Tag: Tour of California

  • If Kevin Costner still rode a bike today

    If Kevin Costner still rode a bike today

    The Giro d’Italia is well underway and the Tour of California started yesterday, so naturally I have been checking the tech sections of VeloNews, CyclingNews, Road Bike Action, and other cycling sites to see which race bikes they are featuring. The majority of the featured bikes are pretty predictable, but the bright red Specialized Tarmac…

  • Time trial bikes of the Tour of California

    Before I get started, I will mention an event that I am a bit late in reporting. The Santa Cruz Design + Innovation Center held a bicycle design event last Friday that sounds like it would have been quite interesting. If any of you were there, let me know how the discussion went. The Santa…

  • Electronic Dura-Ace

    As a comment to yesterday’s post pointed out, I linked to pictures on Belgium Knee Warmers, but I did not specifically point out the shots of the electronic Dura-Ace shifting system that was seen on the bike of Gerolsteiner’s Fabian Wegmann. Shimano’s electronic Dura-Ace group has been in development for a while (check out this…

  • Tour of California

    It has been a bit of a theme lately, but I doubt that I will spend much time looking for wooden or bamboo bikes on the web this week. Like many of you, my attention this week will be on the Tour of California. Also like many of you, I am not in California to…