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April 30, 2018





Lieuwe Westra's TUE admission throws new light on TUE abuses.

(velonews.com)-"TUE abuses have long been rumored to be a favorite shortcut for would-be cheaters trying to cut corners as improved doping controls and the implementation of the biological passport have tightened the noose on banned substances." (velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 30, 2018






Law claims Dana Point Grand Prix.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Elevate KHS rider Scott Law tops the Williams brothers.

Valentina Scandolara, Coryn Rivera out-sprinted by teenager Megan Jastrab."
(cyclingnews.com) (Danny Munson)

April 30, 2018






John Murphy leads Holowesko Citadel 1-2 in Athens Twilight.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Bryan Gomez, Frank Travieso podium from winning breakaway.

Erica Allar, Harriet Owen round out USA Crits podium."
(cyclingnews.com) (Brian Hodes)

April 30, 2018





Handmade Bicycle Show Australia 2018: The bigwigs.

(cyclingtips.com)"-"With the red carpet rolled out for paying attendees, approximately 20 builders were on hand, most from Australia, but a few from further afield. Builders were rubbing shoulders with customers and with one another, sharing their craft and proving just how much collaboration there is in the small, but tight, local industry." (cyclingtips.com)

April 30, 2018






Giro d'Italia fills Boeing 747 cargo plane with bikes and equipment bound for Israel.

(cyclingnews.com)-"The Giro d'Italia begins on Friday with a 9.7km time trial in Jerusalem but the logistical operation for the first ever Grand Tour start outside of Europe began on Monday with a Boeing 747 cargo plane transporting equipment and the 22 teams' bikes from Italy to Israel." (cyclingnews.com) (Josh Evans)

April 30, 2018






Sunweb secure long-term future with indefinite sponsorship agreement.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Team Sunweb have secured their long-term future, signing an unprecedented new agreement with title sponsor Sunweb that will see the holiday company back the team on an indefinite basis." (cyclingnews.com) (Michael Aisner)

April 30, 2018








Fabio Aru flies the flag for Italy at the Giro d'Italia.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Fabio Aru will ride the Giro d'Italia wearing the Italian national champion’s tricolore stripes on his UAE Team Emirates jersey. In the absence of Vincenzo Nibali, and as the only Italian overall contender to have won a Grand Tour, the 27-year-old Sardinian carries the hopes of the home nation on his shoulders." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 30, 2018





Reflections: Can’t beat the real thing.

(rouleur.cc)-"It’s easy to feel dejected about bike racing. It’s OK, you can admit it. We all feel it sometimes. That sense that this relationship we have with cycling goes through its tough moments, where it is all demanding and all-consuming but somehow gives very little back in return." (rouleur.cc) Photographs: Offside-L'Equipe/Pressesports

April 30, 2018





Nail biters! Fortin, Lemieux deliver tight victories at 11th Red Hook Crit Brooklyn.

(cyclingtips.com)Photography-"A pair of podium regulars - Italian Filippo Fortin and Canadian Raphaele Lemieux - once again tasted victory Saturday at the eleventh edition of the Red Hook Crit Brooklyn in front of thousands of spectators lining the course." (cyclingtips.com)Photography by Dan Chabanov; Tornanti.cc

April 30, 2018





The best road disc wheelset upgrades.

(intheknowcycling.com)"-"Road disc bikes are now front and center, mainstream, almost in your face. If you are a road cycling enthusiast, your next road bike will most likely have disc rather than rim brakes. And if you’ve bought a road disc bike recently, you’re probably asking yourself the same question you did shortly after you bought your last good rim brake bike - what are the best wheels I can get to upgrade my bike at a reasonable price?" (intheknowcycling.com)

April 30, 2018





Tour of Chongming Island Wrap: Crashes, dashes, and flashes.

(sbs.com.au)-"The Tour of Chongming Island sprint party got crashed...literally AND figuratively. Aussie national champion Shannon Malseed snagged second overall, Charlotte Becker the victory." (sbs.com.au) (Getty Images Sport)

April 30, 2018





Everysight Raptor Cycling Heads Up Display.

