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The 2014 Shiv road bike?
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Jan25

The 2014 Shiv road b...

posted by Neil Browne

If you’ve ever gone to a car trade show you’ll see prototype cars that will never make it onto the highway. Known as “concept cars,” these are a rolling laboratory for ideas that might dribble down to other projects. They are also great for marketing as it shows to the public that they...

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Head Badges and Soul
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Dec22

Head Badges and Soul

posted by Neil Browne

I picked up the January issue of Bicycling Magazine the other day. When I say, “picked up” I mean purchased it electronically. As I scrolled through one article caught my attention – Badges of Distinction by Leon Dixon. It’s a good article about the history of badges that are placed on the head tubes of bikes. As I looked at the images of the plates I saw the Viking logo. My dad rode, and I think raced, for Viking bikes back in the late 50s or early 60s. I have raced bikes since I was a teenager, employed in the bike industry most of my adult life, and I can’t recall ever seeing a Viking bike in person. So it was a nice surprise to...

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Bike Test: Neil Pryde Alize
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Mar08

Bike Test: Neil Pryde Alize

posted by Neil Browne

The Neil Pryde name may not be a familiar one in the cycling world. However in wind surfing their boards are known as being some of the best engineered in the world. So how does a wind surfing company decide to start designing and creating frames? There are some similarities, design-wise, between both of these sports. The biggest obstacle is resistance: water for windboards and air for frames. The ability to slice through both efficiently and quickly are important features for success. The material of choice in wind boarding is carbon fiber as it is for bike frames. With the design and construction methods being something they know well, it...

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Is the new SRAM Red group now black?
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Feb19

Is the new SRAM Red ...

posted by Neil

Spied under an Easy-Up tent at the Hincapie Spring series race was a new group from SRAM. The Black group is allegedly aligned with their Red components at the top of their groupo food chain. Obviously SRAM is staying with a color theme to denote their top of the line parts. Structurally...

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Craig Lewis’ Specialized Tarmac SL3
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Feb01

Craig Lewis’ Special...

posted by Neil

Craig Lewis of HTC-Highroad has been amassing training miles on a new bike during his team’s training camp on the Spanish island of Mallorca. For 2011 the Greenville, South Carolina resident is aboard the Specialized Tarmac SL3 and for efforts against the clock, the Specialized Shiv. The...

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Chris Butler’s BMC impec
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Jan21

Chris Butler’s BMC i...

posted by Neil

Second year professional cyclist and Greenville resident Chris Butler is in Spain preparing for the 2011 racing season. As a member of the BMC team, Butler is lucky enough to have at his disposal the new impec model bike. In the recent VeloNews Buyer’s Guide, BMC discloses that the impec...

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Holiday Buyers Guide – Gadget Edition
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Nov28

Holiday Buyers Guide...

posted by BrowneEyeMedia

It’s that most wonderful time of the year when we head out to the malls and spend far beyond our reach. Like a lot of you, I find the choices baffling – there is so much to choose from how do you decide what to get the obsessive cyclist in your life? Thankfully I’m here to help you sort...

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