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By: Jamie Naragon As previewed on Missing Saddle last week, the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix was held this past weekend.  The continental men’s teams brought their heavy hitters, including Rory Sutherland, Floyd Landis, Tony Cruz, Matt Willson, Freddie Rodriguez, Ivan Dominguez, the winner of the past two years, Rahsaan Bahati. The men’s race runs 80-minutes, [...]

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Besides that little ol’ race starting Saturday in France, there’s not a whole lot on the menu in terms of racing this week. Butting heads against the biggest race of the year isn’t ideal marketing strategy (though there is plenty of racing throughout July on European roads). Save for a race in Poland and the [...]

At its “Backstage” media camp in Vicenza, Italy, recently, fi’zi:k displayed its first foray out of the saddle market: an alloy seatpost with a unique clamping mechanism that’s actually easier to use. The company has been investing considerable time and money into their braided-carbon rail technology lately, and since few component manufacturers have a clamp [...]

After eleven years overseeing USA Cycling’s junior development camps you’d think Barney King would have some crazy stories; maybe a zinger about kids sneaking out of dorm windows or loosing someone on a ride. “About the only thing I can think of is a broken collarbone a few years ago.” That’s it. Really. Yet at [...]

Art Longsjo was the first American to race two Olympics in one year. When he was 25, the Fitchburg, Massachusetts, native was a speed skater at the 1956 winter games in Italy and raced his bike at that year’s summer games in Australia. Longsjo qualified for both Olympiads in an era when officials strictly enforced [...]

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The Cervélo TestTeam is seeking UCI permission to reverse the colors on its nearly all-black kit in time to use a largely white version at this year’s Tour de France. The team has proposed changing its colors so that the black and white portions of the jersey are reversed. “We made the design change because [...]

BH Bikes USA president and CEO Chris Cocalis stopped by the VeloNews office this week to show the new BH G5 frame and fork, which will be debuted at the Tour de France by Team AG2R-LaMondial this weekend. If the G5 bike is any predictor of the team’s pending performance, expect AG2R riders to be [...]