(dcrainmaker.com)"-"In many ways, the Jetsons vision of cycling tomorrow-land seems to always involve some form of heads up display. And numerous companies over the last half a decade or so have tried to get us there. From smaller entities like Recon Instructions (bought and then shut down by Intel), to larger ones like Google. And that even ignores attempts by 4iiii, Oakley and Garmin too." (dcrainmaker.com)

April 30, 2018





World champ Langvad wins Whiskey Off-Road.

(velonews.com)-"It wasn’t beginner’s luck at all, just pure climbing power that led Annika Langvad (Specialized) to victory in her first start at Whiskey Off-Road Sunday. It was really amazing,” said Langvad. “It’s actually my first race in the rainbow jersey since I won those stripes last year. So it’s a great honor to be here." (velonews.com) Photo: Dave McElwaine

April 30, 2018







Pascal Ackermann takes first pro win on final stage of the Tour de Romandie.

(thebikecomesfirst.com)-"Pascal Ackermann (BORA Hansgrohe) prevailed on the last stage of the Tour de Romandie to collect his first professional victory. Due to the relatively straightforward profile of today’s stage, it was expected that the yellow jersey of Primoz Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo) would not be put in significant danger and all eyes were therefore on the sprinters."(thebikecomesfirst.com) Photo: Luis Angel Gomez/BettiniPhoto

April 30, 2018





Tailored Lightening: Sarto’s Lampo Aero Road Review.

(pezcyclingnews.com)"-"Roughly translated, “Sarto Lampo” means “Tailored Lightening."

Tailored Lightening is a fairly accurate description in this case as a flight into Venice, a short drive west and a bit of factory walk nets me Sarto’s Aero road missile."
(pezcyclingnews.com)

April 30, 2018






Three Giro Stages to Embiggen Your Soul.

(podiumcafe.com)-"I’ve got some bad news for everyone. You-know-who is still going to be starting the Giro after pocketing some of that sweet Israeli money and presumably paying off the UCI with that money. You know what that means - Sky is going to make the Giro GC competition as boring as the Tour." (podiumcafe.com) Photo by Bryn Lennon - Velo/Getty Images

April 30, 2018





Jan Bakelants shares photo of the metal screws and pins that he’s had in his back for the last six months.

(cyclingweekly.com)"-"One of three riders to crash badly on a tricky corner at Il Lombardia last October, Ag2r La Mondiale‘s Jan Bakelants is now free of some of the metalwork that has been helping his four broken vertebrae to heal over the last six months. Bakelants crashed over the barriers on the descent from the Muro di Sormano last year, going down in a similar manner to the spectacular crash of Laurens De Plus that was captured by the television cameras." (cyclingweekly.com)

April 30, 2018





Tech of the Week: New Zipp wheels, a £7 Baselayer and the new Boardman wind tunnel.

(cyclingweekly.com)"-"Zipp went to town this week, launching a new tubular variant of its flagship whale-copying 454 NSW wheels as well as updates to the 303 Firecrest which trickle down some of the tech from the 454 NSW." (cyclingweekly.com)

April 30, 2018






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April 29, 2018






Five things we learned from the Tour de Romandie.

(cyclingweekly.com)-"If anyone was in any doubt about Primož Roglič's talent after the last couple of seasons, particularly his victory in the Tour of the Basque Country earlier in April, the Slovenian confirmed his status as a bona fide GC rider by winning the yellow jersey in the Tour de Romandie." (cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)

April 29, 2018








Roglic wins Tour de Romandie.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Primoz Roglic (LottoNL Jumbo) has won the overall classification at the Tour de Romandie, beating Team Sky’s Egan Bernal to take the title. Meanwhile, Pascal Ackermann (Bora Hansgrohe) took victory ahead of Michael Morkov (Quick Step Floors) in a sprint finish in Geneva on the final day of racing." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 29, 2018






Letizia Paternoster wins final stage and GC at Festival Elsy Jacobs.

