Cannondale 2010 – The “Flash”

5 Jul

A new hardtail from Cannondale. The aim was to product the lightest, but stiffest hardtail frame. The Flash is the first carbon frame to receive a stiffness to weight ration of over 100 (102 to be exact…). While winning the feather-weight title at 950 grams. And there is no rider weight limit. The Cannondale designers […]

SRAM XX – Revealed

3 Jul

Another mighty WIN – here’s a quick’n’dirty weight comparison of XX and XTR, as close to like-for-like as we can manage: SRAM XX Shimano XTR Shifters 183g 255g Cranks/BB 754g1 770g Cassette 185g 224g Brakes 576g 762g Rear mech 181g 182g Front mech 118g 129g Chain 260g 304g Total 2,257g 2,626 (+16%) 1 Weight for […]

Cannondale 2010 – The preview

30 Jun

Cannondale presented in Utah the new bikes for 2010. As you can see in the photos the bikes are looking awesome The frameset as far as I know will remain almost the same as this year, but with other colors and the Team Replica bike will get some new parts: Sram XX, except the Cannondale […]

Medias Marathon

24 Jun

Hello, I am coming back later again after the race but I had my own reasons. For me this was my 4th time racing here. I know pretty well the course so I though that it will be easier, but wasn’t like that. We got up (again) at 5 a.m. and went at Medias. Got […]

Hermannstadt XC

17 Jun

This was the 5th race this year but the 4th race in four consecutive week ends. and there are at least another two week ends with races. Pretty hard for me because I can’t recover 100%. Now let’s talk about the race.We got up at 5 a.m., got in the car and went for Sibiu. […]