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Route Recon’ing Italy’s Coast to Vesuvio

Today I was tasked with scouting out some routes for Thursday and Friday’s rides along the coast and up to Mt Vesuvio where the Giro will be in a couple days.  Cervelo is putting me up in a cool old family owned hotel high ontop the hill in Cava de’ Tirreni – home base until [...]

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Hope Rides Again: Armstrong’s Giro Bike

Yesterday Lance Armstrong rode Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia on his new Trek Madone and Giro Ionos helmet with custom artwork design by Shepard Fairey, the artist made famous by his Obama “HOPE” poster.  Word is Giro may produce a limited edition replica helmet for the store shelves.  And you can bet proceeds will [...]

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Fly The Bike-Friendly Skies – Comparing airline bike fees

Anyone who has flown over the past year undoubtedly has noticed a trend with the airlines not only placing greater restrictions on baggage allowances but charging fees for checked bags. For those that travel with their bike no doubt are feeling an even greater pain with insane fee hikes. As a cyclist and triathlete of [...]

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The GoPro Hero Camera

Just to confuse you even more, similar to my stunt double, I do have a GoPro camera as well (thanks to the recommendation by David Bernstein of The Fredcast). I got it so I could capture some vid while racing Cape Epic in 2008. I managed a few race clips but didn’t have the nice [...]

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Wente – Not me, but my stunt double

Thanks to all the messages but it was my fellow racing namesake that captured the crash footage at the Wente Vineyards Crit last weekend. In contrast, I was still sleeping off the four parties from the night before at the time of the race! So I can’t take credit for this video. I guess you [...]

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Paris Roubaix – Flecha, Hushovd crash

In the previous post you saw our ride through this section. Here is what happened on the same pave sector on race day…

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Paris Roubaix Pave Sector 4 Ride Through

I captured video of most of the final 10 pave sectors of Paris Roubaix during the Cervelo Test Team Travel ride of the course the day before the race.  Here’s a clip of the ride through Pave Sector 4, Le Carrefour de l’Arbre.  As you will see, the Belgians fans are already setting up for [...]

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Paris Roubaix: Day 1 Ride and Prep

Here’s a little looking into what I’ve been doing with Cervelo Test Team Travel…

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