SRAM’s road PR manager Michael Zellmann said Contador asked SRAM for the longer-cage derailleur in advance of the Vuelta. ” Going back, he was originally part of the development of WiFLi years back when some of the steeper stages required much lower gears than were offered,” Zellmann said.
There now appears to be hope for the rest of us who would occasionally like to run mountain bike sized cassettes on our road bikes.
Tyler Hamilton’s new book The Secret Race doesn’t officially go on sale until tomorrow yet still the accusations keep coming. The latest to be questioned is Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank’s Bjarne Riis, according to an Andy Hood story on Velonews.com.
In his new book co-written with Daniel Coyle. . . Hamilton alleges that Riis introduced him to controversial Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who was the center of a worldwide doping ring revealed in the Operación Puerto investigation in 2006. . . Riis has refused to respond to journalists’ queries during the Vuelta a España, where team leader Alberto Contador — back from a controversial doping ban for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France, where he rode for Astana — is riding for the victory.
And yes, this is turning into a much bigger deal. Click the link for the rest.
Steven’s Pass Mountain Resort has announced that they’ve opened Washington States only lift-serviced downhill mountain bike park.
With two bike trails recently completed – an intermediate excavated trail and an advanced single track trail, this marks the start of multi-season recreation opportunities at Stevens Pass. Construction on the trails began in July of 2011 after Stevens Pass was granted approval for the Bike Park project in September of 2010. . . “We are ecstatic to have these first two trails completely built,” said Joel Martinez, Vice President of Operations for Stevens Pass. “The process took seven years for approval to build and it’s amazing to finally see and ride these trails at the mountain.”
The park is open weekends from 10 AM to 6 PM. And work is still being done on the trails. For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
According to BikeRadar.com Alberto Contador is running a SRAM Red WiFLi derailleur in the Vuelta a Espana meaning he can rock a cassette with a 32 cog out back.
