Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged Bikes & Gear, campagnolo. campy, cycling, record, super record on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I admit that I have been generally opposed to some of the new bicycle technology over the years, with my disdain reaching a climax at the new electric groups being developed by Shimano and Campagnolo. However velonews.com had an article about the new 11-speed Campagnolo Super Record Group for 2009, which made me drool a little. Again, the [...]
Posted in Cyclocross, Road Racing, tagged cycling, Cyclocross, bike racing, sandbagging, sandbaggers on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know sandbagging exists. And I understand what it is for the most part. However I have a question for you. If you have moved up a couple of categories in cross, should you be racing a CAT 5 crit? If you are an experienced mountain bike racer, should you be racing in the CAT [...]
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged cycling, mountain bike, mtb, sun ringle, wheelset on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not counting my childhood BMX days, I really got into riding seriously on mountain bikes back in the late 80’s. My first mountain bike was a yellow Rockhopper with no suspension to speak of. I ended up selling that to get a road bike (a Centurion), and then I quickly jumped back into mountain bikes with a [...]
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, tagged bicyclists, bike safety, cycling, santa clarita, traffic on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, not a labor dispute, as far as I know anyway. What I am referring to are the groups of guys in construction vests, and sitting in chairs at various spots around town that I have noticed over the last couple of days. These guys are watching traffic and making notes. I am terrified that our [...]
Posted in Road Racing, tagged carbon wheels, greipel, hed, hincapie, stinger, wheel failure on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently Andre Greipel broke a wheel on the run in to the finsh on stage 2 at the Dauphine today, which led to Hincapie getting the green light to go for the win. With that being said, I don’t know if it was a rim failure, or some sort of mechanical. I am very curious [...]
