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Brooks releases special edition saddle to benefit bicycle film festival

Brooks England announces collaboration with the New York City Bicycle Film Festival with the release of a limited edition Swallow. Only one hundred special Swallow models, manufactured with British racing green leather and each bearing an authentic serial number of authenticity, will be available to the public. Proceeds from sales will benefit the 8th annual Bicycle Film Festival which runs from May 28th through June 1st (www.bicyclefilmfestival.com ).

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Teams announced for Priority Health Tour de Leelanau

The 2008 Priority Health Tourde Leelanau will be lead by a record participation of 17 teams in the Men’s field and 11 teams in the Women’s field and will take place on Sunday, May 25th, 2008. The Men’s race will include the Bissell Pro Cycling Team of defending champion Garrett Peltonen, who is looking to repeat in a race that is very important to their Grand Rapids, Michigan based sponsor. Bissell has been on a hot streak recently, winning stages at the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico and the Joe Martin Stage race in Arkansas as well as leading the

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Womens teams named for Commerce Bank Triple Crown

Organizers of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling have announced the 20 professional women’s teams that will contest a three-race battle in southeastern Pennsylvania in early June. At stake is a $34,000 prize purse that includes $5000 for the overall series winner.

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Celebrating with Lance

“Ten laps to go,” Lance Armstrong joked as he led off a string of two dozen invited guests on a ride around the 5-mile mountain-bike loop that circles his 444-acre ranch in the Texas Hill Country. It was Mother’s Day morning, and the seven-time Tour de France champion was having fun with friends, including many from the bike industry, who were helping him celebrate the opening of his new Austin bike shop, Mellow Johnny’s.

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New Hampshire ride to raise money for reading programs

The Nashua Adult Learning Center is hosting the Second Annual Ride to Read cycle fundraiser on Sunday, September 14, 2008. Rain or Shine. This year, we have added another 100 mile route. This new route starts and ends at EMS in Peterborough, NH. All other routes, begins and ends at the Adult Learning Center, 4 Lake Street, Nashua. Proceeds to benefit the literacy programs offered at the Adult Learning Center. Event will offer 5 cycle routes: (2) 100 mile, 50 mile, 25 mile and 5 mile Family route.

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This Week in Pro Cycling – May 13, 2008

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the latest edition of The Prologue, the weekly summary of news from the world of competitive cycling by your friends at VeloNews.com.

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2008 Giro d’Italia Tech: FSA’s new brakes

FSA’s new brakes, to replace its black Gossamer-level ones still on many Giro bikes, is the SLK. For the Tour, K-Force brakes with identical calipers and titanium hardware and carbon pad holders will be on all FSA-sponsored teams, according to FSA’s Claudio Marra.

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2008 Giro d’Italia Tech: Shimano shifters

While Caisse d’Epargne’s Lastras is using Campy electronic, Shimano’s new cable-actuated shifters with cables under the tape is on the bikes of High Road’s Kanstantin Sivtsov, and Gerolsteiner’s Johannes Fröhlinger, Davide Rebellin, and Matthias Russ.

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2008 Giro d’Italia Tech: Skippy’s bike

Skippy plans on riding the Giro, Dauphine and Tour courses in their entirety on a solid magnesium Selle San Marco saddle. He finds the saddle comfortable and says it particularly shines in the rain.

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2008 Giro d’Italia Tech: Skippy

As always, Skippy, the Aussie who follows the Grand Tours on his bike, is here again, his 10th straight Giro. This will be his 11th straight Tour de France this July. He says he does it in the name of handicapped sport and had planned to do it on a handcycle this time, but he could not obtain the support necessary.

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2008 Giro d’Italia Tech: Zipp’s 808 is a fast stopper, too.

Like many other riders, Bäckstedt uses super-deep Zipp 808 wheels in a lot of road races. Many choose the wheels because they prefer the braking to that of a 404 or a 202. CSC’s Fabian Cancellara, for instance, has repeatedly raved to Zipp about the braking with this wheel. Zipp’s Andy Ording says it is due to the toroidal shape of the rim being carried through to the braking surface. All other Zipp models have parallel brake tracks — the toroidal shape stops before the braking surface. “We did it strictly for aerodynamics,” says Ording, “but an extra benefit is better braking.” Why? Ording theorizes that when the entire lower edge of the pad contacts the rim first, it squeegees water and grime outward and gives immediate braking response, rather than a delay while material trapped under the pad moves away.

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The 2008 Joe Martin final women’s podium

The 2008 Joe Martin final women’s podium (left to right) Robin Farina (Cheerwine), Catherine Cheatley (Cheerwine), Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine), Mackenzie Woodring (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Marisa Asplund-Ownes (Cheerwine)

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