The Optibike OB1 electric bike gets an equivalent of 2,287 MPG.* Could bikes like these be the future of transportation?
Ever wonder what happens when you cross the finest mountain bike components money can buy, an 850w brushless DC motor and a 20ah lithium-ion battery with motocross styling and sensibilities? You get the Optibike OB1, an electric bike that can get up to 45 miles on a nine-cent charge, and what is arguably the finest electric bicycle in the world…Â Details & Pictures
Cycling’s governing body has stepped up its campaign to ban riders from using two-way radios to communicate with team managers.
The International Cycling Union says Thursday that radio communication on the road “distorts the nature of cycle sport.â€
Its management committee agreed at a meeting Wednesday to …Â Details
USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup finals in Frejus, France, Oct 9-10. The Frejus Supercross is the final of four UCI BMX Supercross events in 2009 and will also serve as the 3rd of 18 races that factor into the 2010 USA Cycling BMX Rankings. The last race that factors into the Power Rankings will be the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on July 31, 2010.
Four men – Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif.), David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev.), and Corban Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz.), – received nominations to the funded team. Long and Herman were automatically selected as the top two U23 riders in the current 2009 UCI Supercross World Cup Rankings. Fields was selected to the funded team after his podium performance from the Chula Vista Supercross. Sharrah received coaches’ selection.
The women’s squad will include Arielle Martin (Spanaway, Wash.), Alise Post (San Diego, Calif.), Amanda Geving (Largo, Florida), and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif.). Martin and Post were automatically selected as the top two women in the UCI Supercross World Cup Rankings. Martin currently sits fifth while Post is in seventh overall. Geving and Crain received coaches’ selections after qualifying for the finals in Chula Vista… Details
On Thursday evening, September 17th, 2009, Jeremy McGrath was inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame at the San Diego Hall of Champions located in San Diego ’s Balboa Park. With close to 300 guests gathering for the Induction Dinner and Award Ceremony, McGrath had this to say about his newly bestowed honor, “I am just so happy to be part of this wonderful event and honored that the ABA has presented ME with this Lifetime Achievement Award, I’m really kinda surprised by it all, but pleasantly surprised of course!â€
McGrath, along with six other honorees, represent BMX racing and Freestyle BMX from the 1970’s and 1980’s and one industry contributor. The inductees are Danny Oakley (1960’s and 1970’s pioneer); Jeremy McGrath (past BMXer lifetime achievement award); D.D. Leone (1980’s Professional Racer); Troy Lee (BMX Industry contributor, Troy Lee Designs); R.L. Osborn and Mike Buff (legendary BMX Action Trick Team); and Eddie Fiola (freestyle Pioneer)… Details