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Retul Fit – Maximizing each pedal stroke
The bike is readjusted. In this case the stem is lowered and saddle moved forward.[/caption] You’ve spent thousands on a bike and naturally you want to get the most out of your machine. Your goal might be to be a racer or an enthusiast, but regardless there is a common thread that both share when it comes to a bike frame – getting the correct fit to eliminate pain and improve your own biomechanics. There are many types of bike fitting systems, some are based in science and others based on the fitter’s experience. The Retül fit uses...
read moreMedia Omerta
Lately I’ve been feeling a little optimistic in regards to professional cycling. We had disgraced Tour de France rider Lance Armstrong decide not to fight USADA’s charges against him, forfeiting his titles. With him capitulating we were spared the months of legal wrangling and public relations bullshit that was bound to happen. We had Tyler Hamilton and Dan Coyle’s book, The Secret Race, hit bookshelves and it was an eye opener for a lot of people. Along the way writers, journalists and anyone with a blog or Twitter account chimed in...
read moreTour de France Tweets: Stage 7
Crashes and the after effects are still the foremost topic for the riders and I can’t blame them. Garmin-Sharp’s plans for the overall is gone. The Tour de France carried on and we finally had a change in the leadership. Also, we saw what team Sky’s plan is – hold the jersey all the way to Paris. [View the story "Tour de France Tweets: Stage 7" on...
read moreTweets from the riders of the Tour de France
These are some of my favorite tweets from select riders of the Tour de France. It was a blood bath out there and it was reflected in the rider’s messages. Garmin-Sharp’s Tom Danielson was one of several on his team that hit the tarmac. Danielson had to abandon with both shoulders separated and road rash from head to toe. Just another day on the Tour… [<a href="http://storify.com/neilroad/tweets-from-riders-of-the-tour-de-france-stage-6" target="_blank">View the story "Tweets from riders of the Tour de France: Stage 6"...
read moreBeware marketing driven advancements
Aerodynamic design has hit the forefront this season with the marketing folks. Sure, some bike companies have been ahead of the curve, aerodynamically speaking, such as Cervelo, Blue, and Kestral to name a few. Recently the Big Dogs in the bike industry, Specialized and Trek, have weighed in with aero-road bikes. I’m all for it as I think this is an actual benefit rather than the seatmast marketing craze we had to deal with a couple of years ago. Thank god that has almost been squelched. As I mentioned, I’m all for aerodynamics, but...
read moreUSADA’s unknown ten list gets smaller?
USA Cycling announced in a press release that George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie individually asked to be taken out of the Olympic selection pool. Looking at the list of names one commonality sticks out: they were all members of the US Postal team. USADA’s charging letter to Armstrong states they have “multiple riders with firsthand knowledge” that will testify that the seven-time Tour de France champion used EPO amoung other performance enhancing drugs. There has been much speculation about...
read moreThe different realities to the Armstrong doping charges
I won’t bother you with another post outlining USADA’s charges against Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel, Dr. Michele Ferrari, Pedro Celaya, Luis del Moral, and Pepe Marti. If you read any cycling news site there are several articles about the hot topic. But here are a few things I found interesting. Armstrong in a recent interview with Men’s Journal said he was done fighting the charges and he’d surrender his Tour de France wins. That sounded like talk from a man who was tired of it all and willing to move on. In fact he said he...
read moreWhy Horner got flicked
With the Tour de France just under three weeks away, teams are announcing their selections to the biggest race on the planet. RadioShack-Nissan published their long-team for the Tour de France and there was a surprise. Regardless of the public war of words team manager Johan Bruyneel had with Andy and Frank Schleck there was really no doubt that the team, owned by a Luxemburg real estate mogul, wasn’t going to include those two for the Tour. Others such as Fabian Cancellara were a lock. But to a lot of people’s surprise Chris...
read moreUS Pro Championships
This weekend is the last US Pro Cycling championships in Greenville, South Carolina. We had a good seven-year run here in the Upstate. Next year the championships is moving to Chattanooga, Tennessee, remaining until 2015. In addition to the move the women’s professional championships will be contested for the first time next year. Yeah – about time… This year there are a couple of changes. The finish in Greenville has previously been in two different locations – both in downtown. It has finished on Broad Street beside city...
read moreCan Phinney save cycling in America?
Americans love winners. It’s a cliché, but true. Taylor Phinney’s win in stage 1 of the Giro d’ Italia won’t project him onto the front page of newspaper’s here in the States as that’s reserved for the one bike race Americans know – the Tour de France. However, I’m hoping Phinney’s victory in Henning helps save cycling in the U.S. Even the most casual follower of professional cycling knows that the sport has taken a beating like a red headed step-child. In the beginning we all cheered for Lance Armstrong, but as the...
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