The question seems fairly rhetorical, right? We thought so too when we got a tip that someone had pitted a Yamaha YZF-R1 against a custom carbon fiber road bike, afterall there’s a 179hp power discrepancy, right? Well here’s the catch, the contest for this battle of two-wheeled brawn is took place on the downhill slope of the Alpe d’Huez, a part of the French alps that also happens to be one of the hardest climbs and descents on the Tour de France (that little bicycle race that’s going on right now).
What the bicycle gains in lower rotational mass and overall weight, it loses in  … More
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The nation’s youngest track racers were awarded Stars-and-Stripes Saturday at the Richardson Bike Mart USA Cycling Juniors Track National Championships. The 10-12 and 13-14 omniums and 17-18 scratch and keirin races highlighted the penultimate day of competition at the Superdrome in Frisco, Texas.
With national titles determined through a compilation of three events throughout the week for younger age divisions, competition wrapped up in both the 10-12 and 13-14 age groups on Saturday  … More
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Believe it or not, Alberto Contador is a lucky man.
The assertion sure sounds paradoxical after the three-time champion hit the road Wednesday during the fifth stage of the Tour de France.
But the Spaniard was fortunate enough to escape with bruises while RadioShack team leader Janez Brajkovic, one of Contador’s main rivals, had to withdraw because of fractured collarbone and a concussion … More
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Erin Laberge sees cougars on her family’s property every year, but a cougar approaching within metres of her was a little too close for comfort.
Laberge, 18, was riding her bike home from work Monday and was just minutes away from her home in the Jingle Pot Road area when she happened upon a cougar near Mountainview Elementary School, on East Wellington Road  … More
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