Detail of Mark Cavendish’s bicycle at the start of Tour de France Stage 6. Cavendish races for Team Colubmia-HTC. At the conclusion of Stage 6 in Barcelona, he holds the Green Jersey by just a single point after Thor Hushovd bested him in the sprint finish. Photo by Bryn Lennon / Getty Images. See more […]
Update: This contest is closed and winners selected. Today’s edition of Cyclelicious is sponsored by Makai Bikes. Enter to win one of five bike bells from Makai. Contest open only to USA only. Two ways to enter: Enter a comment after this blog post. Tweet this contest to Twitter with the text deleted. Five winners […]
Rain + mountain roads + speeding bike race = crashes. I won’t spoil it for you all just yet, but the interesting players were David Millar, Amets Txurruka, Oscar Freire and Thor Hushovd. Links out to commentary, race results, and photos (with spoilers) below… David Millar pants like a race horse after his tremendous breakaway […]
Two bike posts about the Sartorialist in one week! This week, Scott Schuman is posting fashion photos from Paris. He writes of the Velib rental bikes: These rental bikes are changing my relationship with Paris. Before I felt so trapped by the lack of taxis and a challenging subway system (those connecting tunnels are the […]
Update: Click here for Tour de France Stage 6 results. The race turned out nothing at all like I surmised it might below! In video below, Bernard Hinault gives a “just the facts” summary of today’s stage 6 from Gerone to Barcelona. He gives some advice to Fabian Cancellara, telling him to stay on Lance […]
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of CamelBak’s water bottles and hydration packs. The no-bite valve is okay — I’ve been using traditional water bottles for so long that biting the valve to pull it open is automatic — but I especially like that CamelBak’s bottle doesn’t give my water a plastic taste like […]