This article will describe the use of the MTB Positioning Chart for competitive mountain bikes. The chart is intended for use primarily by the mechanic, although it can be used by the cyclist. It is ...

12 years ago in Barcelona, Italian Fabio Casartelli won the last Olympic Gold Medal for amateur cyclists for Italy and today, perhaps the late gold medalist was smiling down on his countryman Paolo ...

Belgian Tom Steels and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov of Uzbeikistan were disqualified from the Tour de France on a day of high drama which also saw German Erik Zabel stripped of victory after winning ...

This article will discuss the mounting and gluing of tubular tires. The tubular tire is made from a tire casing that is then sewn around an inner tube. The stitching is covered with a strip of cloth ...

Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) went one better than his second place on Sunday evening in Glenelg at the Down Under classic take the first stage of the Tour Down Under and in doing so the overall lead ...

Certain firms in Italy still excel at maintaining the highest standard of production quality and artful expression while creating industrial products. De Rosa Ugo & Figli/Biciclette Speciali is an ...

The article will discuss the adjustment of the rear derailleur. Derailleur bicycles have several sprockets on the rear hub. By using different combinations, the rider will find low gears for going up ...

Movies: "I like a lot of different films, but Ronin is one of my favourites; I guess I'm a bit of a kid, I like things with guns and cars." Music: "I like rap, but not the stuff you see on MTV or hear ...

The Tour de France pays homage to fallen rider Andrei Kivilev. The Kazakhstani rider had made Saint-Etienne his home and died here in a crash in Paris-Nice in March, 2003. The second ITT of the Tour ...

Roy Knickman's cycling career has spanned over two decades, from early days at Toshiba/La Vie Claire to 7-Eleven, Coors Light and Mercury. He stopped racing at the end of 1993 to coach the US national ...

To get the low-down on Lance Armstrong's rig, we caught up with his mechanic Jean-Marc Vandenberghe as the team were preparing the day before Milan-San Remo. Jean-Marc is from Moorslede, in the heart ...

Coppi, Gimondi and Pantani are all names associated with Bianchi, and in recent months, another name was added to the list: that of Jan Ullrich. With the demise of Team Coast and its metamorphisis ...