(cyclingpub.com)-"Italian prodigy Letizia Paternoster of Astana has won the 2018 Festival Elsy Jacobs after beating her rivals in the closing sprint of the last stage." (cyclingpub.com) rowery.org

April 29, 2018






Richard Carapaz after Vuelta a Asturias victory: I’ve enjoyed this weekend so much.

(cyclingpub.com)-"Movistar's Richard Carapaz has taken the overall victory of the Vuelta a Asturias. This is the first victory in a stage race for the Ecuadorian rider. "I’m really happy with this win; you can’t really ask for more at a race like this." (cyclingpub.com) Marcelo Hernández

April 29, 2018





Fortin, Lemieux survive soggy night at Red Hook Criterium.

(velonews.com)"-"With five laps remaining in the men’s final of the Red Hook Criterium - the famed fixed-gear road race known to produce dramatic crashes and mayhem - Mother Nature added another element to the racing." (velonews.com)

April 29, 2018






Astana ‘shocked’ after former rider Lieuwe Westra admits faking injury to receive TUEs.

(cyclingweekly.com)-"I shot [the drugs] into my own body to cycle faster, to grab prizes, to receive compliments. In my first professional year it became clear to me that with no victories were achieved purely through hard training,” Westra admits in the book. “If you wanted to join the big boys, you had to push the limits of the permissible." (cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)

April 29, 2018






Richie Porte: It’s crunch time to find a sponsor.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Richie Porte has reiterated that it’s now ‘crunch time’ as BMC Racing look to secure their future beyond this year. Porte, who finished third overall at the Tour de Romandie on Sunday, is out of contract at the end of the season, with BMC yet to confirm if they will support a WorldTour team in 2019." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 29, 2018





No pressure for Miguel Angel Lopez at debut Giro d'Italia.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Ask anyone for their favorite to take the overall classification at this year’s Giro d’Italia, then Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) are likely to be high on their list. Probe a little further, though, and Miguel Angel Lopez will not be too far behind." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 29, 2018





Rise of e-bikes leads to more cyclists than car occupants losing lives on Dutch roads in 2017.

(road.cc)-"According to the government agency Statistics Netherlands, 206 cyclists were killed on the country’s roads in 2017, compared to 201 motorists or vehicle passengers." (road.cc) (Jorge Royan, Wikimedia Commons)

April 29, 2018





Rival pro teams donate bikes to amateur squad after their bikes are stolen from van at race.

(cyclingweekly.com)-"Teams, riders and even members of the media came together in Luxembourg on Saturday after an amateur team had all their bikes stolen at the Festival Elsy Jacobs. The Maaslandster International team’s bikes were locked in the back of their van overnight at the team hotel when the incident happened in the town of Marienthal." (cyclingweekly.com) (Photo by Balint Hamvas)

April 29, 2018





Laurens de Plus returns to the peloton following injury.

(thebikecomesfirst.com)"-"The Belgian was out of action for a month after crashing at Il Lombardia and suffering a fracture in his right knee. In January, De Plus and his Quick Step Floors teammate Petr Vakoč were both hit by a truck during a training camp in South Africa."(thebikecomesfirst.com)

April 29, 2018





Clever Standards Carbon Tactic Chain Rings and Lighter Chain Breaker.

(cxmagazine.com)"-"Tomo Ichikawa is constantly inventing clever new bicycle tools and accessories and has appropriately called his company Clever Standard. Ichikawa first displayed his Clever Standard tire levers that paired to form a quick link remover at Sea Otter 2017. The levers have since become a popular white label item to rebrand." (cxmagazine.com)

April 29, 2018





Dennis and Porte continue to show good signs at Romandie.

(cyclingnews.com)-"BMC Racing pair, Richie Porte and Rohan Dennis finished fifth and sixth respectively on the queen stage of the Tour de Romandie, with both riders solidifying their top 10 places ahead of Sunday’s final stage." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 29, 2018





Hornit Clug.

