Johnson taking his pulls
Johnson taking his pulls
Johnson taking his pulls
Georgia's on his mind
Cruz at Roubaix - happy to be back.
Meersman collects his first pro win
And suddenly Brajkovic looks like a contender
Brajkovic leads the break
The early break
Toyota in control
Bike Friday's Jeff Linder shows off that the Tikit has a cover so your neighbor in the next seat on the subway won't cringe at your greasy bike near their designer jeans. It will roll when folded (and covered) making getting on and off subway
Jacques-Maynes goes for the KOM
... and is quickly ready to roll for a commute
Toyota-United's Baldwin and Wherry discuss strategy
Mavic C29SSMAX tubeless wheels and Hutchinson Python 29 X 2.1 Tubeless Ready tires save a lot of 29-inch rotating weight. The wheels weigh 1745 grams/pair and sell for $775, while the tires weigh 645 grams and sell for $50 apiece.
Chadwick has a dig
Since through-axle forks have appeared on lighter and lighter bikes, it makes no sense to limit 20mm through-axle hubs to Shimano's freeride Saint and Hone groups, since some riders want ever-lighter big-hit bikes; enter the XTR through-axle fron
As does King
SRAM and SRM co-designed the Powermeter Pro carbon crank. It has a 12-spline system calibrated for SRM's strain gauges and adds 200 grams to the bike.
Haedo in the bunch
Big bamboo: Craig Calfee's new bamboo mountain bike is wrapped with hemp at the joints (sorry).
Discovery motoring along
It is light, stiff, strong, and was getting a lot of test rides at Sea Otter.
Hamilton with one to go
The bright red Ellsworth limited-edition (#18 of 500 total that will be made) $4,000 NuVinci CVT-equipped cruiser has a very cool fork. The fat carbon fork legs continue through the double-clamp crown and neck down to form the handlebars.
The fans turn out
The inchworm on the indicator of the Nuvinci continuously-variable rear hub transmission on its twist-grip lever shows you where in the range you are. The gear ratio ramps up and down smoothly with no discreet jumps.
A peachy banner
The Manitou Minute 29er through-axle fork now joins the White Bros. BW 1.3 as a long- travel fork for a 29-inch wheel with a 20mm through-axle hub.
The 23-pound, 80mm-travel Niner Jet 9 with carbon Pace 29er fork breaks through a new weight barrier for full-suspension 29ers.
Stevic gets his closeup en route to victory
Ian McKissick of BMC laid it down in Rome; happily, despite the nasty crash, he was reported to be okay
Stevic wins it with room to spare
The leaders with two laps to go
Contrini rips it
The late King of Soul, James Brown, was there last year.
Contrini opens Tinkoff's U.S. account
Hamilton at the start in Peachtree City
Kirk O'Bee (Health Net) and Viktor Rapinsky (Navigators) have a dig
Ollerenshaw leads
Toyota waited until too late to join the chase
Extra pix Roubaix
Manitou’s carbon R7
Extra pix Roubaix
The Minute MRD
O'Grady cruising the cobbles
One style of the GT DHi sub-frame
The victor and the spoils
Tech Report, with Matt Pacocha - New developments at (a very wet) Sea Otter
Boonen left it a little too late
Atherton surprised the competition with a strong ride
An emotional triumph
On a roll: Kabush has been winning a lot this year
The sprint for second
Kabush knows how to celebrate on his birthday weekend.
Defending champ Cancellara was cooked
Like Kabush, Gould has had a great start to 2007
Mud, schmud — the dust was just as bad
Canadian Kiara Bisaro was second... more than four minutes back.
The tunnel of cobbled love
Tech Report, with Matt Pacocha - New developments at (a very wet) Sea Otter
Frichi talks tires with Scott’s Adrian Montgomery
Loved by 'cross racers the world 'round, Dugast also offers a beefy MTB tubular
Tires were the topic of the day, as Kabush chats with Maxxis team manager Gary Wolff
Katie Compton winning on 58mm carbon wheels and Dugast Rhino cyclo-cross tires
O'Grady takes a solo victory on the Roubaix velodrome
Tech Report, with Matt Pacocha - New developments at (a very wet) Sea Otter
Brian Lopes’s GT sports a custom rainbow saddle.
O'Grady leads his team through a stretch of cobbles, during a reconnaissance ride on Thursday.
Travis Pastrana’s Subaru racing car.
Danielson - here on his way to winning atop Brasstown Bald in 2006 - comes to Georgia as a strong favorite.
Really, it’s his.
A moment to savor. Cancellara's win was enough to erase the memory seven miserable hours in the saddle.
How's that for a booth? Trek-Volkswagen erected a full-sized two-car garage.
Boonen hopes to overcome the frustrations he's experienced this past week.
Inside, artists silk-screened custom T-shirts.
Oh the agony. Boonen and Ballan put their chase on hold because of a freight train.
Felt was showing its final preproduction prototypes of its Redemption trail bike. The chassis relies on Felt’s Equilink design to deliver 7 inches of travel.
O'Grady is feeling as fit as ever.
Specialized’s new Captain tire, designed by Ned 'The Captain' Overend. The S-Works version is set to cost $45 and the Control version $35.
Ramsey takes the win on his own