Tour of Georgia Wrap-Up:
By the time I finally got back to posting, the Tour of Georgia (I refuse to call it the Tour de Georgia) was mostly over. Cycling News and VeloNews both had good coverage of all of the action. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sivtsov? I’ve seen both) of Team High Road took the overall win, with Trent […]
Entries from April 2008
Racing News, Results and Previews - April 29, 2008
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Racing News · Road
The Big Upgrade - Part 5
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
For one brief moment, the Flyte was complete and rideable with the new Force group. I took the kids for a ride in the trailer and then I GOT PICKY. The front derailleur cable was frayed and I decided to put in a new one. I cut it, pulled it, then tried to put the new one […]
Tags: Product And Technology News
Tech News from Sea Otter Classic 2008
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Each year, the Sea Otter Classic seems to be more and more of a showcase for manufacturers to show off new products and prototypes. Here are just a few of the exhibitors:
Azonic, Bellwether, Bianchi, BMC, Cane Creek, Cannondale, Cervelo, Crank Brothers, Edge Composites, Ellsworth, Felt, Fox Racing Shox, Giant, GT, Haro, Ibis, Intense, Iron Horse, LaPierre, […]
Tags: Product And Technology News
Racing News - April 25, 2008
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Here’s some of the news from the past two weeks:
Not that it’s news to anyone at this point, but Tom Boonen won the Paris-Roubaix on April 13th. He is now targeting another green jersey at the Tour de France.
Saunier-Duval drops out, so Rock Racing will be at the Tour of Georgia
Danilo Di Luca has been […]
Tags: News Of The Wheeled · Racing News · Road · Track
Honey, there’s a Mr. Ball on the phone!
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
German rider Jorg Jaksche’s one -year doping suspension ends on June 30th.
He is giving himself until the end of July to find a new team.
Tags: Racing News · Road
Who’s A Slacker?
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Yeah, it’s me. Your faithful servant.
I was out of town at a conference last week and had a lot of catching up to do this week.
There is a lot of cool tech news as well as the Tour of Georgia.
Stay tuned!
Tags: News Of The Wheeled
Trek to Sever Manufacturing and Marketing Relationship with Greg Lemond
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
The big news out today is that Trek has decided to end their 13-year relationship with Greg Lemond and Lemond Cycles. There are several reasons, but the foremost reason are Lemond’s actions themselves. Trek maintains that Lemond has done and said things that have damaged both the Lemond brand, and Trek itself. It’s no secret that Lemond was not […]
Tags: Product And Technology News
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Results
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Race day started with unexpected sunshine, but the rain and snow returned later in the day to make this a true classics race over slippery cobblestones.
Starting out, the riders set a quick pace as nearly 97 km were covered in the first two hours. When the nasty weather started, several took advantage of the slowdown in the […]
Tags: Racing News · Road
Ronde van Vlaanderen Preview
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Rain, mud and cobbles, oh my!
The Ronde is back. The weather is expected to be very Belgian (cold, wet and nasty), but the fans will be out in full force, clutching their beer and fries with mayonaisse (yum!).
All eyes will be on Tom Boonen (Quick Step) this year. After winning in 2005 and 2007, he […]
Tags: Racing News
Racing News - April 3, 2008
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Oh, where does the time go? My days have been filled with new projects (I am a project manager, after all), and the nights have been occupied with finishing the SRAM build on my road bike (it’s done, just in time for my new frame to be delivered ;-~).
Let’s see what’s happened lately…
Racing News:
Floyd Landis’ […]
Tags: News Of The Wheeled · Product And Technology News · Racing News