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The Salzburg 500
January 29, 2015
Shirt Of The Week: Manual For Speed X ICNY Shibori Tie-Dye SPEED Tee and Lookbook
January 28, 2015
#FirstLook: Giro Insulated Shirt
January 28, 2015
The Sufferfest's 2015 Tour of Sufferlandria
January 24, 2015
Jan
29
Been meaning to post this for more than a couple weeks now. Former #BikeDC’er John Braynard of VeloBeats fame sent me a link to he and his riding partner, Boban’s Rapha Festive 500 effort to get some exposure. After looking it over, I felt it deserved WAY more than a simple mention on Twitter. The site, the images, and the stories of each ride are absolutely incredible.
Web: Salzburg500.com
VeloBeat John’s IG: @jbraynard
Boban’s IG: @le_grimpeur
Jan
28
Note: SOLD OUT. Yeah, 24 hours later and all the $50 tees have vanished. However, that shouldn’t prevent you from perusing the visual masterpiece known as a Manual For Speed Lookbook.
The madness begins: “While your eyes can’t help but caress the digital expression of the MFS x ICNY Shibori Tie-Dye Tee that you see here, ask yourself: “Am I prepared to reconsider everything that I know about beauty? Everything I know about passion, about art?” If you are not prepared, if you prefer to live your life from here on out in a dim and unfulfilling light, then read no further, gaze no longer.”
Then this happens…
From there, your life is forever altered.
Jan
28
This has to be de jaar of the insulated shirt/jacket, hashtag #SHACKET thing. Honestly, we can go een ronde further: reversible insulated shackets. I first got my hands on Chrome’s Warm Work Shirt and now this one from Giro. At first, I honestly couldn’t see the point of these things existing. However, once I put some time in them, it was a different story.
The Giro Insulated Shirt ($180USD), as well as the rest of the New Road line, has the dystopian future cyclist steez on lock. As voor de insulation properties, I can attest to its inherent warmth after a few wearing sessions. Also, I can attest to the steez appreciation considering the compliments I’ve received will wearing it. And no, it wasn’t me complementing myself via sweet selfies.
“Some of our most satisfying creations come from building things that we all collectively want -yet can’t find easily. Our M’s Insulated Shirt is a great example that offers timeless style and comfort with a reversible, Primaloft- insulated fabric. It’s a versatile staple that keeps you warm and dry, packs down easily for storage and looks smart in any environment.”
Follow along on on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Flickr as I test the Giro Insulated Shirt.
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Jan
24
SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY! The Sufferfest’s 2015 Tour of Sufferlandria begins today, Saturday the 24th. And while destroying yourself daily until February 1st to the tune of the Sufferfest’s arsenal of pain plans is still the goal, so is raising monetary denominations voor de Davis Phinney Foundation.
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Jan
22
I’m pretty sure I have a puffy jacket addiction. I seem to have a plethora of them. Hell, I even have puffy shirts to fatten up that plethora count. And, despite said plethora, I crave moar.
FUN FACT: the puffy jacket (and it’s infinite variations) is the official outerwear of ‘Merican CX.
Ride & Destineurs, Vulpine, have fashioned themselves a puffer as well. The Ultralight Quilted Thermal Jacket ($255USD) combines warms injected puffiness with jacketness voor fietsen. I can attest to the warmth of de warms as I’ve been using it voor both riding and destinating.
“The Ultralight Quilted Thermal Jacket is a high performance cool weather solution that insulates you from the elements. We’ve built it around Primaloft Gold, a filling that is extremely light weight for the degree of insulation it offers and is very breathable. The outer layer is water resistant against snow, showers and drizzle, but if you get caught in torrential rain, it dries extremely quickly.”
Follow along on on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Flickr as I test the Vulpine Ultralight Quilted Thermal Jacket.
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Jan
14
File under: things that are awesome. I can’t come up with any better stoke than the release:
“Argonaut Cycles, Mosiac Bespoke Bicycles and Breadwinner Cycles are proud to announce The 2015 Rouge Roubaix Builder Challenge. Each builder will bring a team of 4 to race in this years Rouge Roubaix. One slot on each Builder Team is up for grabs, and we want you to come ride with us! We are looking for a motivated, experienced racer to join each team. We could not think of a better way to highlight these special bikes than putting them to the test on a 106 mile grueling gravel race. Come ride with us!
Each builder will select one applicant and build them a complete Custom Dream Bike, and fly them down to race the Rouge Roubaix which takes place on Sunday March 15th in St. Francisville Louisiana. Applicants must be over 18 years of age and live in the USA. Applicants must also hold valid USA Cycling license for the category of the Builder Team they select and be able to travel to the race. Submission Deadline is Monday Jan 19th with the winners being announced publicly on Friday Jan 23rd.
John Watson from The Radavist will be on hand documenting the teams, the bikes and the race as well as other media outlets. In addition, Chris King is sending head chef Chris Diminno along to keep racers and media well fed during the weekend.
Learn more at the Rouge Roubaix Builder Challenge webpage or select your builder below and fill out the application: Team Mosaic, Team Breadwinner, or Team Argonaut.”
Jan
12
The technical cycling clothes that don’t look like technical cycling clothes genre adds another. The Showers Pass Metro Jacket ($199USD) combines waterproof/breathable with cycling specific yet manages to leave out the dork factor.
“Designed for urban adventures, the Metro waterproof cycling jacket has cycling specific features that don’t interfere with life off the bike. High performance ArtexTM 2.5-layer material with double print is light-weight, waterproof and breathable. The Metro Jacket is ideal for longer training rides, daily commutes, and running errands around town when you want your jacket to offer high performance but not scream CYCLIST.”
Jan
10
ZOMG, SACHS SOCKS. ‘Nuff said.
However, for those who crave details, here we go: “We partnered with House Industries and the Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team to bring you this fantastic team race sock. House Industries did the design and illustration for the wrap as well as the sock — each color is directly associated to the riders bike color. The fonts used on the wrap and the foot of each sock are from their Neutraface No.2 collection.“
Team Member Socks ($20USD) include: Richard Sachs (‘natch), Dan Chabanov, Brittlee Bowman, and Dan Timmerman. The entire pack is available for $70USD.
Jan
7
Not to be confused with the Blackburn Rovers program, currently sitting mid-table in the Championship League, the 2015 Blackburn Ranger Program looks to recruit 6 nieuw ambassadors to put a hurtin’ into their products.
“Continuing in the spirit of adventure, Blackburn announces its third installation in its “Out There” adventure cycling program. Blackburn will be recruiting 6 new brand ambassadors for 2015. Nicknamed “Rangers,” these ambassadors are the ultimate testers of Blackburn products, while supporting and promoting it’s core culture. The program will continue to feature two of the most iconic cycling routes, the people who ride them and the uncommon adventures they have along the way. The Pacific Coast and the Great Divide will continue to serve as the pages that the Blackburn ambassadors, will write their journal of adventures upon.”
For more information and/or apply, check out the Blackburn Ranger page.
Jan
3
As much as it kills me to not be in Austin voor #CXNATS, I still need to be a part of it somehow. First way is promoting a ridiculously sweet shirt from a company known for its ridiculously sweet caps! Rothera is offering their official 2015 CX Nationals T-Shirt ($20USD) to eponymously commemorate the race. I’m definitely picking one of these up!
