Bodogh at Liberty Bicycles

Here's a video of Trevor Bodogh (Reversed Gravity) at Liberty Bicycles' party.

LIBERTY BICYCLES
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ST. CATHARINES,  ON
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Trevor wears Giro MTB helmet.

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Andréanne Pichette- 2012 Opus Spark

Opus Team rider Andréanne Pichette talks about cyclocross racing on her 2012 Opus Spark.

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Blackburn to Give Away Hundreds of Lights to London Commuters!

A number of Blackburn representatives will be stationed at the junction of Queen Street and Cannon Street in the City, from 5:30 PM on Monday 31st of October and will be giving out pairs of Blackburn “Click” safety lights.

Cycling has seen a massive resurgence in recent times, from the stunning increases in membership of British Cycling and the huge demand for events such as the Sky Ride, cycling has never been so popular .

This popularity has only been fuelled by the domination of British riders both on the track and on the road, with the likes of newly crowned World Champion, Mark Cavendish, captivating the nation in the run up to the London 2012 games.

This surge in popularity can be seen in towns and cities across the UK, as more and more commuters shunning their cars and crowded train journeys for the freedom and ease of a daily cycle. The popularity of the fixed scene has further cemented this resurgence in cycling, with young Londoners riding their single speed machines to work, the pub and everywhere in-between.

When the clocks go back on Sunday 30th October all those who commute on their bikes will be praising the lighter mornings, however, it’s the darker evenings that can often catch out many commuters, particularly within the first few days, when many will be leaving their place of work in the dark.

Making sure you can be seen is one of the most fundamental and important parts of cycle safety, so with this in mind Blackburn are hitting the streets of London on Monday 31st of October, arming cyclists with a free set of Blackburn “Click” lights with an SRP £19.99! Cycling is a great pastime, so Blackburn will be making sure that everyone can safely continue their love of riding all year round!

Blackburn will be giving away thousands of pounds worth of lights during this event, something that John Kitchiner, Editor of London Cyclist, has high praise for: "A set of lights is an absolute essential for every commuter or urban rider, so it's great to see Blackburn taking the initiative and distributing their products for free on the city's streets"

Numbers are limited, so be sure to get there early to get your share of thousands of pounds worth of lights!

For more information please contact:
 

Stuart Clapp - Press Officer
stuart.clapp@madison.co.uk
T :  0208 385 3362




About Blackburn

In 1975 Jim Blackburn founded Blackburn Design with two principles: make reliable, superior products; and stand behind them with a Lifetime Warranty. Years later Blackburn is still dedicated to making high quality accessories designed for the rigours of real world cycling, and is backed by the best warranty in the business.

No fads, no gimmicks, just smart durable accessories that won't let you down when you need them most.

The secret to Blackburn equipment’s sensible design, premium construction, and incredible durability are the people who ride it every day, on road and off; in races, training, triathlons, tours, and daily commutes.

Every Blackburn product has hundreds of test miles on it by people who demand the same kind of performance from their equipment as you do. Cyclists all over the world know if they want equipment that will survive the worst kind of punishment, the first choice is Blackburn.

About the Blackburn Click

The “Click” is a simple safety light, with both front and rear running on 2 super-bright LEDs with some 15 lumens of output, making your presence notable to other road users. The simple silicon straps means that the “Click” can be mounted to any handlebar or seatpost, without the need for tools, making it ideal for urban commuters looking to add a simple and functional level of lighting to their bike.

About Madison

Madison has come a long way since 1977, from its modest beginnings as a small suburban bicycle shop in North West London, to what we now proudly boast as being the UK’s leading distributor of bicycle parts and accessories, as well as the UK’s fastest growing motocross and freesports equipment supplier

Le Beau, triple champion du monde !

Stéphane Le Beau, chef de marque chez Opus, sur vélo Opus One, a remporté de manière convaincante un troisième titre de champion du monde aux UCI Track World Masters Championships qui se tiennent présentement à Londres en Angleterre. À ses victoires à la poursuite individuelle et à la course aux points, il en a ajouté une de plus à la course Scratch hier, catégorie 50-54 ans.

