Slowest rider, fastest bike: the story of Pinarello and the Maglia Nera (Black Jersey)

In the 1946 Giro d’Italia, a new jersey has been introduced: The “Maglia Nera” (black jersey). It was awarded as a symbolic prize given to the last man to finish the race within the time limit.

But why the jersey was black? The riders chose the black because it was the color of the jersey worn by the soccer player Giuseppe Ticozzelli.

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Time 2014 Collection

Founded in 1987 by Roland Cattin, the French bicycle manufacturer TIME creates, manufactures, and distributes highly technical bicycle products. Here is the TIME 2014 collection.

In 1993, TIME began to diversify with carbon composite frames using Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) technology. TIME weaves its own custom tubular carbon layers in its RTM factory in Vaulx-Milieu France, outside of Lyon. This gives TIME’s engineers control of the technical characteristics of each carbon layer, as well as freedom of shape of the frame component parts.

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De Rosa 60th Anniversary Bicycles: “The Black Label”

Italian bicycle manufacturer De Rosa has unveiled its 60th anniversary special series of road bikes: “De Rosa 60th Anniversary – The Black Label”. There are four Black Label models, and each model is representing an era of bicycle frame materials, (and also the year that De Rosa has started using these materials): Steel (1953-the year De Rosa was founded), Titanium (1992), Aluminium (1996) and Carbon (2000).

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Scott Mountain Bike Series 2014

The Swiss company SCOTT Sports SA has unveiled its 2014 model mountain bikes. There are 10 main series of Scott mountain bikes: Spark 900, Spark 700, Scale 900, Scale 700, Genius 900, Genius 700, Aspect 900, Aspect 700, Aspect 600, and Genius LT.

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