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 Plowman Craven Bike Stolen |
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  We received this and thought we would do a bit of community service - Keep an eye out! The paint job should give it up pretty fast!
Ladies & Gents, Please forgive this intrusion, but I need to ask all of you for your help.
Within
the past 2 hours, James McCallum of the Plowman Craven Racing Team, has
been unfortunate to have had his brand new team issue track bike stolen
from the back of his car at the Scottish Track Championships,
Meadowbank Velodrome, Edinburgh.
The frame as
you will see from the picture below is very distinctive, not only by
its paint job, but also in its design & shape, and is a full carbon
setup.It is (as far as I am aware) one of only 8 that are
in the UK at present, and was fitted with a deep section tri spoke
front wheel, and a disc in the back. Both wheels are by Extreme. And
the running gear was Dura ace. Click here to see the rest of the story... |
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| Planet X Stealth Carbon - Geometry Clarification |
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 Much has been made about the geometry of the Planet X Stealth Carbon Pro. Several respected builders mentioned that they thought the bottom bracket was too low for slow speeds (Sprints, Madisons, Etc...). I mentioned it in my review as well. All of this can be put to rest as we have confirmed that the bottom bracket is actually higher than we thought. At 11", it would have a 6cm drop. The Planet X actually has a 4.5 cm drop. Here are the actual CAD drawings used to build the frame for your verification purposes!
X-Small, Small, Medium, Large (tested).
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 Alpenrose Challenge off to Record Start |
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The Alpenrose Challenge set a record attendance by competitors for
this year's event. The women's field especially had a tremendous
turnout with 41 total riders showing up for the first day. There were
128 riders registered by the end of Friday which eclipsed last year's
total by 29.
The first day consisted of timed events which included pursuits of
2k, 3k and 4k in the morning. Kele Murdin (Verducci Racing) won the
women's 3k in 4:11.72. Jennifer Tripplet (Broadmark Capitol) was
second followed by Team Revolutions Kendi Thomas. Joe Field won the
master's 2k and Michael Hutchinson (Morgan Stanley) beat Tom Fahey
(Webcor/Alto Velo) by 0.17 seconds in the masters 3k pursuit.
The evening session saw Monique Sullican (PCL) lay down a 38.1 to
beat Cari Higgins (America's Dairyland) and Jennifer Featheringill
(Bike Central) in the women's 500m. The master's 500m was won by
Darrell Provencher (Team Rose City) over Steve Brown (MAC) by .06
seconds. In the master's kilo, David Klipper (Guiness Cycling) won
with a 1:13.75 over Todd Gallagher (Counterbalance) and Kent Menzel
(Scheller's Indiana Masters).
Click here to see the rest of the story... |
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 Project Tiemeyer - Part 1 - The Design |
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 What bike should you ride? That's a tough question. We go round and round on that subject in the forums on a regular basis. Some content fit is paramount, others argue frame material, geometry, color and any other number of features make all the difference in the world. One frame that always seems to be a contender in the discussion is the Tiemeyer Signature Track. It's often compared to the current generation of Carbon frames (Teschner, Dolan, Planet-X) as the price is in the same ballpark. ($1850 Custom, $1350 Stock Geometry). The key thing you see in the last sentence is the word Custom.
Having ridden the Planet-X and the Teschner Track Pro, I decide it was time to talk to Dave Tiemeyer about going head to head. He quickly jumped at the challenge! This is a the first segment of my personal experience getting a custom Tiemeyer Signature Custom frameset built! This series will detail the design phase, fabrication & delivery and finally the race worthiness of the frame! Let's get started!
This process actually began at the 2006 USCF Masters National Championships. I was announcing part time, working with the organizers, but I did have some spare time. Between sessions I sat down with Dave and he walked me through the paces of his standard fit. Dave offers many levels of fit, up to and including power based fitting. Sitting outside the wall in Colorado Springs, we stuck primarily to measurements, photos and other pertinent discussion. The thing that impressed me the most was not the PositionCycle, the bells, whistles or any other thing. It was Dave's incredible knowledge of bicycle geometry.
