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Stage Three - Washington to Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (April 23, 2008) – After knocking on the door of a stage win yesterday, Greg Henderson (NZL) of Team High Road launched himself through the tight downhill turns of the Gainesville circuit finish to narrowly defeat teammate Andre Greipel (GER) and win Stage Three of the Tour de [...]

Citra Wipe Product Review
Simple? Yes. Convenient? Yes. Effective? For sure.
CitraWipe is a citrus-powered degreaser that is designed to be used on the hands to remove tough grease and grime. The hand wipes have a pleasant smell and are non-toxic with Aloe Vera and Lanolin so your hands do not get dried out and cracked.
CitraWipes [...]

Saris Thelma Hitch Mounted Bike Rack:
I bought my Honda Element for the sole purpose of hauling my bikes to and from rides and races. With the rear seats folded up I was able to easily put two bikes inside and still bring along a passenger. But as I started to do more [...]

Cyclops rules nice job hills flats distance you handled it good ride.
Not exactly scribed from the pen of Hemingway, but no sweeter words have come to me — at least as far as cycling life is concerned.
It’s been a particularly long, cold, wet winter around here.  Not just my opinion, but also that of [...]

The Agency for Cycling Ethics, Inc. Announces its Blood Passport Program
Pro Continental BMC Racing Team Signs On
Los Angeles, January 29, 2008:
The Agency for Cycling Ethics, Inc., (“ACE”), a subsidiary of The Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC, (“ASE”), is pleased to announce its Blood Passport Program.
In late 2006, ACE introduced its Pure Sport [...]

I have always had a problem finding a hydration system that I am comfortable with on my Time Trial (Triathlon) bicycle. I have tried no less than 5 different hydration systems, all with less than desirable results.
With the Beaker Concepts HydroTail that has now been solved.
I tried the first generation “behind the saddle” hydration systems [...]

So at what point does a water bottle stop being a water bottle? If not now, then we are very close.
As I was walking the floor of the Interbike trade show I was just about to walk past the HydroPak booth thinking nothing here for me. Then out of the corner of my eye [...]

As cyclists we are always looking for that competitive edge that will help us improve our performance that last 10%. We focus on our training, equipment, diet, sleep, and recovery. It’s this last category (recovery) that BioBuilde helps the cyclist improve.
I was sent a bottle of BioBuilde to try, and like most of [...]

In one word, BULLSEYE! This is the product that I have been waiting for:

If you have kids, or were ever a kid yourself, do you remember being in the car going somewhere for over an hour and hearing “Are We There Yet”? Well when my wife and I take our three kids on a [...]

I’ve got a confession. Until this year, I was a participatory cyclist, a civilian bike commuter, and not a spectator of the sport. Working alongside VeloGuy, that’s changed and I’ve been developing my passion for the peloton. A big hurdle was learning the vocabulary of the velo world. I felt as [...]

In Giro Helmet Helps Saves Man Head When He Gets Run Over By Truck, we noted the story of a guy who brakes and flips over his handle bars and his luckily Giro-helmeted head is run over by a truck.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are a few thousand more:

How this happens:

Of [...]

I know what you are asking, because I asked the same question. Why would I want to shop at an online bicycle store that sells only cycling apparel. Thats right, no bikes, no helmets, no pedals, no wheels, no…. well nothing but cycling clothes.
You want to go to Indie Bike because they have a huge [...]

“The Race: A Novel of Grit, Tactics, and the Tour de France“The Race: Novel of Grit, Tactics, and the Tour de France” by Dave Shields
The book takes place in the middle of the Tour de France but this book is more than just a cycling story. It is about the will to overcome, the [...]

In the world of high tech gadgets, some are just a natural fit for the cycling world. First we had the bicycle speedometer/odometer. Then came the heart rate monitor. And now we have the power meter. All have some very real benefits for the cycling pro as well as the weekend warrior (which we all [...]

As sunglasses go, the market is full of choices. Many are great, most are not. I have been a long time user of all the trendy sunglasses that have come to help the cyclist. Remember the Oakley Factory Pilots? Yeah, what were we thinking? Taking a pair of skiing sunglasses and trying to make [...]