Specialized celebrates 40th anniversary with a lugged-steel limited edition Allez frame

In celebration of the 40th anniversary, the California-based bicycle manufacturer Specialized has produced a lugged-steel limited edition Allez frame, in collaboration with Mark DiNucci, one of their original frame builders. There will be only 74 pieces of the Limited Edition Specialized Allez (the company was founded in 1974), and they will be auctioned on eBay …

BMC unveils futuristic Impec concept road bike at Eurobike

Futuristic, sharp, and maybe a bit weird: over the last few days a lot of people talking about Swiss bike manufacturer BMC’s new Impec concept bike, which unveiled at the Eurobike 2014 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. BMC is a producer that always seeks new probabilities, one good example is the previous BMC Impec Lamborghini edition. Defining …

De Rosa Protos 2015

De Rosa Protos 2015: the Italian bicycle manufacturer De Rosa has revealed its 2015 model Protos bikes. According to the producer, “Protos is the most ambitious project ever played by the family De Rosa, and ‘the result of two years of work, an important project that he wanted merge everything valuable know how accumulated in …

LeMond Washoe: A steel beauty from Greg LeMond

Greg LeMond introduced a new bicycle, this time a steel beauty: Greg LeMond Washoe. The frame of the new bike has been made of Reynolds 853 steel tubes. It is coming with only Shimano drivetrain with four different builds (105, Ultegra, Ultegra Di2, Dura-Ace Di2) for now, but Campagnolo versions will be available in late …

Campagnolo announces weights and pricing for new (2015) mechanical groups

In June 2014, Campagnolo has revealed entirely new Super Record, Record and Chorus mechanical groupsets. The new (2015) groupsets get the same redesigned four-arm crankset, Ergopower levers and front and rear derailleurs. The Italian high-end bicycle components manufacturer has provided the weight and pricing data of the new mechanical Super Record, Record, and Chorus groups.