Posted: Wed, Apr 23rd
Tour de Georgia: We take a look at the race leader's bikeHighroad’s Greg Henderson went pretty quick to win Wednesday’s stage 3 sprint — 81.3 kph to be exact; that’s more than 50 mph. We were able to take a look at the maximum values on Hendy’s SRM after the stage. Assuming he was putting out his hardest effort of the race ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23rd
How a little creative mechanics lets Matt Wilson ride with a broken wrist.J.J. Haedo isn’t the only rider toughing it out at this year’s Tour of Georgia.
Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson, too, has a broken wrist and is racing in a soft cast. While pain isn’t too much of a problem, the cast on his right hand and wrist doesn’t allow him enough ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23rd
Sea Otter Tech: Magura, Ridley, Rotor and LezyneSea Otter is over, but this year’s expo was bigger than ever and the overflow of what we saw there can and will go on for the rest of the week. In this edition we’ll look at brakes from Magura, Ridley frames, Rotor cranks and accessories from Lezyne.
Posted: Wed, Apr 23rd
SRAM introduces 2009 road parts improvements at Sea OtterSRAM trickles down its technologies rather quickly. It was two years ago that the company launched its road line at the Sea Otter Classic.
That initial introduction included both the Force and Rival groups. Early last fall at the Eurobike tradeshow, SRAM unveiled Red. And ...
Posted: Tue, Apr 22nd
J.J. Haedo's race winning CerveloYou don’t need to tell J.J. Haedo to harden up — he’s tough enough; he’s racing in Georgia with a broken wrist. He’s got a little extra tape on his bars to soften the ride as well as on his wrist as a brace, but that’s it. He’s a tough guy. As for his bike, it’s ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21st
Ivan Dominguez pilots a unique bike to Georgia stage winIvan Dominguez won stage 1 of the 2008 Tour of Georgia on a unique bike, built with Fuji’s Aloha CF1 carbon fiber time-trial frame mated to the brand’s standard FC-330 road fork.
VeloNews technical editor Matt Pacocha managed to check out the bike before Dominguez ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21st
Fox's 2009 mountain bike suspension lineupFox has a slew of improvements to its product line for 2009, but two stand apart: A remote lockout for the F80, 100, 120 RL forks and a new thru-axle standard called 15QR, which is an option for all of its 32mm stanchion forks.
Posted: Sun, Apr 20th
Travis Brown's custom Trek comes home.It might surprise you to find out just what it takes to build a one-off bike. Travis Brown can sure tell you.
The Trek test rider and product developer lost one after last year’s early fall single-speed world championships.
Trek built Brown a custom polished one of a ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 19th
Sea Otter Tech Report, day 2As the Sea Otter Classic swings into full force in addition to people pouring in for the festival and the races kicking into gear, there proved to be no shortage of new stuff to see.
The weather is holding, which is always a question in April on the Monterey Peninsula, so ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18th
New Bontrager mountain bike shoes at Sea OtterTrek development rider Travis Brown was at the Trek team truck at the Sea Otter Classic sporting a never-before-seen set of white and red Bontrager mountain bike shoes.
The shoes have a large RXL logo on the middle strap that threw many for a loop.
"People keep asking me ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18th
A Swiss group, along with some company managers, buy Pedro's USA back from SwixA Swiss investment group, along with some of the company's managers, is buying Pedro's USA back from Swix Sport USA, the ski company that has owned Pedro's for the last decade.
Sport adventures International S.A., based in Lausanne, Switzerland, teamed with managers to buy ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18th
The Sea Otter Tech Report, day 1With the world’s best racers descending upon Houffalize, Belgium, for the World Cup opener, the Sea Otter Classic needed to supplement this year’s world class downhill races with something extra to keep the event growing.
For the Sea Otter, now in its 18th year, the ...