Stéphane ramène ainsi avec lui, trois maillots arc-en-ciel pour une deuxième année.

Félicitations Stéphane !

TEAM SPIDERTECH ENDS CYCLING SEASON WITH A BANG

Team SpiderTech concluded their 2011 campaign with a bang at the Grand Prix Univest (PA) with Ryan Roth of Cambridge. Winning the 160-kilometre race in a three-men sprint finish to the line. In addition of the victory, teammate Francois Parisien won the King of the Mountain jersey, as well as the most aggressive rider.

BMC Team - Signing session at Expocycle

BMC tiendra une séance d'autographes à Expocycle avec six coureurs de l'Équipe BMC Racing dont plusieurs ont contribué à la victoire de Cadel Evans lors du dernier Tour de France.

La séance aura lieu lundi 12 septembre entre 11h00 et 12h00 au kiosque no. 513.

Les coureurs présents seront les suivants : 

- Alessandro Ballan : champion du monde sur route 2008,

                                     second du Montepaschi Strade Bianche et

                                     4e de Milan-San Remo.

- George Hincapie : vainqueur de la 2e étape du USA Pro Cycling Challenge,
                                  trois fois champion américain sur route et
                                  à égalité pour le record de 16 participations au Tour de France.

- Amaël Moinard : vainqueur de la dernière étape de l'édition 2010 de Paris-Nice,
                               ainsi que du classement du Meilleur Grimpeur.

- Tim Roe : second de l'Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt 2010 et
                    vainqueur du Tour of Malaysia 2009.

- Danilo Wyss : vainqueur de la première étape du Tour of Beauce 2009 et
                           trois résultats top 10 lors des 4 premières étapes de Paris-Nice 2010.

- Yannick Eijssen : Premier belge à remporter la Ronde de l’Isard d’Ariege U23 (2010)
                                 et second des championnats nationaux sur route moins de 23 ans

Pour plus de détails sur l'équipe BMC, visitez www.bmc-racing.com
Pour plus de détails sur BMC, visitez www.bmc-racing.com
Pour plus de détails sur Expocycle, visitez www.expocycle.ca

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BMC will hold an autograph signing session at Expocycle with six riders from the BMC Racing Team, including several who helped Cadel Evans win this year's Tour de France.

The signing session takes place Monday, Sept. 12 at 11 to 12 a.m. at Booth No. 513.

On hand for the BMC Racing Team will be:

- Alessandro Ballan: 2008 world road champion,

                                    runner-up at Montepaschi Strade Bianche and

                                    fourth at Milan-San Remo.

- George Hincapie: winner of Stage 2 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge,

                                 three-time U.S. national road champion and

                                 participant in a record-tying 16 Tours de France.

- Amaël Moinard: winner of the final stage of the 2010 edition of Paris-Nice,

                              as well as the King of the Mountains classification.

- Tim Roe: runner-up at 2010 Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt an

                  2009 Tour of Malaysia winer.

- Danilo Wyss: 2009 Tour of Beauce Stage 1 winner and

                          three top 10 finishes in the first four stages of 2010 Paris-Nice.

- Yannick Eijssen: First Belgian to win Under 23 Ronde de l’Isard d’Ariege (2010) and 

                                runner-up at the Under 23 national road championships.

For more information about the BMC Racing Team, visit www.bmcracingteam.com
For additional information about BMC, go to www.bmc-racing.com
For more information about Expocycle, visit www.expocycle.ca

Team SpiderTech - Insider News from Steve

Racing Resumes!

The Tour of Utah begins tomorrow.  Billed as‘America’s Toughest Stage Race’, it covers 658 km with nearly 9100 metres of climbing over 6 days of racing.  The team brings many cards to play, including climbers Pat McCarty and Lucas Euser, and experienced all-rounders Bruno Langlois and Francois Parisien.  Watch for altitude-ready Flavio De Luna to be a young rider contender. Andrew Randell, Simon Lambert-Lemay and Ryan Roth round out the roster.  Live web casting will be available via the official event web site.                  

