Posted: Mon, Jan 19th
Rock around the clockDespite earlier fears that the Rock Racing team would not meet the deadline to satisfy the requirements of its UCI Continental status, USA Cycling officials said that team has secured its license for 2009.
“It went down to the wire but Rock Racing finally fulfilled all of ...
Posted: Fri, Jan 16th
Door still open for PageDespite facing charges that he missed an in-competition doping test in November, former U.S. champion Jonathan Page could still earn a spot at cyclocross worlds.The United States is among those countries eligible to send five riders to compete in the elite men’s ...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14th
The Explainer - Why is Basso back?Dear Explainer,
Posted: Thu, Jan 8th
Mavic announces R-SYS recallMavic has issued a voluntary recall of its R-SYS front wheels, the company announced this week.
Mavic is advising consumers not to use the front wheels from any of its R-SYS wheelsets (R-SYS, R-SYS Test and R-SYS Premium) because of the possible risk of spoke failure.
The ...
Posted: Wed, Jan 7th
The Explainer - In or out?Dear Explainer,I’ve been a long-time fan of Jonathan Page.
To me, he’s a workingman’s hero, the sort of guy who approaches cycling like a lot of us approach our jobs; he just puts his head down and does what he has to do to get the job done. He works hard and ...
Posted: Wed, Dec 31st
The Explainer - Employed to ride a bike?Dear Explainer,A good friend of mine recently got a contract offer from a bike team. While I am happy for her, I was floored when I learned that she would only get about $5000 a year for her efforts. Five thousand dollars a year? How can they sign someone up for what has to ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 25th
The Explainer - Whether weather makes a differenceDear Explainer, Our morning group ride got cancelled this morning due to the blast of Arctic wind and snow that hit our part of the country this week. Fair enough. But as the guys who showed up for the ride hunkered down at our local coffee shop, the discussion turned to ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 18th
Did Sue Haywood make more money by suing USA Cycling than Kristin Armstrong did winning Olympic gold?Dear Explainer,How is it that Sue Haywood ended up making more money by missing the mountain bike race at the 2004 Olympics in Athens than it appears Kristin Armstrong has earned off of her gold medal from the time trial in Beijing this year?It seems ...
Posted: Wed, Dec 10th
The Explainer: To the courts! To the courts!Dear readers,This week’s question was originally submitted to our legal beagle Bob Mionske. He sent it on to The Explainer who, unfortunately, has been writing about doping questions longer than he would like to admit.The Explainer
Posted: Wed, Nov 26th
The Explainer: Katusha, Katyusha, Катюша?Dear Explainer,Katusha? Isn’t that the rockets that have and are killing Americans? Am I wrong? What does Katusha have to do with cycling and why does Katusha have a ProTour license?!?!Jim ...
Posted: Tue, Nov 25th
Hoy to match speed against MercedesThey are two of Great Britain’s hottest sports stars, both vying to be the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, but they specialize in vastly different disciplines.
Thirty-two-year-old Chris Hoy won three gold medals on the velodrome at this summer's Beijing Olympics and ...
Posted: Wed, Nov 19th
The Explainer: Olympic aspirations and disc brakesDear Explainer dude,I know that most of us talk as if this time of year is known as the “off-season,” but for some of us — and me in particular — this is the height of the cycling season. I love ‘cross. When I ride on the road, I’m thinking of cyclocross; when I ...
