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Like the frame, the Mono-bloc fork is made by Time. The fork features fibers that run continually from drop out to steerer. The legs feature Vectran for compliance and the steerer is reinforced with Kevlar to protect it from a stem’s clamping forces.

Dario Pegoretti is battling cancer, and this get-well poster for him is centered around a caricature of the Italian framebuilder cooking the crab (representing, of course, his cancer) over a flame on a bike fork. Keep Dario in your thoughts.

Look’s new 586 breaks the sub-1000 gram mark including an uncut integrated seat mast. The new frame is more than 130-grams lighter the 595, but not quite as stiff. The frame set, including fork, headset and E-Post will cost $3700.

Time’s Ergo Force handlebar is molded in one-piece, unlike many of its competitors who build handlebars in three pieces. The 230-gram bar comes in three widths, 42, 44, 46, and costs $420.

Mavic’s answer to Lightweight, ADA and Lew: the Cosmic Carbone Ultimate. Weighing only 1120 grams/pair (520g front; 600g rear), it sells for $3,000/pair and is worth buying Mavic’s MP3 no-questions-asked warranty for.

The E-Post seat post system offers three different clamps, which differ in offset. The standard comes with +/- 20mm of adjustment, while there are reversible 32mm and 5mm options (pictured from left to right).

Pairing Time’s ULTeam RS carbon shoe with an RXS style pedal gives you, as Time claims, one of the industry’s lowest pedal and shoe stack height combinations at 21.4mm. A pair of the RS shoes weighs 580-grams and costs $285.

Prologo has a rail-less saddle and offers cradles to fit various seatposts that will grab the grooved saddle base. The saddle is still suspended at the front and rear, despite having no rail.

Giro’s Xen mountain bike helmet is a fixture in the trail segment, its design and greater coverage remains unchanged for 2008, but its style continues to evolve. The finish on this helmet is actually a fabric.

19. Stan Koziak the founder of NoTubes.com has a new ZTR Race rim that only weighs 283-grams. He’s tested rims weighing as little as 262-grams in MTB World Cups. Koziak has been a long time sponsor of Seven’s Mary McConnelogue and Mike Broderick.

Hed’s new Vantage 8 aero bar weighs a mere 490 grams complete with extensions and elbow pads that swing up out of the way when grasping the bar near the stem. The name refers to eight different adjustments.

We first saw the $225 Ionos helmet in the 2007 Tour de France. It has 15-percent more vent volume than the Atmos thus keeps a rider’s head 15-percent cooler, says Giro.

A NoTubes ZTR Race wheelset built with American Classic hubs and DT Swiss Revolution spokes can weigh as little as 1230 grams.

Hed’s little 3rd brake lever attaches to the shifter. It can come attached to either the left or right bar-end shifter, in either Shimano or Campagnolo.

In the fall, winter and early spring 15-percent cooler isn’t always wanted, so Giro includes a winter liner with every Ionos it sells.

21. Hutchinson’s Marc Gullickson was showing the company’s new tubeless ready ’cross tires. Both Bulldog and Piranha 34c tread patterns feature a tubeless Kevlar bead and 127tpi casing that’s meant to be used with Hutchinson’s Fast’ Air latex sealant

Hed’s 3rd lever installed onto a rear shifter and into the right extension.

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The final selection heads for the finish line

The podium

'Scuse me, honey, got to dash. I'll be back in a few hours with a gold medal and a pretty new shirt.

And so he was

Some Discovery fans were in attendance

And Big George took notice, signing autographs

The freshly re-crowned champ sings along with his national anthem

Yeah!

And a weary Julich and McCartney head for the barn

The new boss, same as the old boss

Bettini sprints . . .

. . . he knows he's got it . . .

Take that, you dirty rats! Tat-a-tat-tat!

The peloton, 190 riders strong, on the first lap

Hincapie wasn't having a great day

Jason McCartney working to bring the break back

VandeVelde and Hincapie

And a $380 model with 24-inch wheels bridges the gap up to 650c bikes.

Rocky Mountain’s ETSX is what Lesley Tomlinson rode to three Trans Alp victories. The rear suspension takes its cues from Formula 1 designs, with its straight up and down rear-wheel vertical travel.

And for the women, the Genius 5.5 Luxury...Which also glitters.

American Craig Lewis at the start.

Built up with SRAM Red and Lew wheels, this Jamis show bike topped the scales at just over 11 pounds.

For 2008, the design went from adjustable 3.5/4/4.5 inches of travel, which changes on the fly with the flick of the quick release, to a 4/4.5/5-inch design. Nonetheless, it still weighs in at 28 pounds.

This $3300 ’cross frameset is so fast it blurs the background standing still.

Stetina leads the chase.

The Dakar XCR Team is fairly unique in the mountain bike world for its use of size-specific carbon tubing. At $6400, the high-end bike is all carbon save for alloy chainstays for chain slap.

For next year, the Element Team shaved some weight with a hollowed-out yoke. This, combined with carbon seatstays and oversized suspension hardware, saved more than 60 grams.

Bastianelli was surprised... and moved to tears.

Danish fans out in force.

Many show bikes are just that — bikes for show.

The Xenith SL uses braided bladders in its construction, which means fewer internal wrinkles and better compaction and great excavation of the used bladders, which stick to the inside of the tubes. Using this process for 2008 saves 30-40 grams.

For next year, the Element Team shaved some weight with a hollowed-out yoke. This, combined with carbon seatstays and oversized suspension hardware, saved more than 60 grams.

Bastianelli scoots ahead for the win

Italy has its supporters, too.

The venerable Italian maker showed a few ’cross bikes.

The Xenith T2 is the company’s first all-carbon time trial bike, and a solid one at that.

The Sola 69’er runs a 26-inch wheel in the rear and a 29-inch hoop up front.

Slovakia's Peter Velis (center) and Australia's Wesley Sulzberger (left) sprint

Regardless of wheel size, you can count on Seven frames for clean welds and sharp CNC work.

A carbon mountain bike with Chorus road pedals. As we said — show bikes.

Product manager Steven Fairchild incorporated a Tektro brake inside the rear of the sculpted fork, a design he said reduces drag by 10 percent compared to an aero fork with the brake on the front.

Built for Mike Broderick, this one features an FRM crank, Shimano XTR and SRAM X.O parts and a rigid carbon fork.

The crash...

Introduced two years ago as a concept bike, the Diamas is now available in Seven’s custom size program. The $4995 frameset is Seven’s first all-carbon custom bike.

Slipstream-Chipotle’s new ride, the Felt F1.

Internal cable routing makes for clean lines.

Seven doesn’t just built custom bikes for its customers. Product manager Matt O’Keefe built this internally geared commuter for his 18-mile trek to work.

... the tumble...

The top and down tubes of the Diamas wrap completely around the head tube for a firm connection — and a striking look.

Sock Guy spells it out for you.

Tucking a brake inside a fork presents adjustment issues…

He made this rack with scrap titanium, and added Full Wood fenders from River City Bicycles’ Dave Guettler.

... the win.

The top of the Fuentes sock.

That Fairchild solved neatly.

Even the hub-driven light gets some custom love with internal wire routing.

Armstrong stayed in the mix all day.

Obey

Kestrel’s bold designs will now be supported by the strength of Fuji’s distribution and logistics network.

For 2008, Sidi’s high-end mountain shoes have full-carbon soles. The SRS replaceable tread system extends the life of the shoes.

Thorburn suffered a mechanical and finished a minute off the pace.