The Freelap timing poles and watch is the tool to get to use healthy competition for improvement in riding.

The Freelap watch records your run in real time start and finish. The poles are transmitters that gives off a signal to the watch and records the exact moment it was triggered, whether at the start of the race or at the finish line.

The watch sports automatic backlight, displays large fonts so you can read the numbers easily, has 2000 intermediate times and 64 files. The digital face shows the intermediate time and time.

Added features are the assisted mode and interval training mode. The assisted mode would be the recording of time when the athlete leaves the vicinity of the transmitter. The interval training mode records the start, lap time and finish of the run. The watch and poles are programmed to be within the distance of 10…

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Nowadays, documenting your ride meant uploading this online and sharing it with the world. The Contour HD Bike Helmet Camera allows you to do this easily. A wire-free camera that is easy to use, the Contour HD camera lets you record in 720 HD. The camera delivers crisp colours and live action without any complicated configurations.

This helmet camera has many features. It is compatible to PC and Mac. It can be used with any application software. You can watch your video playback via Quick Time or on any other computer hardware. It supports MicroSD cards and HD cards up to 16 GB.

With 135 degree glass lens, video recording during any time of the day is also not a problem. The lens can be rotated to180 degrees so you can adjust views easily. There are also twin lasers to guide you on horizon and orientation settings.

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A petition recently was posted online to make Cyclocross a Winter Olympic sport, was created by a man named Mike who was tired of watching the regular Winter Olympic sports. The petition is international, although Cyclocross is huge in the UK, and growing in the United States. Mike stated that a course would be easy to assemble, which compared to the other Olympic games we have to agree. As we can see, the signatures are starting to roll in, and as of now their is a total of 667. Click here to petition.

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Mondraker is going all out on testing the new Fox40 crown and stem, which is fused together. As of now, the Mondraker Integrated FOX40 Crown and Stem is a prototype, and is expected to be used with all the team riders to receive solid feedback. Mondraker stated that the stem and crown weighs only 253 grams, which is lighter than the Fox Crown and stem offering (368 grams). The new Mondraker integrated crown and stem takes away the use of 4 screws, and its flat design allows additional adjustments. More information coming soon.

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Just this last weekend, All City had a unveiling of their new single speed Cyclocross Bike, known as the Nature Boy. The All-City Nature Boy Single Speed Cyclocross Bike is named after Minnesota wrestler Ric Flair, a great name for a cyclocross. Using internal cable routing, signature headbadge and dropouts, and will be available in lime green.

For the specifics on the All-City Nature Boy Single Speed Cyclocross Bike, it features 4130 Double Butted Chromoly steel frame, 4130 tapered stays and fork blades, removable canti bosses, fender mounts that are hidden, and a aggressive race geometry. Expected release is late July for the frameset which MSRP is $540. For the complete, reail price is around $850, but not set in stone.

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After the fiasco with Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador makes a comeback by winning in the Volta ao Algarve. He won second place in the stage five time trial by a mere 30 seconds over everyone including his fellow countryman, Luis Leon Sanchez, who set the pace for the race. He bested Team Radioshack’s Tiago Machado who finished third; Andreas Klöden came up eight, and Levi Leipheimer who got fourth place.

Although the fellow rider Daniel Navarro took the 58th place in overall standings, both wins served to uplift the team’s morale for the Tour de France and Paris-Nice. Contador opens the 2010 Tour as the reigning champion.

Algarve proved to be a benchmark for Contador and his teammates. To be victorious against challenges in the race translates their passion to excel. “Every one has ridden out of their skin. They finished very tired but we…

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Out of the new Cervelo’s test facility situated in the West Coast came out the latest product, an ultralight carbon road frame. This is the result of Project California. The Carbon Road frame was said to be weight at 700g and has a size of 54 centimeters. This same prototype was used by Test Team rider Thor Hushovd, however it weighed only 648g. This data was gathered from the Cervelo’s website where a video posted indicated the slight difference of 52 grams.

Pictures presented of the video illustrate a kind of “ Super R3 “ when it came to the basic layout and shape. The chainstays appear to be tall and wide and the seatstays are spindly , thus making the down tube presents itself in rather innovative “squoval” profile. Cervelo co-founder, Gerrard Vroomen remains mum regarding the matter and could not be reached for further comments and…

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