Click here to see the rest of the story... |
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 Bob Pfarr Classic, July 22nd |
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 The "granddaddy" of them all in Midwest Track Racing, the Bob Pfarr Classic will take place on July 22nd, featuring the leg-breaking 150 Lap Bob Pfarr Classic Points Race.
Bob Pfarr Classic Flyer
Read more about Bob Pfarr the rider in the extended article, and come support the racing at the oldest operating velodrome in the United States!
Click here to see the rest of the story... |
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| FSA Grand Prix adds Omnium Prize - Cash Purse tops $15,000 |
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 (Redmond, WA) With 10 days to go before the 2008 edition of the FSA Grand Prix, race hosts Marymoor Velodrome Association and ByrneInvent Cycling Club are pleased to announce that in addition to the cash purse now topping $15,000, our title sponsor -- FSA -- has once again demonstrated its generous support to this tremendous event by offering up $1000 gift certificates for FSA products to be awarded to the top omnium rider in each of the three main categories -- Elite Men, Elite Women and Masters. Omnium points will be awarded for the Match Sprint, Keirin, Scratch, Miss and Out, Points and Madison races for each group.
The 2008 FSA Grand Prix will run Friday-Saturday, July 25-26, 2008 at the Group Health Velodrome in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. More details can be found at www.fsagrandprix.com
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| Phinney Wins World Championship, Hayduk Takes Bronze |
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 Cape Town, South Africa. (July 12, 2008)-Just a month before he
represents the United States in the 2008 Olympic Games, 18-year-old
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) earned a junior world championship in
the 3,000-meter individual pursuit on Saturday as part of his final
preparation for the Games. Meanwhile, joining Phinney on the medal
stand was American Colleen Hayduk (Kutztown, Pa.), who earned a bronze
medal in the scratch race.
Phinney, in South Africa as part of the U.S. National Team for the 2008
UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships, clocked a winning time
of 3 minutes, 23.759 seconds in the gold medal final to beat Australian
Dennis Rohan and secure his first world title in the event.
The current junior world record holder in the event, Phinney earned the
number-one seed earlier in the day with a mark of 3:20.264 in the
qualifying round to set up a head-to-head ride against Rohan for the
rainbow jersey. In the finals, Phinney finished nearly four seconds
ahead of Rohan to earn his second career junior world championship.
He's also the defending champion in the time trial event on the road -
a title he'll defend on Friday.Click here to see the rest of the story... |
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| The Vandedrome - It's BACK! |
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 Saturday, July 5, 2008, Major League Cycling, Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania (www.majorleaguecycling.com) is pleased to announce plans for restoration of the Vandedrome , a portable cycling track recently acquired from the Northampton Cycling Club, Northampton, MA.
The wood and steel track is 154-167 meters long with 54 degree banked turns and was created in 1994 by John Vande Velde, a 1968 and 1972 U. S. Olympic cycling team member and former world-class cyclist. It s home base was originally in Joliet, Illinois and it was first used for racing in Del Mar, California in February 1995. In June 1996 the Vandedrome was put up in Chicago and used for the “Taste of Chicago” track races. And in 1997 it was moved to the east coast and assembled in Glen Spey, NY at the Mike Fraysse Sports Resort and Training Center for introductory leagues and junior racing. In the s pring of 1998 the track was used for six weeks of training and racing at Clark’s Woods in Somerville, NJ prior to moving across the river to Staten Island, NY for the 1998 Goodwill Games at Wagner College. Click here to see the rest of the story... |
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When we last left you, the plans had been drawn up and Dave was headed into his Estes Park workshop to put together Tiemeyer number 841. We had been through an intensive discussion on design and now all I had left to do was pick the color. Dave on the other hand had quite a bit of work in front of him. Never doubt the work ethic of this guy! I was told it was probably going to be late this week but on Monday afternoon, I received photos of the frame! On the left we have the frame in the "Tack Fixture". (You can view all of these photos in great detail in the related album: 
What can I say about the Planet X Stealth Carbon Track that hasn't been discussed on the forums or documented in the 
