Condor World Champ Series

Venerable UK frame company Condor Cycles have come up with a cool way to celebrate the 80th birthday of its founder, Monty Young. They are releasing a limited edition run of vintage style, lugged steel, World Champ stripe themed frames. In total, only 150 framesets will produced, in road or track versions, and each comes with a World Champ edition Selle San Marco Concor and matching bar tape. Nice.

2011 Ritte Bosberg

Thanks to Cale for the heads up on the 2011 version of the Ritte Bosberg. So nice.

Interbike Finale- Random pics, the good stuff:

2010 Argon 18 Piste

2010 Focus Izalco Pista

2010 Van Dessel Drag Strip Courage

2010 Ridley Oval

2010 Jamis Sonic

I didn't bother to ask...

2010 De Rosa Merak Track

Look's new Keo Carbon Blade pedals

Custom toe clips from Bruse Gordon

"Metropolis" city bar from FSA

Fleetvelo polo bike from Waterford

2010 Willier Crono

Dura-Ace Di2 Electronic Bar-end Shifters

Parlee with custom painted Red group

Cav's rocket ship

Pegoretti at Interbike 2009

Dario Pegoretti's work never ceases to amaze me:



Great paint- birds on a wire



These chainstays we're bigger than most downtubes

Everybody's doin' it...

Pinarello is also jumping into the mid-range market:




While they no doubt look great, I still feel a little uneasy by seeing all these classic Italian brands making Taiwanese aluminum track bikes...


Now that's more like it!

Colnago at Interbike 2009

Some highlights from the Colnago booth:


Their entry into the mid-range street track market


stunning carbon cross bike


sub 14lb carbon insanity

Hipster Nascar goes to Interbike

Yes, that's right, while the rest of the bike blog world is partying in Japan, we decided to go in a different direction. Aaron will be in Vegas this week, reporting from Interbike on all the newest trends in recumbent, hybrid, and beach cruiser bikes. Can't wait! Seriously though, I think we're going to be one of the few street/track bike blogs attending, so keep checking back for regular posts from the show, and follow Aaron's Interbike adventures on twitter.

Go on ya good thing!

Irishman Philip Deignan of the Cervélo Test Team won the 18th stage at the Vuelta a España today, a 165km ride from Talavera de la Reina to Avila. He becomes the first Irishman to win a stage at a major tour since Stephen Roche's stage win at the 1992 Tour de France. Along with Nicolas Roche's (Stephen's son) good overall ride at the Tour, it's been a good year for Irish pros.

Photo: JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images

He said he was working on something new...

Koichi came through- look like 3 new Yamaguchi models are getting ready to "release":


Magnum Track


Magnum Road


Messenger 2

Yamaguchi is truly one of the greatest builders and a pioneer in the industry- Do yourself a favor and order one now!

Keep and eye out for them here.

Coloured Hoods

For Campagnolo (shown), Shimano and SRAM. Available here and at the best bike shop in Chicago, Yojimbo's Garage.

Rouleur 13

Rouleur 13 is out just in time for Le Tour. Read all about Robert Millar's KOM win, back when KOM really meant something. Details here.

Kazane Road Bike

Team Pegasus rider Sage Brown just put this kickass Kazane road bike together. Lookin' good, man!

Colnago Museum Tour with Ernesto Colnago

Just watched this cool video of Ernesto Colnago giving a guided tour of the Colnago Museum. Check it out over at Bike Radar.

Giro d'Italia

Begins tomorrow. If you're in the US, you can watch it on Universal Sports.

Poster by the incomparable Graham Watson.

Kazane Road Frames

These new Kazane road frames that Stratton has developed for Team Mountain Kahkis are really nice looking. More details here.

Best. Bike. Website. Ever.

You know that scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the ark is being put into storage in that massive OSS warehouse? Well, the Embacher Collection is that, but for bikes, and in Austria. It's an amazing collection of over 200 historic bikes and components, and you can check it and the bikes out here.

Peka Steher

Corima Cougar

Schauff Aero

Seen over on TrackosaurusRex.

Team Z Jersey!!

Feckin' deadly! No need to drop fifty quid on eBay to get a smelly Team Z jersey some oul' lad had at the bottom of his kit bag for the last 15 years. Get a brand new one from Prendas instead! The iconic jersey in which Greg Lemond won the 1990 Tour will be available soon in a reproduction edition. Plus, they're making Team Z cycling caps too. Keep an eye on Prendas for details.

NAHBS 2009

If you can't be at the show this weekend, then follow the liveblog here. Hopefully I'll have some pics up next week.

Sastre in Space

Here's Carlos Sastre doing some anti-grav training with NASA in the space shuttle or something. The photo is by Jay Prasuhn and is from VeloNews.

Thanks to Matt from GrannyGear for the heads-up.

Colnago USA

Colnago have decided to cut out the middle man, and are opening a direct distribution center in the USA for the first time ever. This should mean more shops carrying Colnago, at lower prices. Plus, guess where their warehouse and office will be? Chicago. That's correct. Check out the new website here.