[The prize-winning flight,] which lasted 64 seconds and reached a maximum altitude of 3.3 meters… came at the very end of five days of test flights [at an indoor soccer stadium near Toronto], after which the space would no longer be available.
And it only cost $170,000 (or something like that). Looks like there are some issues still to work out.
The Mammoth Mountain Mountain Bike Park got a few new things going this weekend. First, on Friday, June 21, 2013 they opened Pipeline (yeah, that’s it in this video). They also opened the Gondola for the summer MTB shred season. Guess it’s time to get on it.
It’s really quite simple as evidenced by this clip from stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse. You just do like Peter Sagan does and cross the finish line first. Easy, right?
Radio Shack-Leopard announced today (Friday, June 7, 2013) that due to surgery for a IT band issue Chris Horner will not be riding the Tour de France next month, according to a story on VeloNews.
The team said that Horner will not be able to take the start in Corsica on June 29, as he recovers from his knee operation from two weeks ago. Horner has suffered from iliotibial (IT) band friction syndrome since the end of Tirreno-Adriatico. . . Horner has completed the Tour five times, and withdrawn once, in 2011, after a hard crash and a concussion. His best finish of ninth place came in 2010 and the American, popular for his affable nature and spot-on summation of racing tactics, finished 13th last year.
Hopefully, this means he’ll be coming on a few more of our group rides. But really, by the time Tour starts, who will be left?
For a more complete interview with Horner regarding his injury, click here for the VeloNation story.
The art in this video comes from Bicycle, a book published by Nobrow Press. The art is nearly 20 feet wide and it’s all about bicycles in London.
Inspired by the 2012 London Olympic Games, young artist Ugo Gattoni intricately illustrates a cycle race through the streets of London. From elite athletes to cycle couriers, commuters, bankers, delivery boys, mums with kids, youths on stolen mountain bikes to fashionistas and hipsters on fixed gear bikes – pretty soon you will realize this is no ordinary road race!
After working with Nike on the Nike+ GPS watch TomTom’s recent announcement that they were launching a sports watch of their own should not have been that big a surprise. What was surprising is how good the watches look.
The TomTom Sport watch comes in two different configurations: The Runner and The Multi-Sport. Both styles feature well-designed, yet slightly different, modular straps and are operated with a “one button control.” That button, located just below the watch face, makes it possible to scroll through menus up and down as well as left and right making it easy to get to the data while eliminating the button clutter that plagues other watches in the category. [click to continue…]
Team Sky Pro Cycling announced today that 2012 Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins will not be able to defend his title in the 2013 running of the historic race through Europe due to a nagging knee injury.
Team Principal Sir Dave Brailsford confirmed on Friday: “With illness, injury and treatment Brad has gone past the point where he can be ready for the Tour de France. It’s a big loss but, given these circumstances, we won’t consider him for selection. . . “He hasn’t been able to train hard since the Giro and now he needs further rest. Whilst we all know these things happen in sport, it doesn’t take away from the fact that this is a huge disappointment for everyone in the team – and above all for Brad.
Does this mean that professional level bicycle racing is actually detrimental to overall health and fitness? Shock and horror. Guess it’s all up to Chris Froome, now.
The grand daddy of MTB mountains, Mammoth, will open at least 12 trails including Downtown, UpTown, Big Ring, Paper Route, Juniper, Timber Ridge, Shotgun, Lower Pipeline, Lower Bullet Lakes Trail and Pioneer Practice Loop, on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Yes, that’s this Saturday.
As a plus, the mountain is still open for snowboarding (and skiing) so it’s kind of a two-for-one kind of weekend this Memorial day. Stay and bike packages start at just $69 a person. Click the link for more info.
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