Urban Velo
This magazine is printed twice a month and it includes lots of different articles related to cycling.
It can also be read online.
It can also be read online.
Source: http://urbanvelo.org/download/
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thematic Books
Italian Racing Bicycles - Guido Rubino - 2011
In this book, Guido P. Rubino, an italian writer, gives a broad overview of key Italian manufacturers. The book is divided into different sections and each one starts with the origins and its evolution till today. The section have different lenght and different approaches. There we can see references from the giant names to the small brands. Some of them we are familiar with , such as Moser, Pegoretti.
Great Tours
Road bicycle racing began as an organized sport in 1868. The first world championship was in 1893 and since then, it has never stopped. Cycling is, now, one of the modalities of the Modern Olympic Games.
Giro d'Italia
Le Tour de France
Tour of Spain
Every year the route changes but the race has to obey, at least, at two time trials-the passage through the Pyrenees and the finish in the Spanish capital Madrid. In 2012 La Vuelta a España was won by the Spaniard Alberto Contador.
Giro d'Italia
It occurs every year on the last days of May and beginning of June. It is a race performed by riders from different nationalities.
In 2012 the Canadanian Ryder Hesjedal won the race and it becomes the first Canadian winner in the history of the Giro d'Italia.
In 2012 the Canadanian Ryder Hesjedal won the race and it becomes the first Canadian winner in the history of the Giro d'Italia.
According to tradition, this race occurs in July. As it happens with the spanish tour, the route changes each year and the format has at least two time trials - the passage through the Pyrenees and the Alps, and the finish on the Champs-Élysées, Paris. The tour lasts 23 days. Last year, the race was won by Bradley Wiggins, who was the first British to win in Tour de France.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_bicycle_racing_events#The_Grand_Tours
New Concepts
The temptation to give bicycles a new style have also reached transportation designers. The idea of round corners has come out and new bikes have emerged.
Some super modern concepts are beautiful but also a challende to the rider.
Some super modern concepts are beautiful but also a challende to the rider.
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