Traveling on the Trail on Bicycle

If you are traveling on the trail on bicycle , you will need to open the front wheel to overcome trunks, cross streams and face uneven or uneven terrain. Doing a wheelie is not too difficult. It is just a matter of balance. Everything you need to do is stumble on the bike so that the weight is toward the rear wheel, get into a gear where you can actually pop the throttle and then pop the throttle too fast. This sends the front wheel back up. To maintain the wheelie, simply add the throttle to put the wheel higher, or lightly turn the foot brake to knock down the front wheel.

There are two types of wheelies, the permanent wheelie, which is where you start from a stop and it's the kind of wheelie I recommend for the first time and the power wheelie where you start your wheelie when it's already moving fast and it's better for longies kept in a distance. Squeeze your bike tightly with your legs and scoot back on the bike. You may stumble far behind, which will make you fall behind. A good rule of thumb is to have the back of your rump reach the back of your seat cushion. Keep a finger on the clutch and your foot on the rear brake. If you feel you are going to turn your bike around, lightly tap the rear brake to bring it back.

Choose a gear. The safest way to start is to start from a stop and go straight to a wheelie. For this, be in the first gear. Turn the engine over with the throttle and the clutch pulled so that you are still still. Then release the clutch at once, keeping the throttle. This will open the wheel up. If necessary, pull it slightly lightly on the handlebar at the same time. It's all about body position, balance and the right amount of accelerator. You will adjust those as you ride the wheelie to stay awake. After a little practice, you will find that you can shift through the gears as you go and hold the wheelie for as long as you want. There is a spot - or balance point where the bike feels weightless. This is where you want to be. It's a great feeling.

You can try to hang your feet on the back of the bike and drag them on the floor instead of putting them in the dowels. This puts the weight on the back, and also means that it is easy to put one foot down if you fall on one side or the other. If you feel that you need to use your foot brake, you can simply lift your foot to the foot stakes.

If you have a smaller bike or a low DC bike, you may want to use it to learn a wheelie. These bikes are much lighter and easier to turn around and are also easier to manage if you start tipping.Find a very flat surface to make a wheelie. If there are any bumps, you can easily slip because you are focused on the balance from front to back and you forget the balance from side to side. Do not sit too far back on the bike or you will end up with your back. Be sure to cover the brake foot with the right foot. If you feel your center of gravity pushing you far behind, tap the brake and release the throttle slightly to knock down the front tire.

In the sitting position and using the first gear, give it a burst of revolutions, release the clutch and lift the front wheel. Using the clutch, throttle and rear brake, try to hold the front wheel for as long as possible, but advance as quickly as possible. This looks really cool when pulled, but it's a lot harder than it looks!

Once you are in a wheelie, try turning the front tire from side to side with the handlebar. This requires some extra thought to continue straight while also maintaining the right throttle for the wheelie. While it is easier and safer to get a wheelie from a stop, you can also move to a wheelie while you move quickly in the second or third march In fact, some riders think this type of wheelie is easier to maintain for a long distance because you have push on your side to keep things steady. Try standing on the foot stakes instead of dragging your feet on the ground. Once you are really good at a wheelie, you can actually stand with your feet in the back of your seat and reach for the handlebars.

Tinkoff-Saxo team planning to travel to Mount Kilimanjaro

According to reports in L'Equipe and Gazzetta dello Sport, the Tinkoff-Saxo  team is planning to travel to Mount Kilimanjaro at the end of October for a weeklong get together, with new signings Peter Sagan, Ivan Basso and Robert Kiserlosvski joining Alberto Contador and the rest of the team.

Team manager Stefano Feltrin refused to confirm the plans for the camp but if it happens, the boot camp is likely to include the overnight climb to the 5891-metre high summit of Kilimanjaro.

