Archive for February, 2008

Happy Valentines

Here’s some love for the lonely hearts out there.

Debuted by startup builders Signal Cycles at this year’s North American Handmade Bicycle Show, this is a custom steel rig, and the first cross bike (of hopefully many) to come out of Signal’s shop. Sporting one of the freshest paint jobs I’ve ever seen on a cross bike, this is the bike that stood out for me most at the NAHMBS. It’s got that special mix of speed and style that just screams “race the hell out of me, and then keep me in your bedroom”.

Take special note of the extremely rare 46 tooth Dura Ace chainring up front.

Read more about the bike on Signal’s site, or over at bikeportland.org.

So there ya go. Lust away. Happy V-Day.

Be water, my friend

It may not be obvious at first, but Bruce is talking about cyclocross racing.

It’s never the off season

The power goes out.

It snows.

We battle.

We win.

We hula hoop some fresh carbon tubular rims.

Seriously, anyone?

Superprestige FINALS #6 Hoogstraten- C1
Hoogstraten, Belgium, February 3, 2008

1 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras
2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team
3 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb-Pro Job
4 Radomír Simunek (Cze) Palmans-Cras
5 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank
6 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team

Still paying attention?

Maldegem, Belgium, January 30, 2008

1 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras 59.29
2 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 0.18
3 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.59

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Lille, Belgium, February 2, 2008

1 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras 56.34
2 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.31
3 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 0.32

“Those youngsters in front, they just have what it takes, and clearly they didn’t wait for us.”