Bissell Pro Cycling (USA) rides the Pinarello Prince built with Easton EC90 carbon wheels, Campagnolo drivetrain and Most components.  Hit ‘more’ for WEIGHTS and FRAME DETAILS…

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PRESS RELEASE: Inspired by Belgian cyclo cross races, this will be a joint promotion between members of Rollapaluza and VCL cycling clubs who have been planning this event for some time. Luckily Halloween falls on a Saturday this year and to add to the atmosphere (and hopefully visibilty) a full moon is due. Event will feature:

• £1000 cash prize list!
• Course to run through bar tent
• Youth events
• Apple Bobbing
• Mulled Cider
• Beer
• Fancy dress with prizes
• BBQ, hot drinks and waffles!
• Separate event for Novice / Single speed mtb / fixed wheel riders.
• Free “have a go” Rollapaluza roller-racing.
• Full Moon guaranteed
• Free entry to spectators

Rollapaluza events are well known for their appeal to a broad spectrum of cyclists as well as spectators and they’re hoping for the same at this event so will be having a special “Go Race” event for novice cross or MTB riders, single speed mountain bikers and fixed wheel riders as well as free entry to those who just want to watch the action and soak up the atmosphere.

Links and more after the break…

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Mmmmm….Amsterdam.

“Scarf” by Bjorn Christianson.

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“Men’s Cat 1/2 Start“

Thanks to John Pettit for submitting this photo.

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Found via Cyclelicio.us on Instructables.  Here’s what the guy behind this says about it:

“I’ve wanted to build a custom bicycle for many years. I started wondering how fat of a tire I could accommodate on a bicycle. I had seen pictures of the Hanebrink Technologies extreme terrain bicycle, but wanted something still more extreme. The problem I considered was one of drive train alignment. With the fat tire, the chain had to shift too far outside of the normal bottom bracket to rear wheel alignment, in order to clear the tire width. I also wanted to make this work with gears, as I new the large tire would weigh a lot. Originally I wanted to spoke up a fat tire rim with a standard bicycle hub, but this proved impossible due the the small rim size with the large tire.”

Well done, sir, well done.  Another pic after the break…

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Oh, I can hear it now from Eddie:  “This doesn’t take pedaling dynamics into consideration…etc, etc.”

Regardless, the TestRides iPhone app from Wild Lab is pretty cool looking.  It’s called a “Virtual Bike Fitting Room” and it intended for people who are considering buying a bike sight-unseen based on measurements online, in a classified ad or at some bike shop that’s beyond driving distance for just a looky-loo.

What’s really cool is that you take a photo of yourself to create a virtual “you” that then gets fit to a virtual bike that you create based on the measurements you have.  Nifty if not novelty.  It’s $4.99 US on iTunes (link will open iTunes if you have it on your computer).

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Directly from Pua Sawicki, here’s her recap of the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships held in Austria recently.  She was the top American finisher (7th) at the event:

Our hotel was about a 20 minute spin from the race start and I decided to make that spin part of my warm-up. When it was time to leave, Ron took off with the car and all of our tools and equipment and I took off on my bike, and I really had no idea what I would soon be witnessing. As I was getting closer to the venue, I noticed that the traffic began to pick-up and it was not just the traffic of cars with bikes, but much of the traffic was made up of cars filled with cycling enthusiasts.

The start/finish area had taken over the whole road and the only access of getting in or out of that road was a little bypass detour around the venue. I am not sure exactly how to explain it, but it was a controlled, super chaotic situation. Imagine an already narrow road with no shoulder that just fit two cars and people were parking on both sides of this road where half of their car was on the sidewalk or grass and the other half was in the road. So, there were cars coming from both directions trying to get around each other, while other cars were trying to park, while people were trying to walk over to the venue with their flags and noise makers, and while bicycles were trying to warm-up and make their way through, weaving between all the cars. If that does not sound super chaotic, trust me, it was. And believe it or not, I never heard people honking or screaming at each other, it was just another day at a race. It was incredible.

When I finally made my way through all of that, I reached the venue and I was trying to take it all in. The venue was massive. The start/finish line took up the whole road, it was lined with banners and flags that represented each country, around that was the team pit areas, there was a whole bar and food set-up with rows of picnic tables lined up, there were RVs, cars, people and people on bikes everywhere. The other thing that was super special, was seeing everyone riding around in their own countries colors and wearing the stars and stripes on my shoulders with USA written across my chest.

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Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank, above) smoked the field to win the Stage 1 Individual Time Trial in the 2009 Vuelta a España.  Another Specialized rider, Tom Boonen, blazed in for second using a Roval “Rapid Star” rear disc wheel.  Check out Boonen’s bike and the rest of Graham Watson’s photos, including the one shown here, on his website.

Cancellara averaged 54 k/h over the 4.8km Assen TT motorcycle race course, stopping the clock in just 5 min 20 seconds.  Boonen came in second :09 back, and Tyler Farrar continued his impressive performances with a 3rd place :12 back.

“Today was a power course and I knew what I had to do. That’s go like I always do — full gas,” Cancellara said after winning…a change in tune from his pre-race disclaimers about his chances.  Regardless of today’s performance, the Swiss Olympic TT Gold Medalist says he’s at the Vuelta to prepare for the World Championships, which is in his home country at the end of next month.

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Yep, we skipped yesterday, and we’re going to skip Sunday, too.  Monday, we’ll start fresh with our last three days of giveaways!

Today, we’ve got a set of Vredestein Fortrezza Tri Comp tires in their new PINK color!  We’re also giving away TWO Helmet Locks for the 2nd and 3rd commenters to get all the answers correct. MSRP on the tires is $54.99 each, so today’s giveaways are worth a whopping $136.00!!!

Here’s a hint to lead you to some of the answers for today’s question:  They’re distributed by Veltec Sports in the US, and you’ll want to check out their US site if you plan on reading any English.

Since we had a little confusion on the last contest, here are all of the rules you’ll need to follow in order to be eligible to win:

• All answers must be correct.
• One entry per person…no edits or followups or second attempts, gotta get them right the first time.
• Must reside in the U.S. to win.
• If there’s any discrepancy as to whether your answer is right, we’ll leave the final decision up to the manufacturer so you don’t hate us if it doesn’t go in your favor.
• You must use a valid email address to leave the comment, that’s how we’ll contact you if you win.

That’s it.  Good luck…now hit ‘more’ and get that noggin’ spinning!

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Ritchey just leaked this image of prototype carbon tubular road wheels weighing in at a paltry 1,115g per set! Not much else to say about them, but hopefully they’ll have them on display with a few deets at Interbike…

“IMG_3924” by PedalNation.

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