Archive for September, 2009
Snap Judgment: BMC Racemaster SLX01 – Interbike Outdoor Demo Days 2009
Boulder City, NV – When BMC first unveiled what has now become their signature integrated skeletal frameset, the brand easily became the most provocative on the market, if not for the oddity of its design but in the fact that the distinctive frame performed as well if not better than anything on the market. With [...]
Interbike Outdoor Demo Days 2009
Boulder City, NV – Interbike, the largest bicycle industry trade show in North America, is many things to many people. At the heart of the trade show, and perhaps in its purest form, is its Outdoor Demo Days. The two day event, partly trade show and mostly bicycle festival, was once again held at Bootleg [...]
MacAskill Has Mad Skills
While I am in the midst of sorting out all that transpired this past week at Interbike, here is the latest viral cycling video circulating the internet that is sure to get your head spinning. Related Posts:No Related Posts
Kristin Armstrong, Golden Once Again
Kristin Armstrong (shown above after winning the 2008 Beijing Olympic Time Trial), who had already announced her retirement from the sport at the end of this year, capped a platinum career with a golden effort in the Individual Time Trial at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland, which began today and run [...]
Nothing Quite Says Famous…
…like being immortalized in wax. I know that supposed to be Lance Armstrong, but it kind of looks like actor, Ralph Fiennes from The English Patient. Happy Friday. Photo: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images Related Posts:Top 10 Reasons Lance Amstrong Did Not Win the 2009 Tour de FranceSaving Owen WilsonTour de Blonde(s)Still Waiting for the PicturesCreepy
TRIPLE Exclusive: An Interview with Artist Kathleen King
It is often said that art imitates life. If that is the case, then artists need not look any further than the sport of cycling for their inspiration as it encapsulates the full spectrum of life’s travails and emotions (and sometimes in less than an hour). Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with artist, [...]
Hope Abounds at Pelotonia
Columbus, OH – With college football season well underway, the streets of Columbus have once again turned their autumnal colors, scarlet and gray. But for a brief moment in August, those same streets were tinged green by the participants of the inaugural Pelotonia bike tour. The grass roots bike tour, which was headlined by seven-time [...]
Tough Battle Promised at the Texas Tough Grand Prix
Mountain Khakis’ Mark Hekman and Kelly Benefit Strategies’ Jake Keough separated by three points Athens, GA – The 2nd Annual TX TOUGH GRAND PRIX winds its way through Victory Park in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, September 17, 2009. The last stop of the USA CRITS Series before the September 24 finale at Mandalay Bay Resort [...]
Team Type 1’s Aldape is Missouri’s Mountain King
By Sean Weide Kansas City, MO – Moises Aldape helped Team Type 1 stamp its authority on the Tour of Missouri Sunday by winning the Michelob Ultra King of the Mountains title. The Mexican’s victory in the special classification capped a week that also saw Team Type 1 figure in every major breakaway and earn [...]
Team Type 1′s Aldape Plans Aggressive Defense
By Sean Weide St. Joseph, MO – Moises Aldape of Team Type 1 padded his lead in the Michelob Ultra King of the Mountains competition at the Tour of Missouri. But his 13-point margin over Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank) is not enough to secure the special classification of the seven-day event. A maximum [...]
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