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Nov. 6, 2009Tech Gallery: Seen and heard in the pits at the Blue Sky Velo Cup
Saturday’s Blue Sky Velo Cup cyclocross race on the Xilinx campus in Longmont, Colorado, might already be a fading memory, but there’s a good chance that a few bikes (and riders for that ...
Nov. 3, 2009Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - It's all about the tires
Cyclocross season is in full swing, and it came to Boulder over the weekend in the form of the Blue Sky Velo Cup and the Boulder Cup. For some ...
Nov. 2, 2009Wrenched and Ridden: Time Hi-Tense wheels
Time is better known for pedals and high-end carbon bike frames than wheels. But the 2010 Time catalogue includes not just bikes and pedals, but also stems, bars, shoes, saddles, gloves, shoe covers, and now, wheels.
Like many companies these ...
Oct. 30, 2009“It’s About the Bike:” A gallery from the Lance Armstrong bike exhibit and auction
Remember all those sweet, custom painted Trek bikes that Lance Armstrong rode in various comeback races this past season? Well, now the bikes are making a post-season, cameo comeback of their own.
A number of them were designed, and in some cases ...
Oct. 27, 2009Tech guru Lennard Zinn tells how to remove a stuck seatpost. WARNING: Not for the faint of heart.
No adjustment
Dear Lennard,
I recently tried to adjust my saddle height on my Trek Fuel 98 and
unfortunately found that it is no longer adjustable. I have an aluminum
seatpost and the frame is carbon. I don't think I put any ...
Oct. 26, 2009Tech Update: New stuff from Cateye, Skins and Blackbottoms
For every hot piece of gear that we stuffed into our Interbike show coverage both online and in print (see the coming December issue of VeloNews, on stands November 1), there are ten bits that we missed. Here’s some of what’s new from a ...
Oct. 21, 2009Matt Pacocha reports on some 2010 cyclocross gear you can buy today
Challenge Grifo Pro
While not nearly as exciting at the limited run of white Grifo tubulars that can be spied under Challenge’s sponsored pros in Europe — the brand promises a few will be coming to the U.S. late this season — its ...
Oct. 20, 2009Tech Update with Lennard Zinn - Nice rides for 2010
There were a number of special bikes that I saw at Interbike that I have still not had much opportunity to write about. So I’ll use this week’s column to do so.
Ibis has been very successful with its carbon mountain bikes, ...
Oct. 20, 2009Rudy Project wants to butt heads with the helmet giants, with two new offerings this fall.
With the introduction of two new helmets for 2010, Rudy Project is taking a stab at the top of the helmet hierarchy, and hoping riders will take notice.
“In essence, we’re calling 2010 the ‘year of the helmet,’” said Paul Craig, Rudy ...
Oct. 15, 2009A bike to match the rider: Bradley Wiggins’ race-bike modifications
In the cutthroat pro peloton, Garmin-Slipstream rider Bradley Wiggins is the exception — a non-stop joker with outside interests in music, fashion, Mod-era scooters and when he’s not preparing for a race, a pint or two of beer.
Take, for ...
Oct. 13, 2009The $600 cycling jacket and other new products from Campy, Mororex and Pactimo
Even though the September trade shows are over, there are still plenty of new products on the horizon. Based on company press releases, we found the following to fuel our post-Interbike gear lust.
We'll start with the bling - Campagnolo's new ...
Oct. 13, 2009More Interbike goodies from Lennard Zinn
It’s been three weeks since Interbike, but I still get questions asking what really caught my eye at this year’s show. There was plenty and, until now, there really hasn’t been space in the articles I’ve done on VeloNews.com and in the print ...
