Road, Track & Mountain Bikes

Sanchez wins Stage 9 in France

SAINT-FLOUR, FRANCE (AP)
Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez won the ninth stage of the Tour de France on a wild day of crashes, while France's Thomas Voeckler finished second to take the leader's yellow jersey from Thor Hushovd.
Among those caught in the mayhem was defending champion Alberto Contador, who overcame another crash, banging his troublesome right knee after an early spill.

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Cannondale Synapse 105 Carbon CD Road Bike 2010

Cannondale Synapse 105 Carbon CD Road Bike 2010

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2010 Trek Madone 6 Series Video Review

2010 Trek Madone 6 Series

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Lance Armstrong Training Techniques

Lance Armstrong Training
Excerpts from a series of interval training workouts produced by Pacific Sun Productions for Lance Armstrong's Coach Chris Carmichael, and Carmichael Training Systems.

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How to Maintain Your Road Bike

Maintaining your bike is critical in cycling. Learn how the pros take care of their beautiful bikes in this video.

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Bianchi 2011 Oltre Pro Team Road Bike Review

Italian bicycle manufacturer Bianchi, together with the Androni Giocattoli team, is gearing up for the road racing season for 2011 in a bid for total domination. The Androni team’s riders will be joining the competition equipped with their special 2011 Bianchi Oltre Pro, starting with the Tour de San Luis in Argentina set for January 17 to 23. The Argentinian race will also become the stage for the official debut of the Oltre model.

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New for 2011: Orbea Onix TLT and Onix T105

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Trek Madone 3.1 2011 Womens Road Bike

Female cyclists who want to get the edge on their competition and do not mind investing a little more money to get the job done will be well advised to check out the Trek Madone 3.1. This is a road bike, which is designed to appeal to enthusiasts and features carbon components and a carbon frame to make it as light and speedy as possible. It has a lot to live up to, given that it is named after a mountain, but it should meet your high expectations if you have a relatively high budget and want to get a bike which can help see you to victory.

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Wilier Izoard Centaur Review

By Jeff Jones & Cycling Plus

Virtually all of Cycling Plus magazine's 2010 Bike Of The Year testers had the Wilier Izoard Centaur in their top 10, with quite a few placing it in their top five. We were interested to see how it would perform in the longer term, so we hung onto it for further testing.
Over four months we put in several thousand miles, and we found that there's a lot to like about this nippy Italian road bike. This is one of those bikes that could equally be the perfect long-distance sportive bike or an accomplished race machine – perhaps with lighter wheels.

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2011 Specialized Tarmac Road Bike

The 2011 Specialized Tarmac SL3 is the new S-Works bike. It was engineered in collaboration with the teams Astana and Saxo Bank and it was conceived to be the ultimate racing bike. Its engineers objective was to create the lightest bike possible without sacrificing safety or performance. Using FACT (Functional Advanced Carbon Technology), S-Works was able to integrate new carbon cups into the frame substituting their alloy counterparts. The final result is a bike that is 10% lighter than its predecessor, the SL2.
The 2011 Specialized Tarmac SL3 also has a torsional stiffness gain of 18% when compared to the SL2. This is a result of several improvements, like the refined rear triangle and the advanced internal ribbing. It gives the SL3 a greater steering precision, rigidity and provides greater acceleration efficiency.
Alberto Contador in a Pre-Season interview praised the bike stiffness and its lightness. “I’ve been training with it for a long time and the feeling has been very good. I think we’ve taken a step forward,” said Alberto Contador in the end of the interview.

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