1.5 feet wide by 20 feet long. The couch took 300 hours to complete and is built on an aluminum frame. He has enough tubing for three more and estimates its price at $16,000.

Paragon’s business: All the little bits and pieces to build a bike.