(road.cc)"-"The Hornit Clug is very possibly the world's smallest, simplest bike rack. Available in three sizes to suit most tires, it's hard to think on how to improve it." (road.cc)

April 29, 2018







2018 Tour de Romandie LIVE stream.

(cyclingfans.com)""2018 Tour de Romandie LIVE April 24-29, Switzerland.

Stage 5 starts at 10:30am CET (4:30am U.S. Eastern).

Finish at around 2:54pm CET (8:54am U.S. Eastern).

Live video from 1:40pm CET (7:40am U.S. Eastern)."
(cyclingfans.com)

April 29, 2018





Vuelta Asturias LIVE stream.

(cyclingfans.com)""2018 Vuelta Asturias LIVE April 27-29, Spain.

Stage 3 starts at 10:45am CET (4:45am U.S. Eastern).

Finish at around -- CET (-- U.S. Eastern).

Live video from 12:30pm CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern)."
(cyclingfans.com)

April 29, 2018





2018 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup at Kampen, Netherlands - Round 6 LIVE feed.

(cyclingfans.com)"-"Round 6 of the UEC BMX European Cup will be held April 29 in Kampen, Netherlands. We will have live video.

Sunday's coverage begins at 8:45am CET (2:45am ET)."
(cyclingfans.com)

April 29, 2018






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April 28, 2018





Westra admits using TUEs for performance enhancement.

(cyclingnews.com)-"In a new book coming out next week, former pro Lieuwe Westra says he used cortisone regularly during his career and that he relied on Therapeutic Use Exemptions from the UCI to get past anti-doping tests. Coritsones are forbidden for use in competition without a TUE." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 28, 2018







Fuglsang wins Tour de Romandie queen stage.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) has won the Queen stage of the Tour de Romandie. The Dane attacked in the descent and crossed the finish line on his own. Roglic keeps the overall lead with one stage remaining." (cyclingnews.com) (cyclingpub.com) (Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

April 28, 2018






Festival Elsy Jacobs: Majerus wins stage 1.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Christine Majerus of Boels Dolmans is the new leader of the Festival Elsy Jacobs after winning a reduced sprint to take the victory in the first regular stage of the Luxembourg race." (cyclingnews.com) (cyclingpub.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)


April 28, 2018






Wild wins final sprint in Tour of Chongming Island.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Kirsten Wild (Wiggle High5) got the sprint victory she had come for on stage three of the Tour of Chongming Island, beating Jolien D'hoore (Mitchelton Scott) and Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance Pro Cycling) to the line. The race overall was won by Charlotte Becker (Hitec Products Birk Sport)." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 28, 2018






Bernal lights up Romandie but Roglic holds firm.

 vspace=-"As impressive as Egan Bernal’s wining ride in the uphill time trial was on stage 3, the sight of him lighting up the field on Basse Nendez on stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie was truly something to behold."

April 28, 2018





Crash with motorist takes its toll on Michael O’Loughlin in France.

(stickybottle.com)"-"Double U23 Irish champion, and a man who posted some great performances last year, Michael O’Loughlin has been forced out of the Tour of Bretagne. He was training in Girona, Spain, at the time. A motorist pulled out of a driveway, hitting O’Loughlin as he was riding past." (stickybottle.com)

April 28, 2018





Froome doing everything he can to resolve "wider issues."

(cyclingweekly.com)"-"I'm planning for the best-case scenario, to be fully exonerated, coming from the basis that I know I've done nothing wrong," he told Cyclingnews in a story published overnight. "That's what I'm planning for." (cyclingweekly.com)

April 28, 2018





Q&A: Miguel Ángel López on his aggressive style and deep Giro field.

(velonews.com)-"Back home in Colombia, Miguel Ángel López is known as “Superman.” He earned the nickname fighting off bike thieves; he sustained a knife wound to the leg in the scuffle. It’s not easy living up to the expectations of the western hemisphere’s most cycling-crazed nation, but Superman certainly looks the part." (velonews.com) (Photo: Jim Fryer)

April 28, 2018





We're Facing a Summer "Tick Explosion." Here's How to Keep Yourself Safe.