Team manager Bjarne Riis has organised similar events for his teams in the past, with riders facing a series of physical and mental challenges aimed at boosting team spirit and pushing riders beyond their limits. Previous camps have been held in Denmark and South Africa but were reduced in recent years due to a lack of funding. With Oleg Tinkov now bank rolling the team, it seems the boot camp is back on the agenda for the Tinkoff-Saxo riders.

Conti, Bonifazio and Formolo lead Italy's next generation
While Davide Rebellin may have won the Giro dell'Emilia at the ripe old age of 43, the next generation of Italian riders have shown their potential in 2014, with several names to remember for 2015.

On Sunday 21-year-old Valerio Conti (Lampre-Merida) won the GP Beghelli, the last race of the Italian season, with a late attack. Twenty-year-old teammate Niccolo Bonifazio showed his talents by winning a stage at the Tour of Japan and the Coppa Agostoni in the summer, while Davide Formolo confirmed his climbing ability this season with an aggressive ride at the Tour de Suisse and second behind Vincenzo Nibali at the Italian national championships. Formolo was first reserve in the Italian national team for the world championships in Ponferrada and his talent has also earned him a place at the new-look Cannondale team managed by Jonathan Vaughters after the merger with Garmin-Sharp.

Voeckler’s Paris-Tours disappointment results in fine
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) couldn’t hide his disappointment at missing out on victory at Paris-Tours in a two-up sprint against Jelle Wallays (Topsport-Vlaanderen), so much so that he headed straight for the team bus and failed to show on time for the podium ceremonies.

While Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme diplomatically said that “Thomas is a rider of emotions,” the commissaires took a rather dimmer view – Voeckler was fined 200 CHF and also lost out on his prize of €3,770 for finishing second.

Voeckler did eventually make his way to the podium to stand alongside speaker Daniel Mangeas, who was feted as he carried out his duties at an ASO-organised race for the final time in his lengthy career, and Voeckler later talked reporters through his race.

At the end of a season without a victory and blighted by two fractured collarbones, Voeckler must have thought he was destined to be the first French winner of Paris-Tours in eight years when he and Wallays rode clear of the break on the final climb.

“Wallays didn’t steal the win,” Voeckler said, according to L’Équipe. “I think that we were the two riders who had done the most to ensure the break of the day survived. Finishing second at Paris-Tours is still a good result after my series of problems, but I’m not satisfied with it. I’m a rider who loves to win. It’s a pity because beforehand I had pictured a scenario like this, a break from distance that survived to the end.”

Paris-Tours marked the final race of a difficult season for the 35-year-old Voeckler. “I don’t feel old but it’s clear that time passes and that my form maybe isn’t the same,” he said. “This doesn’t happen often but, considering my current form, it’s almost a pity that the season doesn’t last for another three weeks.”

Settimana Coppi e Bartali wants new date in 2015
The organiser of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali is lobbying for a change of date in 2015 that would put it in direct competition with the Three Days of De Panne as a preparation race for the Tour of Flanders.

The four-day Settimana Coppi e Bartali currently takes place in the final week in March, beginning the Thursday after Milan-San Remo and concluding on the same weekend as the Critérium International. The WorldTour races E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem also clash with its current slot.
Although the UCI has already outlined the Europe Tour calendar for 2015, race organiser GS Emilia are hoping to push the event back to the following week, where it would clash with the Three Days of De Panne (March 31-April 2).

“For three years we’ve been asking the UCI to move the race by a week, to go from being a ‘post-Sanremo’ race to a preparation race for the Tour of Flanders,” Adriano Amici of GS Emilia told Tuttobici. “If we were granted the move, the Three Days of De Panne would be the only race at the same time, and our race could work as preparation for Flanders for a lot of Italian riders and others.”
After launching a women’s version of the Giro dell’Emilia this year – won by Rosella Ratto – the GS Emilia is also hoping to add a women’s GP Beghelli to the calendar in 2015.

Wiggle add D'hoore and Cordon-Ragot
Wiggle Honda continues to strengthen its squad for 2015 after the signing of Belgian champion Jolien D’hoore and French rider Audrey Cordon-Ragot.

