Italian bicycle manufacturer Pinarello announced its latest Dogma series: Pinarello Dogma F8W 2016 – “W” stands for wireless! The bike is equipped with SRAM’s new RED eTAP wireless electronic groupset and will be available in limited numbers from January 2016.
Continue reading “Pinarello unveils Dogma F8W – Wireless”Fat tires – not a new invention
In recent years, fat tire bikes are getting quite popular. Before 2006, They were made only by custom frame-builders who liked to pedal in the snow (or sand, like beaches). Then, in 2006, a Minnesota-based bike manufacturer, Surly Bikes, mass-produced the first notable bike in the “fat” genre with its Pugsley frame. They still build a lot of fat-tire bicycle models.
Continue reading “Fat tires – not a new invention”Honda unveils a car designed for cyclists
Honda’s 2016 model Civic Tourer Active Life concept car is outfitted specifically for cyclists. It is unveiled at the IAA Frankfurt last September, the World’s biggest motor show (International Motor Show, in Germany known as the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung / IAA – International Automobile Exhibition).
Continue reading “Honda unveils a car designed for cyclists”Schwalbe Lugano 700x25c Clincher Road Tires (review)
I bought a Cannondale CAAD10 (2015) the last April, and it was equipped with Schwalbe Lugano 700x25c clincher road tires. After a few months on their pair, I decided to write a review.
First of all, they are cheap training tires. It is the entry-level road tire of the German tire manufacturer.
Continue reading “Schwalbe Lugano 700x25c Clincher Road Tires (review)”“The Hour” by Michael Hutchinson
I finished reading Michael Hutchinson’s “The Hour”, which gained him the award for “Best New Writer” at the 2007 “British Sports Book Awards”. The book mainly covers the first of his two (unsuccessful) hour record attempts.
Continue reading ““The Hour” by Michael Hutchinson”Cannondale launches New SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD and CAAD12
American bicycle manufacturer Cannondale has revealed its new models: New SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD and the new generation of the aluminum CAAD (Cannondale advanced aluminum design) series: CAAD12. Cannondale has skipped the number 11 after CAAD10 and give the new bike the number 12. They went with 12 because they felt it was too big a leap in performance to call it an 11.
Continue reading “Cannondale launches New SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD and CAAD12”MTN-Qhubeka continues to make history at the Tour de France 2015
Another great achievement for team MTN-Qhubeka in this year’s Tour de France: Steve Cummings wins stage 14. This is the first-ever victory for an African team in the history of the Tour, and the best thing is, it was on Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day), an annual international day in honor of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela’s birthday.
Continue reading “MTN-Qhubeka continues to make history at the Tour de France 2015”What is this weird black stick under the saddles at the Tour de France?
A lot of people are wondering what is the black stick below the riders’ saddles at the Tour de France. Well, it’s a real-time data transmitter. It is provided by Dimension Data, a South African company specializing in information technology services, and officially called the “Fox”.
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When Fausto Coppi headed the Carpano team in 1956, he issued to all his riders eight pieces of advice. With everything the great “campionissimo” said and wrote having become hallowed and revered, the so-called eight commandments of the champion of champions have survived the intervening decades and are still very pertinent. Here is what Coppi wrote:
Continue reading “Advices from Coppi”Rohan Dennis breaks the fastest Tour de France Time Trial Record
Rohan Dennis (BMC) beats Greg LeMond’s Tour de France time trial speed record which was set in 1989, at the final time trial in Paris (LeMond won that edition with only eight seconds over the Frenchman Laurent Fignon, the narrowest winning margin in history). Dennis’s time over the 13.8 km course was 14 minutes 56 seconds, clocking an average speed of 55.446 km/h. Dennis also broke the prologue record of Chris Boardman which was set in the 1994 edition, Boardman’s previous record was 55.2 km/h (34.3 mph) set during the 7.2 km prologue of the 1994 Tour in Lille.
In the opening time trial of 2015 Tour de France, this years’ Tour Down Under winner Rohan Dennis was the only rider to go under the 15-minute mark on the course and established time trial legends and multiple former world champions Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) and Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) failed to beat his time. Martin finished in second with 15:01, while Cancellara finished in third with 15:02.
