Stage two of the Amgen Tour of California fell in our literal backyard, taking place in the Angeles National Forest and finishing in Santa Clarita. The Peloton battled Highway 2, Big T and every incline of the day with prowess and panache. Unfortunately, our party didn’t make this highlight feed, but don’t worry, coverage from that is on the way tomorrow!
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Los Angeles Always Parties!
… when the Amgen Tour of California comes through town. Thanks to everyone that came out to the GSC / TDT / RAD ride up the 2 this morning and thanks to Amgen for bringing this race through some of the most scenic roads in California! Expect a full write-up soon!
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The Colour of Spring
… the Spring Classics!
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Milliman Does Laurens ten Dam in Santa Cruz
Milliman brings another clip from the world of professional cyclocross racing with Laurens ten Dam riding in Santa Cruz, California. Watch out for the poison oak! I’m covered in that shit still…
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Wiggo’s Got Style
Everyone has a favorite, memorable shirt. Here’s Bradley Wiggins discussing his. What’s yours?
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If Any Race Deserves a Teaser
… it’s Roubaix!
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Recreating Lance
This one’s an interesting look at behind the scenes of the Program, where Ben Foster plays Lance during the height of the doping scandal.
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SVENNUTS
What on Earth is going on here and why hasn’t CX Hairs told us about this already?
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Cavendish Versus a Rubik’s Cube
Can Mark take on a Rubik’s Cube, solving the puzzle completely in under 2 minutes? Watch and find out.
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That’s a Rad Looking eBike!
How come they all can’t look like that? That’s a serious question. In my opinion, if ebikes looked like normal bikes, maybe they’d be accepted more? Or maybe people would use them sparingly? I am in no way endorsing ebikes. Personally, I don’t care for them, but all this “mechanical doping” discussion surrounding Femke Driessche had me thinking…
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The Pro’s Life
Here’s an oldie but a goodie from the Milliman archives, featuring Laurens ten Dam.
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World Cup Women at Hoogerheide
Earlier today we saw the pro men’s highlights from Hoogerheide, now it’s time for the women to take center stage!
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Hoogerheide Highlights
While we wait for CX Hairs to hopefully pull a video together from the World Cup in Hoogerheide, let’s watch UCI’s highlights reel.
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Young Gun
In the latest from Milliman for Giant Bicycles, LVDH takes aim at the CX worlds…
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Where are Cycling’s Legends?
That’d be a lonnnng movie, so instead here’s a video focusing on just five of them!
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Merckx Mondays
La Course en Tete is now on Youtube in its entirety. I highly suggest you watch this one if you haven’t. Happy Merckx Mondays!
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Peter Sagan Sings Grease
The World Champ, sprint-winnin’, wheelie master Sagan can do just about anything, can’t he?
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Ted King’s Cannondale SuperSix Six Six SRAM Mountain Magic Shifting Road Bike
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. The Angeles National Forest is a magical place, where ex-pro road cyclists learn to summon their inner powers of levitation by smoking pipes filled with sun scorched Poodle Dog Bush while drinking fermented Untapped Maple Syrup packs. Or something…
Ted King is technically still a pro, until January 1st but yesterday the two of us took off on a ride into the ANF. The last time Ted got to experience Highway 2 was in a peloton during the Amgen Tour of California, which as Ted so gracefully put it, was very, very painful. Luckily pain wasn’t on our agenda yesterday. Instead, we took a super casual pedal up to Mount Wilson and back down to Mount Disappointment.
NorthEast coasters should know better than to not bring gloves on a ride in the mountains, yet the sunny and warm temps on the streets of Echo Park fooled Ted into thinking it’d be warm, even around 6,000′ elevation. Bottom line, Ted was cold. I was cold. We were kinda cold.
While we took a break to bask at a warm and sunny switchback, I took the time to check out Ted’s new, yet temporary bike: the Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod fit with Zipp 404s and SRAM’s new mountain magic eTap shifting system. Now, I didn’t see cables anywhere on those derailleurs, so I can only assume it’s more Poodle Dog Bush magic that makes it shift. Crazy huh? This bike just looks fast, sitting still. Yet, I know what you’re thinking: SLAM THAT STEM. Well, ya know what? When ex-pros leave the peloton, spacers magically appear under their stems, which also shrink in length, sometimes up to 3cm. I too was amazed at the transformation this bicycle seemed to go through. It’s like, life for Ted was about to get more fun.
There’s more to come here at some point, but for now enjoy some sleek, lightweight road bike photos with an epic backdrop straight out of a Lovecraft novella…
