After the National XC Championships

15 Jul

Hello to all of you, I am coming back with a report from the National Championships. They were Sunday, but we went Friday to get used with the course and everything to be prepared really good. I got my dad’s car and went for Izovru Muresului. Everything was fine until the car started to had […]

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 […]