Last weekend, the Sparkassen Giro marked Guillaume Boivin’s return to racing. Although not the best day for the Spiders, with crashes taking their toll, the guys rode well against a ProTour-laden field.

Recently Team SpiderTech Takes in the Tour

The big event for Steve Bauer Bike Tours each year is the Tour de France, and this year Team SpiderTech p/b C10 riders Mark Batty and Charly Vives went along to help out and taste the atmosphere of the world’s biggest bike race.  Mark describes the unbelievable energy, while Charly shares his thoughts on Steve Bauer passing the torch to another Canadian rider in the not-too-distant future. 

More news 

While one squad is at the Tour of Utah, another squad contends Tour de l'Ain, in the Rhône-Alpes area of France.  Watch for Svein in the 3.7 km prologue in Bourg-en-Bresse, the town famous for Poulet de Bresse poultry.  The last stage concludes with a decisive climb of the 1,534 metre Grand Colombier, climbs in France.

On the team website, ‘Our Favourite Rides’ features continue to be a hit with fans, where our riders share training routes, maps and even their favourite bakeries along the way.  During the racing break in July, our follower counts on Twitter and Facebook continued to grow, demonstrating we are retaining loyalty and interest.

SpiderTech junior riders recorded some impressive results, with a strong showing at Tour de l'Abitibi, and three riders selected to represent Canada at the world championships in Denmark.  Alex Cataford, Emile Jean and Alizée Brien of the Montreal-based SpiderTech p/b Powerwatts junior team will contend both road races and time trials beginning Sep 19 in Copenhagen.            

Until next week. Thanks for your continued support,               

Steve Bauer

Team Director          



Upcoming Events                                           

8/9-14

Tour of Utah, USA                                        

8/9-13                                                    

Tour de l'Ain, France                                    

8/16-19

Tour de Limousin, France                                 

8/22-28

USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Colorado, USA

Team SpiderTechpowered by C10 is supported by Giro and Finish Line.

Festival d'art urbain de Repentigny

I have been filming a bunch for a video I'm going to release in the fall, and collecting the scraps to make another web video.

But the other weekend I was in Montreal at the RISE HQ, I did a comp in a small town just out side Montreal and I took frist place. I was super excited because it wasn't really a MTB comp it was more BMX.

Here's a video of the comp if you want to check it out!


Festival d'Art Urbain de Repentigny from Woach on Vimeo.



Matt's a Fox and Geax sponsored rider.

White Lightning go social media

You can now follow White Lightning on Facebook and Twitter!

www.facebook.com/WhiteLightningLube
www.twitter.com/Committed2Clean

MacDuff new video

I had a big jam at my house and had about 40 of my closest friends over to ride my jumps. I had some live bands over and stuff. It was perty crazy! I gave away a bunch of prizes and stuff too!

And other then that I have been hanging out with kids at joyride, and riden as much as possible, and I getting some things lined up, like on the 15th I'm going to be in Manitoba for a week or so, and it looks like Sept 9th I'm going to be in a music video for a new progressive rock band called Syrix, that should be super cool, and in between that hopefully I can get some more stuff on the web.

Oh and a new Promo Vid just came out!!

Check it out!

Matt's a Fox and Geax sponsored rider.

