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Interesting news at Velo News a few weeks back. Shimano is upping Dura Acce’s rear cassette to 11 in their 2013 offering. This will match Campy’s 11 speed rear end which has been on the market for 3 years. The 2013 Dura Ace set will be series 9000 (a change from the current 7900 series). [...]
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Mission Bicycle announced they are now selling a wearable lock. The lock is warn around the waist like a belt with a 26″ to 44″ inch adjustability. Mission is the exclusive US distributer apparently. Very cool, very useful, and a great idea. Story here
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Those that care probably already know that 3 time TDF (Tour De France) winner Alberto Contador tested positive for having a antibiotic steroid in his blood. (Universal Sports has a nice timeline and story summary here) The drug can be found in trace amounts in meat (which Alberto claims is how he got on the [...]
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I found the following link online about a bendable bike that can tie itself to a fixture (link here). This is cool, and as a cyclist I am all about keeping the bike you spend ALOT of money on, but if you are living in a city so bad that you need a bike that [...]
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[H/T To Mark O. at The Stones Cry Out of this one] Walmart is offering a Mongoose Fixed Gear – Fixed Gear @ Blogspot here – Wal Mart site link here – for $149, thus marking the end of any coolness and cache in riding a fixie. Oh well I still love my single speed [...]
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Well the best bikes built in Old Fort, TN – Justice Madison – have an write up in Mountain Bike Action this month. Go out and buy a copy and then go buy a Justice Madison steel frame and support hand made craftsmanship made by a local artisan. Oh yeah Justice Madision still has the [...]
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[H/T to Pseudopolymath for this one] Fat Cyclist (how is a amateur) just completed a series on the time he spent hanging out / riding with Team Radio Shack or “the shack” team. For the noncyclist out there that means hanging out with Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner, Johann Brunneel, Levi Lepiheimer and oh about 20 [...]
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