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The Vicious Cycle: A Taste of the Track

“You know, bicycling isn’t just a matter of balance,” I said. “it’s a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. I’m going to call that the Bicyclist’s Philosophy of Life.” ― Susan Vreeland, Clara and Mr. Tiffany

A bit of eye candy to get your week rolling…

The Vicious Cycle

Here’s a beautiful bike from my old homeland of South Africa. You can own a limited edition piece of history for a surprisingly affordable price.

The Vicious Cycle is built on a 1980s track frame from the World Track Championships. It’s made of Reynolds 653 and Columbus steel, stripped down repainted and coppered, and built from scratch with components from Brooks, Cinelli, Campagnolo and 3T. The tri-spoke carbon wheels were custom made for the Vicious Cycle. You can get it as a fixed rear hub or coaster brake.

The Vicious Cycle

If you want one you’d better act fast, there’s only 10 available, you’ll need to hand over $4,800 to secure one of these. Learn more and order your Christmas present here.

Crash Culprit in Giro – What Was He Thinking?

The Giro is rolling, and after only 2 stages there’s drama.

Stage 1, the team time trial, gave some riders a kick in the butt and others a kick in the teeth.  Here’s how the top GC podium contenders fared:

Cycling Weekly: Winners and Losers of the Giro Stage 1

Drama in Stage 2 – Crash Caused By Spectator

Giro Crash Stage 2In the final kilometers of stage 2 yesterday, a spectator on a bicycle, rode into the road and caused a 30-rider pile up. I snapped some stills from the point in a video where all hell broke loose…

Giro 2015 - stage 2 - crash culprity

Giro d'Italia Stage 2 CrashAnd then he nonchalantly rode back up onto the sidewalk and cruised on surveying the carnage he’d left behind.

 

Here’s the full video of the incident, see if you can spot the “crash dummy.”