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Category Archives: Equipment
Cobbles-Tech: The Rims of Flanders
For the bike tech nerd, there’s no part of the season more exciting than the cobbled classics. France and Belgium in April is a time for crazy equipment – tires, rims, frames and miscellany that you may or may not ever see again. King of Tech is the Queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, where bike … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, Featured
Tagged astana, BMC, movistar, omega pharma-lotto, Quickstep, rabobank, rims, Ronde van Vlaanderen
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The Sticky Bidon: Tour of Flanders & Paris-Roubaix Tech
A roundup of tech articles related to Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. General Race tech: Fresh new gear on display at Tour of Flanders – Cyclingnews takes a look at some technology in play pre-race in Flanders. Flanders tech: Picking bikes for the cobbles of the Tour of Flanders – Velonews looks at some of the bikes … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, Sticky Bidon
Tagged Bontrager, leopard-trek, movistar, paris-roubaix, Ronde van Vlaanderen, vittoria
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Cobbles-Tech: Greipel’s Canyon at Flanders
At Flanders this past week, Omega Pharma-Lotto were riding two bikes. Some rode the Canyon Aeroad, Canyon’s aero road bike offering. Others, including Andre Greipel and Jurgen Roelandts rode a different bike, which at first glance you might assume is an Ultimate SLX. Don’t let the graphics package fool you – the only difference isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, Featured, Teams
Tagged Canyon, greipel, omega pharma-lotto, paris-roubaix, roelandts, Ronde van Vlaanderen
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Pav̩ 2011 Clothing РNow Taking Orders!
Thank you all for your patience as we put the finishing touches on Pavé’s 2011 “Team†Kit. It’s been a long and somewhat arduous process, but we’re confident that we’re able to offer you some of the finest and best-looking kit on the web. Hi-res pics here. REALLY high res PDF here Some things to … Continue reading
Radio Silence Part Three: The Late Attack
Radio Silence (Part One, Part Two) is our series about riders who we think may thrive under the effects of the UCI’s radio ban. Our most recent installment, Part Two, posited the theory that without radios, the peloton is bound to mis-judge the effort that it will take to reel in a long breakaway. So … Continue reading
Fabian Cancellara’s Balls
Here are some things to ponder when writing about outlandish claims regarding the secret of Fabian Cancellara’s success. “2.5 seconds faster over a kilometer” is only meaningful if you tell us what sort of speed you’re talking about. A 2.5 second improvement over a 5 KM/H kilo isn’t terribly impressive – that’s 12:00 versus 11:57.5, … Continue reading