D’hoore, who won her second national road race title this year, will combine her road calendar with her track programme, along with the likes of Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott.

“I’m really happy to join Wiggle Honda in 2015. “It was the right time to take the next step in my career to develop myself further next year,” said d’Hoore. “Also the fact that Wiggle Honda supports my track ambitions is very important to me as my goal is the omnium in the 2016 Rio Olympics.”
Cordon-Ragot is the second Hitec Products rider to sign for the team for next season, after Elisa Longo Borghini was confirmed at the end of the World Championships last month. The 25-year-old supported race winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at the Worlds and has taken stage wins at the Tour de Bretagne and Route de France this season.

“It’s an honour to fight for Wiggle Honda next season, the team looks professional and with a good atmosphere, which is for me the most important criterion to choose a team,” said Cordon-Ragot. “I also wanted to stay next to Elisa Longo Borghini, we had a really good feeling together this season and I will continue my role of friend and domestique with her.”

Wiggle Honda have taken on a number of big names in the weeks since the season ended, including two-time Giro Rosa champion Mara Abbott and 2012 World Championship bronze medallist Longo Borghini. Former cyclist Egon van Kessel has joined the team as a directeur sportif, the Dutchman looked after the women’s Cervélo Test Team in 2010.

View the original article here

TRP’s HYRD calipers changes aimed to improve long term performance

After receiving a rather quiet update at the beginning of the year TRP’s HYRD calipers are mechanical-to-hydraulic brakes that work with any standard drop bar lever.All of the changes were aimed at improving long term performance and keep users from fiddling with the parts that could cause failure. Inside, they swapped the gasket’s material the reservoir so it is more pliable. This reduces the likelihood of the system creating a vacuum since it won’t pull as hard against the fluid when levels decline slightly as pads wear. In other words, it lets the system more easily compensate for pad wear.

They increased reservoir volume to hold more oil, which should help with heat buildup. A steel ring was added around the pistons to help them slide in and out easier. Before, it was solid Bakelite, which does a great job of insulating against heat, but wasn’t as smooth, so now it’s just used in the center of the piston.

When we reviewed the original HYRD brakes, one of the tweaks we made to improve pad contact speed and power was to dial in the piston rod. Unfortunately, TRP frowns upon this and for good reason: It can cause the system to remain closed or open depending on which way you turn the bolt. Either way, it could mean brakes that don’t work.

To prevent riders from messing with it, they added a fixing bolt that threads into a notch on the piston rod to it can’t be moved from its factory setting.

These new versions started shipping in January, actually, so if you’ve purchased your brakes this year or if it was spec’d on your bike since then, you’ll have the new versions. Visually, the new version says “mineral oil” on the outward facing side, just above the TRP logo.

Retail is $149.99 per wheel with either 140mm or 160mm rotor, available in black or silver.

The urban camo edition of the Spyke brakes, which are the mountain bike version of the Spyre dual-pull mechanical calipers that include a mud/dust cover, are a new color that should start shipping by end of year. Black versions are in stock now. Retail is $99 per wheel, including 160mm or 180mm rotor. A 140mm or 203mm rotor is available separately.

Matching Levers are also available separately. They’re all alloy construction, weight is 156g per pair.
The Hylex singlespeed hydraulic drop bar disc brakeset, which was introduced last year at Interbike, started shipping in early March of this year and are selling as fast as they can bring them in. So, if you want a set, get an order in now

View the original article here

Sonny Colbrelli Sky rumours

Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF) was diplomatic when asked about the Sky rumours after his win, politely insisting that he was thinking only of the final two races on his 2014 programme but admitting that he was flattered by the link.
“Right now I just want to concentrate on the end of the season. There’s still the Giro dell’Emilia and Trofeo Beghelli left for us to win the Coppa Italia,” Colbrelli told Gazzetta dello Sport. “Then we’ll think about a possible transfer. But a friendly agreement needs to be reached with the Reverberi family. Bardiani has given me a lot and I’ve given a lot to Bardiani too. But Sky would be a big opportunity.”

