Lord knows I could have used this a few months ago to prepare for the Breck Epic. Sufferfest’s Angels training video is now on sale for all of us that’d like to get a bit quicker on the ascents. For $9.99 and a few minutes of download time, here’s what you get:

FROM SUFFERFEST: If you were eating lunch, 8 minutes wouldn’t seem like a lot of time. If you were relaxing on a beach, it would be cruel to only be there 8 minutes. If you were doing one of the 8 minute climbs in Angels, you’d swear to every god you can think of that it’s never going to end, that time has slowed down dramatically and that you’d rather chop your legs off than go through another second of that 8 minute eternity. 

You know, we waited a while to create a Sufferfest dedicated to climbing because we didn’t have the perfect blend of workout, footage and music. But we’ve finally created it here. Something you’re probably not going to be too pleased to hear. But, if you want climbing and the kind of agony that makes you really, really, really fast…..you’ve got it. What other cycling workout video anywhere pits you against 3x Tour de France Winner Alberto Contador (and giro winner, and Vuelta winner, and and), puts you in a break with Luis Leon Sanchez or asks you to stay with Andy Schleck when he makes his winning move in the 2009 Liege-Bastogne-Liege?

They have gear now, too. Check it out here.

“IMG_0823” by alexis dold of Villin Cycle Works. Alexis has been learning the art of Mokume Gane: forging different metals together to create a woodgrain effect. He then uses the metal to make parts for his bicycles, like the head tube badge above.

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“DSC03193” by boedie cycles: handmade steel bicycles, made in Whitefish, Montana, by Chris Boedecker. Check out the website here.

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The Vuelta a Espana Stage race starts tomorrow August 28th, and will conclude on Sunday September 19th, with every stage available live on Universal Sports. Watch as many of the big names like Andy Schleck, Denis Menchov, Tyler Farrar, and Mark Cavendish duke it out in one of the years last big stage races.

Live coverage is available in one of two ways, TV and Online. Coverage will begin each day at 10 am ET, with the exception of the race opening night Time Trial through the streets of Seville on August 28 at 3:30 pm ET.

Have DirecTV but not Universal Sports? Good news there, as DirecTV is making Universal Sports Coverage of the Vuelta a Espana available free of charge to any DirecTV subscriber, just tune to channel 604. Otherwise check with your local cable provider to see if you get Universal Sports, or if it is offered.

Universal Sports will also be hosting the Grand Tour Giveaway, where by predicting the stage winners you could win a trip to 2011 Vuelta, a Giant Defy 1 Road Bike or Authentic Vuelta Red 75th Anniversary Jersey.

Check out the anniversary jersey after the break.

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The 2011 Bianchi Cavaria Bike (which gets it’s name from the “1965 World’s course where Bianchi’s 5 time world’s cyclocross champion Renato Longo booked one of his many victories”) is available now with these components:

* Carbon Monocoque Frameset
* Carbon Fork (Alloy Steer)
* Shimano Ultegra Shifters and Derailleurs
* FSA Energy Cross Crankset
* Avid Shorty Cross Brakes
* Fulcrum 7 Wheelset
* Vittoria Cross XG Pro Tires

Color: Celeste
Sizes: 49,52,55,58 and 61cm
MSRP: $2,699.99

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“Pizza Friday Panda 3” by ethangeorgi.

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Building up some hype just before InterBike, Garmin unveiled the newest edition to their  line of G.P.S. enabled cycling computers today, the Edge 800. Smaller than the 705, the 800 has new features like a 2.6″ touch screen color display and Garmin’s BaseCamp route planning software. Read more about the Edge 800 after the break. (more…)

The folks over at Niner Bikes now have the Jet 9 in all sizes, in stock and ready to ship. Also, the S.I.R. 9 will be available in two new colors: Kermit Green and Moondust Grey…but on to more important stuff, they have some new t-shirts available, now, too. Check out the cool Traildog tee also available in kid’s sizes…and wait, what is this?…an awesome kit that turns your favorite beer cap into your headset cap. Saweet!

Cycle hire availability across London shown on a cool new site.

Thanks to the data released by Transport For London on the locations of the Cycle Scheme docks and bike movements, one clever developer has built this website that gives real-time updates on bicycle availability.

Looking for a bike? Red denotes bike stands that are full. Looking to drop a bike off? Dark blue/purple denotes bike stands that are empty, with the various shades in between indicating degrees of fullness.

The map’s fully scaleable, and there’s a newsfeed ticker, and the blue and red dots are curiously soothing. Mobile phone applications – the logical useful step – may be on their way.

Will Thor be riding for Garmin next season?

Jean Paul Van Poppel, venerable DS of the Cervélo Test Team, has given a clear indication that the rumors surrounding the Test Team’s demise at the end of the season are true, reports Velonation.

The website takes up Biciclismo.com‘s Spanish-language reporting, which quoted Van Poppel as saying “I cannot deny that it is true. The future will change. For me, it is a question of how [it will happen]. I hope that we don’t stop completely, but at this moment I can say nothing meaningful about it.”

Carlos Sastre had already confirmed his move to the Geox team next season, but the indications are that Cerv̩lo had not tried to offer him Рor any of the other riders whose contracts were up Рa renegotiated deal for 2011. Biciclismo is reporting that Thor Hushovd, Hienrich Haussler, Roger Hammond and Andreas Klier will move to Garmin-Transitions next year, and that Cerv̩lo will also supply bikes to the team, which is part-owned by David Millar.

Cerv̩lo have scheduled a pre-Vuelta press conference for Saturday morning, where the situation will presumably become clearer. If the news is true, it will see the end of a fascinating experiment, so well documented in their Beyond the Peloton videos Рand the close to another chapter in the stuttering history of manufacturer-sponsored teams. The Test Team undoubtedly enhanced the reputation of the innovative bike manufacturer, but it appears the costs of maintaining a UCI ProTour team were simply too high.

The women’s team will stay as a stand-alone entity, it is reported.

So far this week, you’ve seen the details on all of Felt’s Road and Mountain lines, and we’re rounding out this series with their Cyclocross, TRI/TT and Track lines. Of course, don’t forget that Felt also offers a great line of beach cruisers, cafe bikes and BMX bikes, so head over to their website to check those out as well. See the details on the race-ready F15X, pictured above, and the rest of today’s lines after the jump.

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“Bull Taco, Oceanside, Calif.” by protorio. Check out his website, Vélo-Flâneur, which “focuses on everyday, utilitarian riding, randonneuring, jaunts through urban and natural terrain — and watching, listening, and feeling.”

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