All three of cycling's major disciplines are represented at the Olympics, making the Games a unique event from a cycling point of view: the only time that elite-level competition brings together the ...

Mapei is one of the teams favoured by the patronage of Ernesto Colnago, the bike builder whose history goes back to mechanicking and building bikes for Eddy Merckx. The carbon fibre C40 is one of the ...

27-8/12 - Tour du Faso - Burkina Faso 2.5 ...

This article will describe the use of the Road Positioning Chart for competitive road bicycles. A similar article for MTB bikes is at MTB Bike Positioning. The chart is intended primarily for the ...

This article will discuss the mounting and gluing of tubular tires. The tubular tire is made from a tire casing that is then sewn around an inner tube. The stitching is covered with a strip of cloth ...

Ernesto Colnago plans to have a dedicated museum for these bikes, but if you can't make the trip to Milano to see them in the metal, here's a selection of over 30 years of ground-breaking bike ...

Italian Alessandro Ballan became the new World champion thanks to a solo attack from a select group in the closing stages of the 260.25km race. The 2007 Ronde van Vlaanderen winner jumped clear inside ...

12 years ago in Barcelona, Italian Fabio Casartelli won the last Olympic Gold Medal for amateur cyclists for Italy and today, perhaps the late gold medalist was smiling down on his countryman Paolo ...

A large French-based chain of sports stores, Décathlon isn't the sort of brand you immediately associate in the same company as Colnago and Look. But since the start of its association with the AG2r ...

The article will discuss the adjustment of the rear derailleur. Derailleur bicycles have several sprockets on the rear hub. By using different combinations, the rider will find low gears for going up ...

Start time No. Name (Country) 13:00:00 25 Tatiana Guderzo (Italy) 13:01:30 24 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukraine) 13:03:00 23 Dori Ruano Sanchon (Spain) 13:04:30 22 Trixi Worrack (Germany) 13:06:00 21 Rasa ...

Coppi, Gimondi and Pantani are all names associated with Bianchi, and in recent months, another name was added to the list: that of Jan Ullrich. With the demise of Team Coast and its metamorphisis ...