Archive for September, 2007
Set Your TiVO for the Vuelta
If you missed the Vuelta a Espana, as I did, here’s your chance to catch up on Denis Menchov’s second victory in three years.Our friends at Versus will televise a 1-hour review of the third and final grand tour of 2007 at 6 p.m. ET Sunday (AND 4 p.m. ET Monday) following, I might mention, [...]
Forget About Jan: Hincapie Joins T-Mobile
As widely expected, George Hincapie has signed a two-year contract with T-Mobile. Hincapie helped Our Boy Lance win all of his record seven Tour de France races between 1999 and 2005. The 34-year-old American formerly rode for the disbanding Discovery Channel and U.S. Postal teams and recently won the Tour of Missouri. Hincapie will ride [...]
The National Team Down Under
National teams for the upcoming professional cycling season seem to be the rage these days, with squads planned for Australia and Great Britain (and elsewhere?). An Aussie team would be especially cool (imagine going out drinking with them!), and an Australian team competing in the Tour de France moved a step closer with a decision [...]
Interbike Expo Day II – Bobke to Tommeke
Bobke and I Compared Broken Clavicles (He Won) Bare Knuckle – Sweet Simplicity Tour of Life Author Dave Shields Golf Cycle? Tommeke’s Maillot Vert Winner Photos: Leonard Basobas Related Posts:Interbike Bringing ‘Circulus’ to September ShowKey Brands Committing to Interbike 2011Silly Interbike, Anaheim Is For Kidscy•fi – Music to your earsSkirtSports – All the sass and [...]
Interbike Expo Day II – Catching Up With…
With the whole of Slipstream/Chipotle management in the INTERBIKE Media Center today for the announcement of their kit contest, I had the opportunity to speak with one of their new additions, Magnus Backstedt. Maggie was in the INTERBIKE Media Center carrying [and I use that term lightly, quite literally] around a concept bike (inset) tricked [...]
Interbike Expo Day II – Not Your Average Joe
And the winner is…Joe Yule of Redondo Beach, CA. Joe submitted the winning design for the Team Slipstream/Chipotle “Get in the Slipstream” 2008 kit design contest. I was backstage at the INTERBIKE Media Center and caught up with Joe before the official announcement on INTERBIKE Media Center Studio/Cycling.tv. The graphic designer spent approximately 30 hours [...]
Interbike Expo – Day 1 (More Images)
I don’t think Ernesto Colnago likes my new haircut TDF champ Alberto Contador at the Giro exhibit The art that is Dario Pegoretti Bicycles Kerri Martin and Patrick Connolly (Breille Cyclery) Related Posts:Interbike Bringing ‘Circulus’ to September ShowKey Brands Committing to Interbike 2011Silly Interbike, Anaheim Is For Kidscy•fi – Music to your earsSkirtSports – All [...]
Interbike Expo – Day 1
Walking out to any exposition floor for the first time is a bit intimidating and overwhelming. I’ve been to several for medical devices and sporting goods. But when that expo room is filled with things you love and a mixed bag of interesting people, its like being a kid in a candy store and the [...]
Interbike – Demo Day II
BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Apparently the “demo” in Demo Days stands for demolition rather than demonstration, as I broke my clavicle yesterday (more on that in a few). The day started off inauspiciously enough, as I continued to meet new and interesting people in and around the tent city that is the Interbike Outdoor Demo [...]
Interbike: Demo Day 1
From Chip Smith (SOAR Communications): BOULDER CITY, Nev. – A record number of 3,300-plus bicycle retailers visited Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, Nevada today as part of the 2007 Interbike OutDoor Demo (the first day of the two-day event). The relocated and improved OutDoor Demo kicks off a week-long trade show, conference and exposition full [...]
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