Contador not racing the Giro D’Italia in 2009
Alberto Contador will not be defending his 2008 win in the Giro D’Italia for 2009. Said the Spanish phenom:“I will not race the Giro. Last year I raced, but this year it’s taking me longer to recover,” Contador told reporters this weekend during a visit to a hospital in Madrid. “I will race the Tour [...]
Tesla’s Fully Electric Sedan Debuted!… sorta
Road and Track(the car mag… nothing to do with cycling you knuckleheads) has apparently gotten a hold of some pre-production renderings of Tesla Motor’s upcoming all electric sedan. To be dubbed the “Model S,” it should be ready for the treehuggers to buy in 2010 for around $60,000; which is defiantly in the right direction [...]
Jittery Joe’s goin Amateur for ’09
Well, it looks like 2009 season is going to be a little harder for some of us amateur(hey.. who they callin amateur??) racers. The Athens, GA based Jittery Joe’s squad has decided to go to “Amateur” status for the 2009 racing season because they were unable to procure a secondary sponsor for 2009. From General [...]
Tour deFrance 2009 route announced
Velochimp has a good rundown and some interesting commentary of the 2009 TDF route Stages for the 2009 Tour de France Stage 1 – July 4 – Monaco – Monaco, 15km (individual time-trial) Stage 2 – July 5 – Monaco – Brignoles, 182km Stage 3 – July 6 – Marseille – La Grande-Motte, 196km Stage 4 – July [...]
Buckypaper: Next Gen frame material?
Buckypaper is composed from tube-shaped carbon molecules 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. Will this material overtake carbon fiber as the material du-jour for bikes? Florida State University has developed a new wonder material that by combining sheets of buckypaper together produces a composite that’s 500 times stronger than steel, yet 10 times lighter. [...]
Check out more girls with these new glasses!
Nike has an interesting pair of sunglasses on the drawing board called “Hindsight.” The glasses use a Fresnel lens design to extend a cyclists peripheral vision back a few more degrees to supposedly help with spotting obstacles that may be coming at them from the side that you would not normally see. Lets face it, [...]
Yes…..another ride tracker for your iPhone 3G: Fitnio
I never realized so many geeks were also athletes. Please take with the deepest of sympathies as I am one such geek. Cardio by Fitnio is also a free exercise tracker that integrates the iPhone 3G’s GPS to track your rides/runs. The application shows your speed, distance, and calories burned. The application does ask for [...]
Another free riding tracker for your iPhone, this time from Mapmyride
Well everyone’s getting in the fitness app game for Apple’s iPhone 3G. See this post to see what I mean. MapmyFitness.com just released their version of an iPhone exercise tracking program. There are 2 version: Cycling(iMapMyRide) and Running(iMapMyRun) both available from the iTunes App Store. Functions: Total Time Total Distance (in miles or kilometers) Pace [...]
Walmart +iPhone 3G on Black Friday = start camping in line now
According to GPSlodge, Walmart will have the the iPhone 3G for Black Friday this year. It is said that they will be activating it in the stores, just like BestBuy and the phone stores. Personally, I think that standing in an activation line at WalMart on Black Friday is not what Steve Jobs had in [...]
Off Season training post #2
Well, it’s that time of year again: The Offseason. This is technically my first real off-season. I got my 2008 Tarmac Comp in September of 2008, so I was only able to get a few rides in on the weekends and after work with my speedskater buddies who also ride. I recently started cycling after [...]