Colbrelli’s current deal with Bardiani extends to the end of 2015, but there is scope for him to switch during the off-season as the team will change management company, meaning that all riders must re-sign new contracts.

Since its establishment in 2010, Sky has always maintained an Italian presence on its roster, due in part to the support of the broadcaster’s Italian arm. Elia Vivani has been heavily linked with a move to Sky for next season, while Salvatore Puccio will remain on board, although Dario Cataldo departs for Astana.

Colbrelli’s victory in Peccioli was his fifth of the season and his third in recent weeks following his back-to-back triumphs at the Memorial Pantani and the GP Prato. He also finished second in the Tre Valli Varesine, a run of success that was enough to secure his place in the Italian team for the world championships in Ponferrada.

Colbrelli completed his first Worlds as Italy’s best finisher in 13th place after he fell just short of latching onto the back of the chasing group on the final climb.

View the original article here

2015 Tour de France official route revealed in late October

The official route of the 2015 Tour de France will be revealed in late October, but many details have emerged through the media.

The race starts in Utrecht, Netherlands, with a 13.7 km time trial and then goes to the province of Zeeland, the city center of Rotterdam, where the Grand Départ occurred in 2010, finishing in Neeltje Jans, an artificial island in the middle of giant dams.

On July 6, the second stage begins in Antwerp, Belgium, but little is known about the rest of the route.

Hwoever Le Telegramme newspaper said there will be stages in Brittany in 2015. A time trial is scheduled to begin and end in Avranches in Fougères. Another step in Dinan begin and end at any Plouay or Plumelec, with a third phase, from Quimper.

According to several media sources, the legendary mountain finish at L'Alpe d'Huez will also be part of the Tour de France next door in 2015. On a route that will run counterclockwise, the Pyrenees will be addressed first, followed by the Alps. In 2013, AG2R-La Mondiale Christophe Riblon won the stage finish of the iconic mountain.

Nibali set to a bonus of one million Euro Tour de France

Vincenzo Nibali is set to collect a bonus of one million euros of its tram Astana if he wins the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Shark of Messina has clause in his contract with Kazkhastani team, assuring you the special bonus. Nibali has signed a new contract after winning the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and gains of around four million euros per season.

Gazzetta dello Sport also estimates that Nibali and Astana will take home about 25% of the two million Euro prize money on offer at this year's Tour de France. According to tradition, Nibali will give his share of his teammates and the Astana team, which helped him win the race staff. Pilots will probably charge a bonus of 40,000 euros, while the staff will take home around 5000 euros.

Nibali to star in the post-Tour criteriums

Gazzetta dello Sport also revealed that Nibali will be the star of a series of post-Tour de France citeriums immediately after the race finishes in Paris on Sunday.

The Italian will Aalst, Belgium on Monday for the first of seven criteriums, traveling with your family, baby daughter and loyal domestique Alessandro Vanotti. He then ride Stiphout the Netherlands (July 29) and Lommel in Belgium (30 July).

Nibal must travel to Cesenatico next Thursday to visit the mother of Marco Pantani Tonina and give you a yellow shirt, as promised before the Tour de France. Nibali is the first Italian to win the Tour de France since Pantani in 1998 and this year marks the tenth anniversary of the tragic death 'Il Pirata'.

Nibali will return to Belgium to other criteriums in Herentals, Saint-Nicolas, Ninove and then Surhuisterveen in Holland. He is expected to celebrate with his official fan club of Tuscany on August 8 or 9, and maybe even travel to Kazakhstan, before finally making a break in the second half of August.

His success at the Tour de France helped revive interest in cycling in Italy and Nibali will have a key role in the Italian national team for the world cup, even if the course in Ponferrada not suit him. He is expected to prepare for the world championships riding a series of tests by short steps and classic one day.

