USA Cycling plans to change the calendar to reduce travel, tweak the points system and figure out how UCI Pro Continental teams can participate in national-level races ...
In the short, evening time trial over 3k Haimar Zubeldia (Radioshack) was just hundredths of a second faster than young Dutch rider Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Continental) ... For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com ...
Just seen on YouTube (cottoned on a bit late!) is this DVD promo of Mario Cipollini’s 2011 range. Super Mario started his own line last year, providing bikes for and acting as consultant for Italy’s ISD Neri Continental team (which may explain their garish lycra).Anyway, the new bikes, although slightly more sober (at least in [ ... ] ...
Got this in the email, looks like a fun time.————————Join us for a movie + social event.http://www.fabatorium.comThe movie is “Ride the Divide”, a fun 80-minute documentary film following mountain bike racers as they trek along the continental divide from Canada to Mexico.Where: One Memorial Drive, Kendall Square, Cambridge (see website for details and directions).When: 6pm, [ ... ] ...
The other day I received a couple of t-shirts from Jon Gehman (maker of the Roadster Rack I wrote about earlier). These come in funky colours and are made based on his pen and ink drawings of wacky bike cartoons. I have more t-shirts than I know what to do with, so I thought it would be fun to give them away! Here is what I got: ... "Biker Chick". This t-shirt is sage green and features a drawing of a Mennonite(?) woman in a bonnet and apron, riding a step-through bicycle with a basket and baby
Yesterday I had to drive through Butte, Montana, a city that is best known for the 1,700 foot deep whole in the ground known as The Berkeley Pit. Despite my love of all things geology, I never like spending time in Butte, I prefer to drive through it as quickly as possible. However, just a [ ... ] ...