Archives for February 2008
Shimano Buys Pearl Izumi
Shimano is jumping into new areas of cycling gear with its recent purchase of Pearl Izumi. Shimano plans to keep Pearl Izumi as a stand alone company based in its current headquarters in Colorado. Shimano will now have a very popular clothing brand to match with its component and shoe business. Pearl Izumi is a […]
Tour of California on Cycling.tv and Versus
The 3rd edition of the Amgen Tour of California starts Sunday, and you can catch the awesome racing in two places. Cycling.tv will stream the race live for free at a lower quality feed. The high quality feed costs money, but the lower quality is still fantastic. Versus will also run coverage twice daily. Details […]
Is It Too Early to Pick the Tour de France Winner?
News out today says that Astana isn’t welcome at any ASO events, including the Tour de France. This is from the doping scandals that have stung the event in 2006 and 2007. Apparently ASO isn’t ready to forgive and forget just yet. So is it too early to pick a winner for this year’s tour? […]
Coming to America
Team Slipstream looked poised to be the only American Pro-Tour team as soon as next year. Now, they will have to settle with being one of two American Pro-Tour teams. That is because Team High Road has officially moved its headquarters to California.
High Road wants to make a point that it is not a German […]
Remembering Sheldon Brown
Sheldon Brown was an institution in the bicycle world. He died Sunday Feb 3, 2008 at the age of 63. He was a self proclaimed bicycle guru, and hailed by most in the industry as the bicycle expert. His website sheldonbrown.org contains photos, history, bicycle physics, and everything else you would want to know about […]
Cannongoose?
It was announced Monday that the firm based in Quebec that owns GT, Schwinn, and Mongoose has added Cannondale to its list of brands. They purchased Cannondale for close to $200 million. The Dorel company plans to position GT and Cannondale under one branch to position them as the top tier bicycle brands under their […]
Tour of California VIP Treatment
If you are planning on attending the Tour of California this month, you should consider purchasing a VIP package. There are several packages from which to choose, and it might just make you feel like you are part of the action.
Package 1: VIP Hospitality Tent - $200
The hospitality tents are located at the finish line […]
Make Winter Fun Again- Here’s How
Living up here in North Idaho is both good and bad. The good thing is that we have four very distinctive seasons which brings a variety of views and activities. The bad thing is that winter brings alot of indoor riding. Indoor riding, for me, isn’t extremely painful like it is for others because I […]
Astana and High Road Missing from Giro d’Italia Roster
All the rumors during the past few weeks have surrounded The Tour de France potentially leaving Astana out of the big race in July. We will have to wait a few weeks to find out for sure, but there is big news today about Astana and others regarding the Giro d’Italia.
Giro officials have left four […]
