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The Bike MS: Southern California Ride 2008 is a fundraising event for the National Multiple Sclerosis, Southern California Chapter. The bike tour offers various route options for all levels of cyclists over two days. This year’s event will return to Camarillo, head north through Ojai Valley, over Casitas pass and finish at Leadbetter [...]

Upland Sports Group just sent Bicycle.net the latest Capoforma kits that are arriving in stores now, just in time for the summer riding season.
Today I took my first ride in the M1 kit and it lived up to and exceeded expectations. Not only does the kit look great but it is also one of [...]

Bikes, helmets, shoes – they all get cooler every year, but the humble bike bottle has stayed pretty much the same.
CamelBak® Products, LLC, building on its successful innovation in the bottle category, has changed all that. We’re introducing the new Podium™ Bottle, featuring a high flow rate, self-sealing squirt valve. Rather than opening and [...]

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 [...]