Category: Cycling News
Eddy Merckx Cycles and Lexus Testing New Prototype Time Trial Bike
Following the news about Eddy Merckx Holding tapping new sources of funds to the tune of 7.4 million euros, we hear that the R&D department has also been busy. Apparently Eddy Merckx Cycles plans to explore new materials and improved cycle aerodynamics. Its inspiration in this effort will be Lexus automobiles. Work has already started [...]
Centennial Park Proposed Changes to Affect Park Users
Centennial Parklands’ planning speed humps & pedestrian crossings = DANGER for all riders & kids (click here for plan). Centennial Park Riders Rights Ride Thursday 7am: meet from 6:45am Centennial Park Kiosk – click here or action flyer below! WEATHER FORECAST = beautiful sunrise!!! All welcome including non-riders!!! Lesson – DO NOT make Spot Angry! [...]
Giant Bicycles signs Ironman WA second placed Clayton Fettell
24 January 2012 – Australia’s Clayton Fettell has signed with the world’s most innovative brands, bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. Clayton caught the eye of Giant after taking his first Ironman 70.3 title at Port Macquarie in November 2011 and then backing up to just miss out on a win at Ironman WA in the dying [...]
GreenEDGE Granted WorldTour License
GreenEDGE Cycling is proud to announce that the UCI has approved its license application for WorldTour status. On the basis of the documentation submitted to the UCI License Commission, GreenEDGE has been granted a UCI World Tour license for the 2012-2013 period. This announcement gives Australia its first team in the WorldTour with a roster [...]
Andy Schleck throws down the gauntlet to Cadel Evans in the Tour de France
Dr Ross Tucker from Science of Sport writes mainly about cycling and running. Here he analyses last nights Tour de France stage and looks at where things may head tonight. It is always a good read and there is loads of information to digest and help you with your knnowledge at the pub tonight before the stage starts.
Alberto Contador and The Transfusion Theory – The Science of Sport
The transfusion theory, which says that Contador used clenbuterol NOT during the Tour but many weeks/months before, and then removed blood to re-infuse later, has been gaining momentum. A few high profile experts have suggested, including Rasmus Damsgard. If this were the case, it would partly help to explain why the level is so low – because of dilution, the re-infusion of a very small blood volume/mass containing clenbuterol would produce a very low total clenbuterol intake.
Contador Tests Positive for Clenbuterol – The Science of Sport
By now, most of you will have heard the news that greeted us as we woke this morning, that multiple Grand Tour champion Alberto Contador has tested positive for Clenbuterol during this year’s Tour de France victory. The reaction has been swift – Contador apparently heard of the result on the 24th of August, so one can assume the wheels have been turning furiously for both him and the anti-doping lab that detected the substance, and so it’s no surprise that there are already many theories, discussions and possibilities around what has happened.
Victoria’s Degani Kinglake Ride 2010 is on September 12
Victoria’s Degani Kinglake Ride is just over a month away and if you have been inspired by the Tour de France then this is something you should do. Voice of Tour de France, Phil Liggett is the event ambassador this year. There are two climbs to challenge you during the ride and options of a 70km or 120km ride.
Cycling Performance: What is possible? 6.6 W/kg for 38 min on Alp d’Huez?
Is power output above above 6.2 W/kg indicative of doping? Bjarne Riis is estimated to have produced 6.8W/kg (480W) on Hautacam when he won the Tour in 1996. Armstrong’s estimated power output on Alp d’Huez was 6.6 W/kg (465W). Most trained cyclists would be able to produce a power output of 4 W/kg for 40 minutes. And we know that a decent cyclist will produce a VO2max of around 60 ml/kg/min. Ross Tucker looks at whether it is possible to ride with oxygen use at 81.96 ml/kg/min for almost 40 minutes.
The fastest human powered bike world record was set in Oct, 2002 at 81 mph
The fastest human powered bike world record was set in Oct, 2002 at 81 mph (130km/h) by Sam Whittingham. Since the record was set, it is still remains unbroken.
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