Easton Havoc components review

" This year Easton introduced Haven bars, stems, and seat posts to go along with the high power wheels intro’d last year. Not only does this allow riders to put together a cohesive look for custom builds but the company is also building on the high quality finishes and materials (uni-directional carbon and Easton aluminum) found on the wheelsets. The upshot: matched graphics and anodizing plus even more ultra-precise machine work. "

" On the trails I really enjoy the feel of carbon. As stiff as it can be, a properly designed fiber-oriented bar really takes the sting out of the hits and these Haven components are no exception. ... ... When conditions get rough I have ample control over the front wheel without going over. "

" I really love the fact that even on those long rides my hands don’t get fatigued thanks to the combination of the natural vibration dampening of the bar and optimal bend. Over the duration of the test the bars, stem, and seat post never came out of adjustment or slipped in any way. Even with rocks and debis flying about, the finish never got damaged despite an over the bar experience (or two).  I did a bar tap or two on some saplings on a tight trail but nothing that caused too much alarm. The wider bars are definitely a good choice for an amazing amount of steering control. "

To read the full review:

singletracks.com

Ian Killick

 June was another busy month for me. John Gibson came out to Kamloops for the third time this year and we had another very successful photoshoot, turning out shots that Bike Magazine has claimed the rights to. So I'm hoping to see a few of those shots in print soon. 

© Matt Miles

This week I am coaching the freeride camp at Sun Peaks along with Agassiz, Hunter, Sherrard and a few others. I wasn't quite sure what to expect coming into it but it has actually been a lot of fun so far.

Apart from shooting, and coaching camps I have also been working on dialling in some tricks for Crankworx Colorado which is coming up pretty soon. We have had a few fresh new trick jumps built in the bike ranch so practicing tricks has been a lot easier than usual. It's about to get even easier because the bike ranch is getting a foam pit!! The pit is taking shape already and should be rideable in less than a week! I've also continued filming with Matt Miles (Silvia Films) for their full length movie.

© Matt Miles

Apart from shooting video we've gotten a few good stills. That prettymuch sums up the last month of my life, I look forward to hearing back from you.


Ian Killick is a Giro sponsored athlete. MTB helmet and gloves.

Danice news

It's been a bit of a slow start to the summer weather wise but my M9 has been hot all season!  I can't believe how amazing it feels on every single course that I've ridden so far.  My most recent race was Canada Cup #2 in Bromont, a very fun course that I've done a couple times before.  I spent a fair amount of time reflecting on the weekend afterwards and put those thoughts into my Canadian DH Girls blog which you can read here.

This is my "I crashed a lot" look!

I'm just home again from a trip back out east, this time to Toronto.  After coming home from Bromont I found out I'd made the cut from an audition I'd done a week prior so spent a week in Toronto doing some filming for a commercial.  Thankfully I got to ride my bike for it, so although the trails there were not quite like the ones at home it was still fun to be out there riding my bike! The commercial isn't due to come out till October but I'll be sure to let you know when it does!

Now that I'm home I'm getting ready for a 2 week trip to Panorama for Nationals and the final Canada Cup race.

Thanks for all your support so far this season!  My new helmet is great, and my gloves, stem and bars have been holding out perfectly!


Danice

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Profile Design Canta SS drop bar

" Profile’s Canta SS Drop Bar makes the reach to the levers easy even for those of us with relatively small hands. The decreased reach comes as a result of the tight radius of the drop; reach measures 70mm while the drop measures 125mm. The all carbon-fiber bar weighs a scant 192 grams (12g lighter than advertised); not many bars break the 200g barrier. "

" The Canta SS features a flattened area on the front of the bar tops to help hide the cable routing, keeping the overall bar diameter (once wrapped with tape) to a minimum. Again, for people with smaller hands, this is ideal. "

" Carbon isn’t cheap though. The Canta SS carries a suggested retail of $340, but unless you’re prone to crashing, it’ll be money well spent. "

To read the full review:

mapmyride.com

Beaumont - championnats canadiens U23

Bonjour à vous tous,

C'est à Canmore en Alberta que se tenait le championnat canadien pour une seconde année d'affilée. La pression se faisait sentir pour cette course, car lors des deux coupes du monde, j’ai terminé au deuxième rang chez les canadiennes. Je devais donc prouver que cette place me revenait. De plus, je ne cesse de m’améliorer au fil des courses et de me rapprocher de celle qui mène chez les moins de 23 ans à présent au Canada, en l’occurrence Mikaela Kofman. J’étais en confiance pour cette course même si la concurrence était forte. Je croyais en mes possibilités de partir avec le titre de vice-championne et peut-être même d’être compétitive pour le titre de championne canadienne. 

