On Review: Campagnolo Super Record 11 Speed

Filed under: Road Bike Components — Blayne Puklich @ 6:48 pm on August 29, 2008

After several decades of retirement, Campagnolo reintroduced the Super Record name for their 75th anniversary. excelcycle now has one of the very first production Super Record 11 speed group sets in the United States. You may remember that I wrote about what makes this group set special in a previous article. Now that I’ve had [...]

4 New LOOK Cycle Bikes for 2009

Filed under: Road Bikes & Frames — Blayne Puklich @ 1:11 pm on August 22, 2008

LOOK Cycle has completely revamped their bike line for next year, and there are some very exciting new models coming soon. There are also some welcome upgrades to the existing reference models like the 585 and 595. Read on to find out more about these new offerings for 2009. We’re having a huge Labor Day [...]

On Review: Fulcrum Racing 3 Wheels

Filed under: Road Bike Wheels — Blayne Puklich @ 11:53 am on August 13, 2008

Fulcrum Wheels is a young Italian manufacturing company that began in 2004. The first products they offered were road racing wheels. For 2008 they have expanded and are designing and manufacturing road crank sets as well as off-road wheel sets. This week I’m reviewing one of their most popular wheel sets, the Fulcrum Racing 3. [...]

Pre-Ride Checklist for Cyclists

Filed under: Newsletters — Blayne Puklich @ 12:23 pm on August 1, 2008

With the Tour de Tonka coming up this weekend I thought it would be a good idea to put together a pre-ride checklist for cyclists to use. For some of us, this will already be part of the ritual we perform before every road ride. Even so, I hope that by putting together this checklist [...]