(menshealth.com)-"Dr. Thomas Mather, the director of the University of Rhode Island’s tick-borne disease center, warns that this summer will see higher than average tick populations throughout the country." (menshealth.com) Getty ImagesJudita Juknele / EyeEm

April 28, 2018






Woods aiming to give Canadians someone to cheer for again at Giro d’Italia.

(cyclingnews.com)-"It would be difficult for Canadian sports fans not to have a soft spot for the Giro d’Italia. In 2012, Ryder Hesjedal claimed the country’s first, and only, Grand Tour victory there, in a triumph that acted as a beacon of inspiration for its cycling community. Six years on, it still does." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 28, 2018






Greg van Avermaet and Brent Bookwalter lead BMC at Tour de Yorkshire.

(cyclingpub.com)-"van Avermaet's last appearance was at the Amstel Gold Race, in which he finished in 14th position and he will be trying to get a good GC spot at the British race. "Looking at the race, I think we have two riders, Greg van Avermaet and Brent Bookwalter, who can both play a role in the General Classification battle," said Sports Director Klaas Lodewyck. " (cyclingpub.com) Mary Cárdenas

April 28, 2018






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April 27, 2018






Tour de Romandie: Bernal wins stage 3 time trial.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Roglic stays in the overall lead.

With two stages left at the Tour de Romandie - Saturday's grueling and pivotal mountain stage to Sion and the much flatter final-day ride into Geneva - this looks very much like a three-horse race."
(cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018






Tour of Chongming Island: Charlotte Becker wins stage 2 from breakaway.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Stage 2 of the Tour of Chongming Island produced a surprising breakaway win. The sprinters' teams miscalculated, letting a group of five go too far up the road, from which Charlotte Becker (Hitec Products Birk Sport) won the sprint and took the overall lead of the race." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018





Klein wins prologue at Festival Elsy Jacobs.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Pieters a close second, Uttrup Ludwig third." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018







Livestream: Spartanburg Crit, day 2 of Speed Week.

(velonews.com)"-"Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Criterium - April 27.

Pro women: 7 p.m. Eastern.

Pro men: 8:10 p.m. Eastern."
(velonews.com)

April 27, 2018





Cancellara: “Take it. Test it. Scan it. Do what you want.”

(rouleur.cc)-"Stashed away in a basement in Bern is a bike at the center of speculation that has dogged Fabian Cancellara since 2010. Look inside, he says, and all you will find are bearings that were ahead of their time." (rouleur.cc) Photographs: Paolo Ciaberta

April 27, 2018







Froome case leaves Giro fans dazed and confused.

(velonews.com)-"In a normal year, Chris Froome’s Giro d’Italia participation would be cycling’s biggest story. The four-time Tour de France winner’s daring attempt at the Giro-Tour double should be the crowning moment of what’s been a remarkable career. No rider has won the Giro-Tour back-to-back in two decades." (velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018





Geraint Thomas goes into survival mode after cracking in Romandie TT.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) dropped out of contention at the Tour de Romandie after a flat performance in the stage 3 mountain time trial. The Welshman clocked 27:43 over the 9.9 kilometers from Ollon to Villars but his effort was only enough to net him 27th place" (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018





Porte searching for confidence boost in Romandie time trial.

(cyclingnews.com)-"It's not often that we get a time trial like this. It's a bit like Col d'Eze in Paris Nice and I like that kind of thing. I don't know the climb though. I remember watching Larry Warbasse win there at the Tour de Suisse but that's about it. I'll look at it beforehand though in order to get a better understanding." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018





Blevins starts 2018 with a bang, winning at Pro XCT, Gila.

(velonews.com)-"At just 20 years old, Christopher Blevins is a rising star of American pro cycling. He currently leads the USA Cycling Pro XCT standings. Will he try to mold himself into a WorldTour road pro after winning a stage at Tour of the Gila? After winning U.S. under-23 national cyclocross championships, he’s really got no shortage of options." (velonews.com) (Photo: Casey B. Gibson)

April 27, 2018











Team Sky announces Giro d'Italia team to support Chris Froome.

