Cadel Evans and Ivan Basso are aiming for the win at the Giro. Both are privileged to have the Italian Alberto Sassi as their coach. Sassi, earlier last month was diagnosed to be suffering from brain cancer and predicted one or the other of his “sons” would win.
On the punishing 222 km 15th stage race, Evans and Basso were the toughest athletes on the field fitting each other. The 2006 champion Basso prevailed.
On the much feared Monte Zoncolan climb to the finish, the duo disposed of everyone. It was a 10.1 km climb with an average of 11.9 percent gradient and Basso distanced himself from Evans with 3.7 km to go for the finish. He won by 79 seconds over Evans and rose to third overall behind David Arroyo of Spain.
The 25 year old Tasmanian and former race leader Richie Porte held on for the second place overall at 2:35…
Toni Tauler, 36-year-old Spanish track cyclist and winner of the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics was tested for banned substances. The results came back as positive. The Spanish Cycling Federation facilitated the drug testing before the competition of the world championships in Ballerup, Denmark. This happened last March.
As with the guidelines of a first positive, a second analysis can be requested. Tauler took this chance of a B-sample testing. Spanish newspaper El Pais as well as sports newspaper AS revealed that the second testing will take effect as scheduled. The Spanish Cycling Federation chose not to comment on the said news item published.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Tauler took home the silver in the men’s Madison event, together with Joan Llaneras. The same category in Ballerup was where Tauler was supposed to compete with teammate Unai Elloriage but they were forced to withdraw and drop from the race.
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It must have been the weather or something, but the Swiss began this year’s open confrontation in the men’s XC race at the Offenburg XC World Cup. However, Julien Absalon of France came out the victor. In the women’s category, Catharine Pendrel celebrated sweet victory due to her win.
Earlier this week, the tracks of Offenburg has been drenched and there seem to be a few slippery spots, nevertheless, the burning weather and clear nights prevailed making the technical trademark obstacles like the “Wolf’s Drop”, the “North Shore”, the “World Class Drop”, and the “Snake Pit” irrelevant.
The race kicked off at 10:45 am. Georgia Gould, a Luna rider immediately took the lead in the early pre lap. At the start of the second lap, her teammate, Catharine Pendrel, the Canadian National Champ bridged the gap between them as the chase group of Elisabeth Osl, Julie Bresset, Esther Suss, Eva Lechner and…
42×12: The Cult of Fixed is a photobook which features around 200 images on fixed gear bicycles and the lifestyle it promotes. Published by Gingko Press, the book heralds the joy of having a “fixie”. The title is a gear ratio but do not be deceived by it since the photo book is far from a manual on fixed gear equipment. Instead, it showcases pictures taken from life of men and women who are passionate about fixed gear and single-speed culture. This includes risks they take where even their life and limbs are at stake.
The book will take you to the streets of Taiwan, New York, Tokyo and London where the hottest scenes for fixed gear are highlighted. The different images aim to make you see the world of fixed gear which involves messenger and alley cat racing indoor and keirin racing, The Tweed Run, eyeballs out at 150 Revolutions…
Brake levers are getting more modernized nowadays and the Tektro TL70 is one of those products designed to have a quality performance. If you are looking for a brake lever with a good anchorage then this is the one you have been waiting for.
The Tektro TL720 has massive anchors that make stoppers for countless bike brands to rebadge. The mid-range cow-horn compliments the levers is a good way that brings out the best quality in your brakes. The round ergonomic design are in sync smoothly into the bar ends for a smoothly sculpted look.
Although you can use the blunter and more cheaper RX4.1 or the RX5.0 but the ergonomic bars were designed to have a more original look. Cables can go through the bars rather than the old school way of having them underneath which is a good idea. There are no sideways rattle or anything that…
It was in March that Reynolds Attack first took its ride and since then, many remodeling has been done to create something even more better out of this wheel set. The new renovations on this include the deep rim’s combination of low weight and better air penetration which makes a good choice for both disciplines and much more impressive ride adding comfort to the rider during road racing.
Although the front wheel was knocked off a bit from the pedal which resulted to a slight wobble, it still works fine. The carbon-fiber is good since it has no yield point and doesn’t get bent out of shape, unlike the wheelsets that use aluminum or other ductile metals that can be stressed beyond its capacity and can assume a new shape.
But if there is damage on this case, the carbon rim is just waiting to spring back to its original…
The new Labyrinth bikes are said to be released this July in UK. The company Windwave announces is arrival in UK this summer of 2010. The first bike available is the 150mm or 6 inches call Agile. They designed this bike to excel in climbing as well as descending rough trails.
The frame is the company’s very own ‘Adapt Link’ system. It is a single pivot layout that links between the swing arm and Marzocchi Roco Lo shock. At a low average of ration in the first 2in of travel, Labyrinth is almost insensitive to bumps. A linear action for the middle 2.8 in and a progressive 1.2 inches of travel makes this bike all smooth. The linkage is built at a 7005 triple butted frame that has been forged with links and asymmetric chain stays around it.
There is also the ISCG 05 mount and guides for Gravity dropper…
