With air slicing design, coupled with a mechanical beauty and visually pleasing color schemes, it’s no wonder that several bike companies have used automobiles as inspiration. Ferrari has been a muse to Colnago for several years. According to the Colnago site the first Ferrari badged Colnago was the CF-1 with a limited production run of 500. And if you need to ask how much a CF-1 retailed for, you can’t afford one. However if you gotta have one, I discovered that the Bike Exchange in Australia is selling a 60cm Ferrari for 26,000 Australian dollars ($26,915 American). Last year we saw Mark Cavendish on a Specialized Venge, which...

With Levi Leiphimer back in the States nursing his injury from his recent accident I interviewed him for Cyclingnews.com. The main focus of the interview was of course his injury, how serious it was and what affect would it have on the season – meaning the Amgen Tour of California, the Tour de France and the Olympics. However, as you talk other topics come up that don’t fit with the article. And sometimes, like in any conversation, you make small talk to broach a subject. With the obligatory Amgen Tour of California question answered I wanted to know about the Tour de France. With teammate Tom Boonen in great form I jokingly made a...

Remember the Dirk Hofman Motorhome banners we’d see in the final 100 meters of all the classics. So far this year I haven’t seen them. However, this guy seems to have taken his spot. With about 17 kilometers remaining in the Tour of Flanders and then again at the finish this guy was waving his huge “Tornado Tom Frites” banner. You might remember that Boonen also has a training book, which I suspect doesn’t mention frities as part of any training plan. For those who may not know – frites are primary known as a Belgian snack similar to our French fries but with mayonnaise and are great for soaking up excess...

I interviewed Frankie Andreu, director of the Kenda/5 Hour Energy presented by Geargrinder team the other week for CyclingNews. The site wanted an interview about the team, what was going on at the training camp and who were the new guys. There’s some information that I get that just doesn’t make it onto Cyclingnews.com, so I thought I’d post it here. I spoke to Frankie during the camp and as expected he was keeping busy getting the squad organized with the new equipment and the general organization that needs to happen when you get 20 cyclists together. After discussing the team’s goals and his hope that they get an invite to the...