(cyclingnews.com)-"Team Sky have named the squad that will support Chris Froome at the 2018 Giro d’Italia, with Wout Poels, Kenny Elissonde and Sergio Henao all included in a strong line-up." (cyclingnews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018





Contador: Lack of TT mileage will shape Giro.

(velonews.com)-"With the Giro’s total time trial distance down from 69.1 in 2017 to 44.2 kilometers this year, climbers like Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates), Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott), and Miguel Angel López (Astana) will have a better shot at the pink jersey." (velonews.com) (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

April 27, 2018





Weighing In: Nutrition, body image, and finding balance as a female athlete.

(cyclingtips.com)-"We all know that in endurance sports, weight matters. As a cyclist, I obsess over every aspect of my equipment, from the weight of a tiny bolt to the thickness of the sidewalls of my tires. I am constantly reminded that, like every watt, every gram counts." (cyclingtips.com) Photography by Lucas Gilman/Red Bull Content Pool

April 27, 2018






Preview: Six things to watch for at the 11th Red Hook Crit Brooklyn.

(cyclingtips.com)-"On Saturday, April 28, Red Hook Crit Brooklyn will host cyclists from over 40 countries for its 11th edition. “The Crit,” as it’s now known by many, is the originator of an ever-increasingly popular discipline of fixed-gear crit racing that has slowly but steadily been gaining mainstream acceptance in more traditional racing circles." (cyclingtips.com) Photography by Tornanti.cc; Dan Chabanov

April 27, 2018





Colnago Saronni for L’Eroica and a Dancelli for training.

(cyclingtips.com)-"A signature product of the early ’80s, Colnago produced frames under Giuseppe Saronni’s name to commemorate his 1982 world road championship. Saronni’s palmares includes the Giro d’Italia in 1979 and again in 1983, and Monuments such as Milan-San Remo and the Giro di Lombardia. His career closely overlapped with fellow Italian Francesco Moser." (cyclingtips.com) Photography by David Rome

April 27, 2018





Ride All the Roads on Litespeed’s Titanium Cherohala and Gravel Bikes.

(cxmagazine.com)"-"Chattanooga, TN builder Litespeed has been producing titanium bikes since 1986 and in 2018 came to the Sea Otter Classic ready to display its latest gravel models. The company has carbon bikes in its lineup now but still focuses on building titanium bikes in the Chattanooga factory." (cxmagazine.com)

April 27, 2018





New Bkool Smart Bike brings the outdoors indoors.

(cyclingweekly.com)"-"Branching out from its base in turbo trainers, Bkool has launched a smart bike. This uses the software developed by Bkool for its smart turbo trainers, transferring it to an exercise bike." (cyclingweekly.com)

April 27, 2018





Sage Titanium Portland made Flow Motion mountain bike, 13.2lb $20K road bike.

(bikerumor.com)"-"While the real news from Sage Titanium is the introduction of their first mountain bike, we’re starting with a gallery of the 13.2lb Skyline road bike build. There’s a parts list at the bottom with specifics, but the project achieves that low weight with extensive use of THM, Lightweight and SRAM parts." (bikerumor.com)

April 27, 2018





KOO Orion sunglasses debut at Sea Otter.

(roadbikereview.com)"-"New for 2018, the KOO Orion sunglasses are packed with useful features to make fitting easier and ensure comfort both on and off the bike. The sunglasses feature adjustable vents on the top of the frame that can be slid open and closed as needed to maintain clear vision." (roadbikereview.com)

April 27, 2018





Hammer Series to be broadcast live on social media for free.

(cyclist.co.uk)"-"Entering into its second year, the Hammer Series is continuing in its quest to become a revolutionary movement in cycling with the announcement that all three events this year will be broadcast in full on social media." (cyclist.co.uk)

April 27, 2018






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