Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Cannondale frame trade in program!
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Trans-Sylvania Epic 2010
Central Pennsylvania to host new mountain bike stage race
By:Sue George, Mountain Bike EditorPublished: August 13, 19:00, Updated: August 13, 21:25Edition:MTB News & Racing Round-up, August 14, 2009
visitPA.com Team racer Wes Schempf prepping for Trans-Sylvania 2010
Trans-Sylvania Epic to State College area in 2010
Pennsylvania joined the list of states hosting multi-day mountain bike stage races with the inaugural Trans-Sylvania Mountain Bike Epic, a seven-day race through the mountains of central Pennsylvania, to be held from May 30 through June 5, 2010, in and around State College, Pennsylvania. The race will feature plenty of singletrack and showcase central Pennsylvania's off-road riding.
"The race will include four stages that start and finish near the race headquarters," said race Executive Director Mike Kuhn to Cyclingnews. "The others will be within an hour's drive. We may have stages at the new Allegrippis trails (near Raystown Lake), R.B. Winter State Park to the east, and Black Moshanon to the north."
Stage one will be a 10-mile time trial while all other stages will be single-lap cross country races ranging from 25 to 60 miles. There will be categories for solo competitors, two-person teams, open teams and corporate teams.
The race is located within a few hours of major metropolitan areas such as Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. "It is very easy to get to State College and participants will find trails that are as good as anything anywhere in the world," said Director at large Ray Adams, who is currently racing the TransRockies (in third overall after stage 4 - ed.).
Adams and Kuhn have led the visitPA.com mountain bike team for five years of racing, promoting tourism in their home state. Kuhn has also promoted some of the largest mountain bike events in the mid-Atlantic.
"We've been working on this event for a few years," said Kuhn. "We almost launched it two years ago, but then had to return to the planning stages. Now we're ready."
The Corporate Category is unique to the Trans-Sylvania. Within this category the fastest three team member's times on each stage will count toward the overall while permitting teams to start as many riders as they like on any given day. This allows riders of all abilities to participate as often as they like through the week without penalizing team members who want to ride every day.
The Trans-Sylvania Epic is a production of The Outdoor Experience Organization, a non-profit Pennsylvania organization whose mission is to build and create, improve upon, and document forest trails in the state of Pennsylvania for the use of foot traffic, bicycles, cross-country skiers, equestrians and other user groups in order to increase interest in sustainable, healthy, and enjoyable outdoor oriented activities; build outdoor recreation tourism in Pennsylvania.
The State College area is already the home of two well-known mountain bike races: the Stoopid 50 regional event and the National Ultra-Endurance Series' Wilderness 101.
2009 has seen the addition of several stage races to the American calendar, including the Breck Epic in Colorado and the Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage race in North Carolina.
By:Sue George, Mountain Bike EditorPublished: August 13, 19:00, Updated: August 13, 21:25Edition:MTB News & Racing Round-up, August 14, 2009
visitPA.com Team racer Wes Schempf prepping for Trans-Sylvania 2010
Trans-Sylvania Epic to State College area in 2010
Pennsylvania joined the list of states hosting multi-day mountain bike stage races with the inaugural Trans-Sylvania Mountain Bike Epic, a seven-day race through the mountains of central Pennsylvania, to be held from May 30 through June 5, 2010, in and around State College, Pennsylvania. The race will feature plenty of singletrack and showcase central Pennsylvania's off-road riding.
"The race will include four stages that start and finish near the race headquarters," said race Executive Director Mike Kuhn to Cyclingnews. "The others will be within an hour's drive. We may have stages at the new Allegrippis trails (near Raystown Lake), R.B. Winter State Park to the east, and Black Moshanon to the north."
Stage one will be a 10-mile time trial while all other stages will be single-lap cross country races ranging from 25 to 60 miles. There will be categories for solo competitors, two-person teams, open teams and corporate teams.
The race is located within a few hours of major metropolitan areas such as Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. "It is very easy to get to State College and participants will find trails that are as good as anything anywhere in the world," said Director at large Ray Adams, who is currently racing the TransRockies (in third overall after stage 4 - ed.).
Adams and Kuhn have led the visitPA.com mountain bike team for five years of racing, promoting tourism in their home state. Kuhn has also promoted some of the largest mountain bike events in the mid-Atlantic.
"We've been working on this event for a few years," said Kuhn. "We almost launched it two years ago, but then had to return to the planning stages. Now we're ready."
The Corporate Category is unique to the Trans-Sylvania. Within this category the fastest three team member's times on each stage will count toward the overall while permitting teams to start as many riders as they like on any given day. This allows riders of all abilities to participate as often as they like through the week without penalizing team members who want to ride every day.
The Trans-Sylvania Epic is a production of The Outdoor Experience Organization, a non-profit Pennsylvania organization whose mission is to build and create, improve upon, and document forest trails in the state of Pennsylvania for the use of foot traffic, bicycles, cross-country skiers, equestrians and other user groups in order to increase interest in sustainable, healthy, and enjoyable outdoor oriented activities; build outdoor recreation tourism in Pennsylvania.
The State College area is already the home of two well-known mountain bike races: the Stoopid 50 regional event and the National Ultra-Endurance Series' Wilderness 101.
2009 has seen the addition of several stage races to the American calendar, including the Breck Epic in Colorado and the Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage race in North Carolina.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
As seen on Bicycle.net
Product Review: Cannondale SI SL Hollowgram Crankset
By editor on August 29th, 2009
The Cannondale SI SL Hollowgram crankset weighs in at a remarkable 580 grams. No you didn’t read that wrong: only 580 grams. And when used with the BB30 system it is the lightest production crankset in the cycling universe.
So how did Cannondale engineer the Hollowgram SI SL to be both super stiff, yet super light? They did this by enlarging the core pocket (which is the hollow space in the crank arm), which trimmed the weight and retained their trademark stiffness. They use 2000-series aluminum, which has twice the fatigue life of 7000-series aluminum. Crank arms are also mated to a thin-walled, hollow, oversized 30mm aluminum bottom bracket axle for excellent balance of strength, weight, and stiffness. And of course they are CNC machined to optimize strength and ensure light weight.
Gram for gram, there’s no other crankset that can claim the stiffness-to-weight ratio of the Cannondale Hollowgram.
Enough with the specifications and onto our real life experience with the Hollowgram SI SL crankset. We installed them on our Cannondale CAAD9 company race bike, which runs SRAM Rival and HED wheels and have been riding them very hard for the last 3 months. We’ve put them through every abuse and condition our sadistic minds could dream up and logged at least 2,500 miles, every one in crankset heaven.
Our Hollowgram SI SL Crank After 2,500 Hard Miles
Hill Climbing – it was amazing how stiff these cranks are. Mash the pedals and the power is there, right there. There is instant power transfer from the cranks to the wheels. They are so stiff, in fact, that any other weakness in the drive train becomes obvious. Truly impressive that such a light weight crankset can be so responsive.
Racing – we have used the bike in every type of event, but it was in crits where the cranks’ performance is so noticeable. The power on/off nature of crit racing really puts your crankset to the test. They spun up instantly and had zero flex when out of the saddle and hammering to close a gap.
Bicycle.net is extremely impressed with the performance of the Cannondale Hollowgram SI SL crankset. It performs flawlessly, with the ultimate combination of light weight, and stiffness. This is the best crankset we have ever ridden. Well done Cannondale!
We Give The Cannondale Hollowgram SI SL Crankset
4.5 out of 5 Chainrings
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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