Tinkov promises Majka an Aston Martin

After his victory last Saturday in Risoul, Oleg Tinkov promised Rafal Majka an Aston Martin if he won a stage in the Tour de France and now the owner of the Russian team was forced to keep his word.

The Polish 24 year-old won the stage Wednesday to Pla d'Adet and also took the lead in the climber's polka competition.

According to the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, Tinkov tried to go back on their word after they both appeared on the night Vive le Vélo show on television Sporza. However Majka is determined to get your special bonus.

Tour de France: Rogers wins,Rui Costa withdraws and Nibali leads

On the morning of Tuesday, cyclists dropped Carcassonne towards Bagneres-de-Luchon to start the last week of the Tour de France 2014 Australian Michael Rogers, the Tinkoff -. Saxo, traversed the 237.5 miles in 06 hours 07minutos and 10 seconds. Second came the Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar and the Belarusian Vasil Kiryenka, SKY completed the podium.

The Portuguese Rui Costa, current world champion road, thickened the team of cyclists who has withdraw the Tour this year. In the case of Costa bronchopneumonia was strong it did return home early.

- Yesterday, during the rest day, did a light workout cycling, but when I returned to the hotel did not feel well, had fever and muscle aches. I went to hospital and X-ray examination showed an outbreak of pneumonia. I wanted to continue in the Tour de France, to honor the race and try to give satisfaction to my team and my fans, but it was necessary to stop in order to avoid serious health problems - said Rui Costa, who did not start in step today.

In the overall standings, the Italian Vicenzo Nibali follows leader and keeps the advantage of 4 minutes and 37 seconds to Spain's Alejandro Valverde. Now the Frenchman Thibaut Pinot occupies the third place.

Tomorrow, Seventeenth 124.5km stage will be between Saint-Gaudens and Saint-Lary Pla d'Adet. Cyclists will have to face the mountain, Montée Saint-Lary Pla d'Adet (1.680m), special category on arrival.

Rate Step

. 1 Michael Rogers (AUS) - Tinkoff - Saxo -

. 2 Thomas Voeckler (FRA) - Europcar

. 3 Vasil Kiryenka (BIE) - SKY

Overall Rating

. Vincenzo Nibali 1 (ITA) - Astana - 73:05:19

. 2 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) - Movistar - +04:37

. 3 Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ - 5:06 +

Overall team classification

1. AG2R La Mondiale

2. Belkin Pro Cycling

3. Team Sky

Yellow shirt (individual leader) - Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Astana

Green jersey (points leader) - Peter Sagan (ESL) - Cannondale

White shirt with red balls (winner in mountain stages) - Rafal Majka (POL) - Tinkoff - Saxo

White Shirt (Young) - Thibaut Pinot (FRA) - FDJ

Bauke Mollema on Trek Factory Racing Team in 2015

Bauke Mollema has reached an agreement with the Trek Factory Racing team, according to a report in De Telegraaf.

The Dutch cyclist who currently sits in tenth place overall in the Tour de France, said it had signed a two year contract.

According to De Telegraaf manager at Trek, Luca Guercilena team was looking for a new rider to fight for the overall.

As Andy and Frank Schleck are at the end of their contracts this season, as Haimar Zubeldia 37 years.

Guercilena supposedly had the option of Dauphiné winner, Andrew Talansky and Mollema 27 years.

  Talansky has signed a new contract with Garmin-Sharp for 2015 and 2016, leaving Mollema as an option.

Mollema turned professional with the Rabobank team in 2008. He won stages in the Vuelta, Tour de Suisse and Tour de Pologne, In 2011, he finished fourth in the Vuelta and last year he was the sixth overall in the Tour de France .

Trek already has the Dutch brothers van Poppel in the team and recently extended the contract with Giacomo Nizzolo.
 
Jens Voigt and Danilo Hondo are both will retire at the end of the year.