Category: Cycling

Paris-Nice 1: Greg Henderson gives Sky another win

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 11:02 AM

Lars Boom continues to hold leader's jersey ...read more

Category: Cycling

Ridden: Giant Trance X Advanced SL 0

from singletrack.com on 3/8/10 10:57 AM

Singletrack.com's Zach White says Giant's 5-inch trail machine is one of the most precise and solid-feeling mountain bike frames he has ridden ? period. ...read more

Category: Triathlon

Nine healthy ways endurance athletes can use the amazing coconut

from EverymanTri: News Views and Interviews of Great Endurance on 3/8/10 10:52 AM

1. Use coconut oil to help your immune system. Coconut oil is both anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Some use the oil to rid candida. 2. Rev your metabolism. Coconut oil helps to nourish the thyroid, responsible for regulating metabolism. 3. Cook... ...read more

Category: Cycling

Fitness: The ins and outs of strength training

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 10:02 AM

Use a toddler to build your muscles! ...read more

Category: Cycling

France on the rise

from Cyclingnews Features on 3/8/10 9:57 AM

Since the late 1990s French cycling has suffered a long drought with regards to major race victories. For a country that has produced the most overall victors in the Tour de France since its inception in 1903, the decline has been devastating. But now, it seems, the tables are starting to turn. In 2009 French riders won three stages in their own Grand Tour and two in the Dauphiné Libéré - to name but some of their victories - and a French espoir became the U23 world champion. ... ...read more

Category: Triathlon

Five rules easy rules for easy weight loss for endurance athletes

from EverymanTri: News Views and Interviews of Great Endurance on 3/8/10 8:52 AM

It's not only possible to lose weight as an endurance athlete at a low-volume training time, it's actually the best possible time to do it. After swearing I'd never have six-pack abs, I am tantalizingly close and incredibly faster on... ...read more

Category: Cycling

NAHBS 2010: Another Round

from PezCyclingNews.com on 3/8/10 8:52 AM

Message by Charles ManantanAnother round of Richmond riches, a few more pieces of primo kit from the 2010 Hand Made Bike Show. ...read more

Category: Cycling

Weldtite puncture repair kit

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 8:22 AM

Classic patch set ...read more

Category: Triathlon

World's largest spin class ever sets new Guinness world record in downtown Minneapolis

from EverymanTri: News Views and Interviews of Great Endurance on 3/8/10 8:17 AM

Editor's Note: Our friend Steve Stenzel was one of the 1000 (no make that 1052) people who attended this crazy record breaking ride (no make that indoor spin class) and posted the video below to youtube. MINNEAPOLIS, Mar 07, 2010... ...read more

Category: Cycling

Lance Armstrong downplays Tour de France chances

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 7:47 AM

American believes he has little chance of beating Contador ...read more

Category: Cycling

Hitler Youth toured UK by bike

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 7:32 AM

Cyclists suspected of spying ...read more

Category: Cycling

Millar bounces back in Paris

from Cyclingnews News Headlines on 3/8/10 7:12 AM

In his last time trial, the fifth and final stage of February’s Vuelta ao Algarve, David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) crashed hard on a turn, took himself out of contention and ended the race on a sour note. On Sunday, rested and recovered, the British rider returned to form in the Paris-Nice prologue , where he finished seventh, just 11 seconds off the pace set by surprise stage winner Lars Boom (Rabobank). Battling freezing temperatures and high winds in Montfort L’Amaury, a small village ... ...read more

Category: Cycling

Rogers and Cavendish recon Sanremo finale

from Cyclingnews News Headlines on 3/8/10 6:12 AM

After finishing Montepaschi Strade Bianche on Saturday HTC-Columbia riders including Michael Rogers and Mark Cavendish began a two-day reconnaissance of the course for this month's Milan-Sanremo. Rogers and Cavendish were joined by Marco Pinotti, Bernhard Eisel, Lars Bak and Peter Velits. On Sunday the group rode over the final seventy kilometres of the Milan-Sanremo parcours , and today they plan to ride the crucial three climbs that come before the finish. The two-day excursion will play a key ... ...read more

Category: Cycling

CrankBrothers Multi Mini 19 tool

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 6:07 AM

Essential trail tooling ...read more

Category: Cycling

NAHBS 2010: TIG welding and titanium

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 5:17 AM

More handbuilt bike bling on display in Virginia ...read more

Category: Cycling

Boom surprises himself with Paris-Nice prologue win

from Cyclingnews News Headlines on 3/8/10 4:42 AM

No one was more surprised that Lars Boom won the Paris-Nice prologue Sunday than the Rabobank rider himself. “I felt great today, but I must admit this surprised me,” he said, after collecting the first yellow jersey of the French stage-race. The 24-year old started about an hour and a half before final rider Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) took off, and his ride was followed by a long and tense wait for him on the Rabobank team bus. “I never counted on it. Yes, I had a good ... ...read more

Category: Cycling

Paris-Nice start list

from Cyclingnews Features on 3/8/10 4:27 AM

Caisse d'Epargne 1 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spain)     2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spain)     3 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spain)     4 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spain)     5 David Lopez Garcia (Spain)     6 Luis Pasamontes (Spain)     7 Mathieu Perget (France)     8 Alejandro Valverde (Spain)     Team Saxo Bank 11 Frank Schleck (Luxembourg)     12 Laurent Didier (Luxembourg)     13 Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)   ... ...read more

Category: Cycling

New headset allows use of tapered steerers in some 1-1/8in head tubes

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 4:12 AM

Cane Creek Traditional moves cup and bearing to outside of the frame ...read more

Category: Cycling

Tough route for Giro Donne

from Cyclingnews News Headlines on 3/8/10 4:02 AM

The 2010 Giro Donne again looks set to be the toughest stage race in women's cycling with organisers including a high-altitude finish on the Passo Stelvio and other testing stages during ten days of racing. The route of the women's equivalent of the Giro d'Italia was recently unveiled by organiser Giuseppe Rivolta, who will have extra organizational support from the newly formed EPINKE ASD Association, which supports and organises women's racing in Italy. The route for the ten-day race stays totally ... ...read more

Category: Cycling

Felt DA

from BikeRadar.com Road on 3/8/10 2:12 AM

Built for speed and specced to near-perfection ...read more