Many people would like to record their biking terrain and find VholdR digital camera a very useful accessory. This will help them document the road on a perspective of the biker itself.

The good thing about this camera is that it can help you record while biking. This is because you can easily install this on rails without even using a cable to install them unlike other cycling cameras. You can just leave it on that position and it will stay there because of its proper fitting. And even if it will stick in place, you need not to worry about camera angles as it has rotating lens that will enable you to move. If you don’t like to place it on your bike rails or handles, it also has an included helmet mount so you can record at a proper eye level and make…

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Many question and wonder the importance of wearing the proper cycling shorts during the ride. Besides the usual reason for comfort and flexibility, you can get to understand more its essence by purchasing the Castelli Body Paint Bibshort.

So what can this simple cycling short do? Quite a lot more than you expected. First and foremost is that it is made out of Lycra which is designed for a power stretch. It also has the integration of leg grippers making it absent of any bonding, injection, sawing, or any stuck on but just simple additional amount of Lycra material.

Nevertheless the most highlighted feature of it is the pad. It carries a double skinned system pad which comes with a free flowing pad right beside the saddle plus the fleece which is permanently body hugging. Once you wear it on, it would sit flat against your thigh’s skin without allowing…

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The Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series releases their autumn programs. The MAC series begins on September 11 and will close on November 21. The entire season will bring you eleven races, eight venues and five states.

The season opener will be the Nittany Lion Cyclocross at Breinigsville, PA. It is the first UCI-sanction race in this season. The victorious riders will hold World #1 ranking for a week.

New to MAC is the Whirlybird Cyclocross. The race has been part of the PA Cyclocross Series and is held at Pennsylvania’s Bryn Thyn College grounds.

This year, Granogue and Charm City races follow Super Cross Cup in Long Island by adding a second day of racing. There will also be a full program to have all MAC classes compete on the two-day events.

Back for the Halloween weekend are the Highland Park Cross and Beacon Cyclocross in New Jersey. Making a comeback is the Fair Hill, a.k.a….

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Andy Potts of USA and Samantha Warriner of New Zealand won the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans race. Potts and Warriner credited their wins to half-marathon endeavors when it really counted. The triathlon covered 1.2 mile swim, 56 miles on bike and a 13.1 mile run.

For Potts, he began with confident strokes at 23:58 swim time. He ventured into the T1 with a lead over Graham O’Grady of New Zealand. Potts was taken over by Kiwi Terenzo Bozzone on the bike but it was only temporary. Potts soon outran everyone at 1:12;40 half-marathon, making him finish first at 3:43:44.

Second place went to Bozzone and Paul Amey of United Kingdom took third place. Australia’s Chris McCormack failed to finish the race. He did not continue to see the run through and turned up ninth on the bike.

On the other hand, the women’s race was not as straightforward as the men’s. The…

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One of the many American Pro Tour Squads taking much concern for next month’s Amgen Tour of California over the Giro d’Italia is Bob Stapleton’s team HTC-Columbia. Michael Rogers will be heading to California to lead HTC-Columbia general classification efforts.

Lance Armstrong will be heading his team Radio Shack in their home turf with a tough compliment contingent from Garmin-Transitions featuring tough riders headed by Christian Vande Velde which is expected with the “local” Pro Tour outfits.

Giro d’Italia hosted last year’s centennial main event with a non-Italian star studded roster on foreign soil and it seems in 2010 will focus more on the traditional orientation to be racing on their home ground and on other racing field.

Rogers believes that fighting battles in two fronts is a very difficult task and the chances of winning is clearly uncertain if not near unattainable. However, the hope of success is not that elusive, he…

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Burry Stander of Specialized and Georgia Gould of Luna were the victors at the USA Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour Round Two, which took place with the Sea Otter Classic at the Laguna Seca Recreation Area in Monterey, California.

The current U23 world champion Stander bested Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) who placed second and Todd Wells (Specialized) who settled for third place. However, Wells continued to remain in the lead with 255 points overall standings with Kabush not far behind at 250 points. Crossing the finish line for fourth place was Christopher Sauser (Specialized) and placing fifth was Roel Paulissen (Cannondale).

In the elite women’s race, five women set the pace and took the lead. The pack included Gould, Lene Byberg (Specialized), Catharine Pendrel (Luna), Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher) and Heather Irmiger (Subaru-Gary Fisher). Byberg tried to take the lead from Gould but Gould countered her attack and sprinted to…

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Even with the mudguards being off, you can still be assured to achieve combined performance and speed with Schwalbe Stelvio Tire. In fact, they even came up with a specially designed series in color green to be in line with the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

These are very easy to fit in since it does not require any tire levers. It lays well on the rim and adjusts perfect enough when you start to put in pressure in its tube. Its total weight is just around 237g and they really roll on the road perfectly. These are tough as well for it can live up to the performance of even the high-mileage tires. Even when you have gotten it out of the packet, you will not feel any slight chance of heaviness.

No matter how tough the roads ahead of you may turn out, you can be sure that these tires…

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