Three technical partners come on board Following last week’s news that the Saxo Bank company wishes to prolong its backing of the eponymous team, Bjarne Riis’ squad has announced further agreements going forward. Three new technical backers have been announced, […]
Argyle returns for cycling’s top event Dropping the predominantly black colour scheme which dominated the team kit this year and bringing back the signature argyle pattern which adorned the jersey prior to this season, the Garmin-Cervélo team has today unveiled […]
Fourth generation of US company’s flagship road frame to be ridden by a number of riders in the Tour de France Specialized has unveiled a new version of its new flagship Tarmac frame, the SL4, which most of its sponsored […]
Presents even greater aerodynamic performance than market leading S3 Canadian frame builder Cervélo, the bike sponsor of the Garmin-Cervélo team, has launched the new S5 frame, which claims significant aerodynamic advantages over the S3, its existing top aero frame. The […]
Electronic shifting filtered down to more affordable groupset Shimano has launched a new electronic version of its second level Ultegra groupset. The Japanese components giant released the Di2 (Digital Integrated Intelligence) version of its flagship Dura Ace group at the […]
New technique to recover used by French team Heading towards its biggest goal of the year, the Tour de France, the Ag2r la Mondiale team has been utilising some space age technology in a bid to recover after stages from […]
Would-be Australian ProTeam squad continues to gain pace As the GreenEdge team continues to build towards its debut 2012 season and, it hopes, a UCI ProTeam licence, the bikes it will use have been unveiled. The team was already known […]
Garmin-Cervélo rider’s S3 borrows from SRAM’s mountainbike components range Former British champion David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) was running one of the more unusual set ups in this year’s mountain stages. In order to save his legs, and to enable him to […]
A vote for durability over weight In response to requests from teams it sponsors, Zipp has introduced Service Course, a collection of bar, stem and seatpost. Rather than take the typical Zipp approach, which results in amazingly light products produced […]
Small builders group to take on administrative tasks; UCI to offer discount The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed an agreement with The Framebuilders Collective (TFC), which will “facilitate and reduce the costs to small manufacturers of the approval procedure […]
Sea Otter remains the place for mid-year launches The cycling world descended on Laguna Seca this past weekend for four days of bikes, bikes and more bikes. Now in its 21st year, the Sea Otter Classic brought together cross country […]
Flanders Classics sides with teams’ organisation in radio debate Tomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen will see cameras mounted onboard team cars for the first time, which the race organiser says will make it “possible for the television audience to witness the […]
Italian manufacturer to bring equipment against the watch up to speed with the rest of its groupsets Campagnolo will introduce new components into its time trail range next year to bring its equipment against the watch up to speed with […]
Italian champion latest victim of rash of pro-bike thefts Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli) has become the latest victim of what is turning into a crime wave, after his bike was stolen from his car today. The Italian champion’s special […]
US bike design meets motorsport composite experience to create new flagship frame Specialized has presented a new aerodynamic road frame, dubbed the Venge, a special version of which has been developed with the McLaren Formula 1 team. The frame design […]
Bikes with “UCI Approved” label will soon be available in the shops The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the first manufacturers to have successfully applied for its frame and fork “Approval Programme”, meaning that frames will soon be available […]
Chicago company’s top groupset now available in stealthy new colourscheme Following the success of the Limited Tour Edition (LTE) of its range-topping Red groupset, where the red graphics are replaced by yellow ones, SRAM is releasing a new black colour […]
Pretty new paintjob for Kazakh team! Astana unveils 2011 Specialized race bikes The Astana team has unveiled the livery that its team bikes will be wearing in 2011. The Kazakh outfit will be riding bikes from Specilaized for the second […]
