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Week 26
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We’re back at it this week after an empty Week 25 when I took a sanity break and spent some time off my bike and away from the interweb.
On Tuesday, Guitar Ted served up a helping of advice on tweaking your bike so it feels ‘just right’. If you haven’t thought about doing this, it might be a good idea to spend a week or two worth of riding making little adjustments to your ride — you could be surprised at the results. For Wednesday, Ashwin posted up a great interview with cycling coach Gene Hamilton; there are lots of good tips and some amusing anecdotes hiding inside the writeup. Dan followed up his preview of the 24 Hours of Summer Solstice with a recap of the event. It sounds like a good time, and the starting line photos make the event look like it was a UCI World Cup race.
Elsewhere around the ‘net
Le Grand Tour. During this morning’s stage of the Tour de France, it looks as though Robbie McEwen has trumped his rivals yet again. With McEwen’s dominance over the rest of the field at the line, I can’t believe the race for the green jersey is still close. Despite a host of underwhelming runs at the finish, I guess Boonen’s picking off enough points during the stage to hang close.
Gear news. Singletrack has the scoop on Manitou’s 2007 long travel singlecrown forks. Those wacky Brits also have the spec sheet for Shimano’s ‘07 XTR lineup — now all of you weight weenies can start shaving those grams off your rides (and saving your pennies). NSMB.com has a look at the 2007 Marzocchi lineup, and I’m loving the look of the new AM series. If the published weight (under 5lbs) is accurate, I’d love to compare the fork with the Fox 36 TALAS that I’m running now. asilvertouch has a good look at the burly chromoly Stylus frames being put together by Whistler’s Chromag Bikes.
Events & industry news. The founder and president of Titus Cycles, Chris Cocalis, left the company at the end of June. You can draw your own conclusions about the move but, based on the quotes provided in the BRaIN writeup, it doesn’t sound as though the exit was a harmonious one. Fabien Barel, the current men’s dh World Champ, crashed out of the UCI series while filming for a new bike flick. NSMB.com has a recap of the Adidas Slopestyle 2006 event and it looks like there was some unabashed craziness going on over in Austria.