Lorsque le départ s’est donné, j’ai pris le « lead » pour imposer une vitesse de course très rapide pendant un tour complet et ainsi me permettre de batailler seulement avec la prétendante au titre sans avoir à m’inquiéter des autres concurrentes. Cette stratégie fût la bonne, car j’ai pu faire un excellent premier tour avec Mikaela Kofman pour ensuite me faire distancer par celle-ci. Il me restait donc à garder la même cadence pour limiter l’écart me séparant d’elle. Je suis alors montée sur la deuxième marche du podium avec 1min26s de retard sur la championne canadienne, ce qui est une nette amélioration comparativement à l’an dernier. Comme j'ai atteind mon objectif, je suis très satisfaite. De plus, cette performance vient me donner un léger coup de pouce quant aux sélections pour l'équipe qui représentera le Canada aux Championnats du monde.

Vous pouvez maintenant me suivre sur son blogue personnel :
www.reb-beaumont.blogspot.com

Rébecca Beaumont

http://clubcyclonedalma.wordpress.com/

Rébecca Beaumont est commandité par les casques Giro.

Dave Norona at BC Bike Race 2011

Nice video footage from Dave Norona at the 2011 BC Bike Race. You should get a feeling watching it!!!

Enjoy!

BC Bike Race - I Got A Feeling! from BC Bike Race on Vimeo.

You can see more of his adventures at www.noronalife.com

twitter.com/davenorona

facebook.com/NoronaLife

Dave Norona uses Giro Winter helmet.

Profile Design will attend Eurobike

Profile Design will attend Eurobike from Tuesday August 30th (Demo Day) to Saturday September 3rd.

For the first time ever Profile Design will have a booth at Eurobike’s Demo Day. We have agreements with many of our OEM partners, like SCOTT, CANYON, QUINTANA ROO, LITESPEED, KUOTA, to name a few, to have these bikes built up with Profile Design kits, including wheels, cock pits, hydration, etc… All of these bikes will be available for test rides throughout demo day! Please inform your sales reps, and dealers, who will attend Eurobike to stop by the Profile Design booth at demo day for a test ride!

We will exhibit our products during the Eurobike Show within the booth spaces of our German distributor, GROFA; the exact location is Hall B2, booth #401. Please follow this link to review the layout of Hall B2:
http://ww.eurobike-show.com/eb-wAssets/pdf/de/EUROBIKE-2010-GUIDE-B2.pdfw

We will look forward to seeing everyone for what plans to be an outstanding trade show for Profile Design!!

Finish Line - Perfect Lube Chart

How do I choose the right lube?

This is one of the most commonly asked questions we at Finish Line have received over the years.  In response, we have created a new chart that addresses this question.

Skiing Camp B 2011

The Camp of Champions in Whistler, BC, home of the largest private summer terrain park on earth. Top pro riders call it one of the top three parks in the world… Winter or Summer! Get coached by some of the biggest names in Skiing in a fun, relaxed atmosphere that provides a season worth of progression in just one week. To learn more, hit up campofchampions.com 

You’ll have the best week of your life.

The Camp of Champions- "Skiing Camp B 2011" from Camp of Champions on Vimeo.

 

Mack's a Giro sponsored athlete.

A Crossmax for every ride

Passion, speed, grace, and skill are part of every ride, no matter which trail you choose. Julien Absalon, Anne-Caroline Chausson and Jérôme Clementz each choose their own trails, but they all ride a Mavic Crossmax SLR, ST, or SX wheelset to suit their style.

White Lightning Clean Ride review

Looking for a great lubricant, read the following review about White Lightning Clean Ride lube on Adelaine Cyclist.

www.adelaidecyclists.com