Entries Categorized as 'Specialized'

2010 Wildflower Triathlon – Men

it used to suck 2 months, 11 days ago.

Conrad Stoltz makes a roaring comeback to road triathlon taking 10th place, while Phillip Graves and Rasmus Henning take 4th and 5th after stellar runs.
Views: 253
3 ratings
Time: 03:58 More in Film & Animation

2010 World Cup XC – Houffalize

it used to suck 2 months, 11 days ago.

On another wet day at the traditionally rainy Houffalize course, Christoph, Burry and Todd get muddy after bad starts and work their way back to 8th, 17th and 26th respectively.
Views: 1792
5 ratings
Time: 08:38 More in Sports

2010 World Cup XC – Dalby Forest

it used to suck 2 months, 11 days ago.

The World Cup series kicks off with a very technical course at Dalby Forest in the UK. Burry Stander rides the Stumpjumper HT 29er for the first time in a World Cup, taking 3rd.
Views: 939
4 ratings
Time: 06:04 More in Sports

Wildflower Set-Up

it used to suck 2 months, 11 days ago.

For the first time Specialized sent the official Factory Team truck to support our stellar triathletes at the 2010 Wildflower race. Here's a little of how they liked the extra support for a discipline that's normally very solitary.
Views: 236
2 ratings
Time: 01:29 More in Sports

If Kevin Costner still rode a bike today

it used to suck 2 months, 13 days ago.

Photo credit: RoadBikeAction.com

The Giro d’Italia is well underway and the Tour of California started yesterday, so naturally I have been checking the tech sections of VeloNews, CyclingNews, Road Bike Action, and other cycling sites to see which race bikes they are featuring. The majority of the featured bikes are pretty predictable, but the bright red Specialized Tarmac SL3s that the Saxo Bank riders are racing in the ToC immediately caught my attention. I mean…how often do you see pro team bikes these days with a single color frameset and understated graphics?

It turns out that the bikes have that paint and retro graphic scheme to commemorate the original Specialized Allez bikes used in the 1985 movie American Flyers. Road Bike Action’s tech feature explains that Bobby Julich, now a directeur sportif for Saxo Bank, came up with the idea of creating these commemorative edition American Flyers bikes for the team to ride in the race. See more pictures of the new and old Allez bikes at RBA. Personally, I really like the clean looks of these bikes. If Saxo Bank wants to get back to their regular team bikes immediately after the ToC, I would be happy to take one of these red bikes off their hands… I’d even pretend to be a fan of American Flyers if that is what it takes.


2010 Sea Otter Classic – Women’s XC

it used to suck 3 months, 10 days ago.

Specialized Factory XC's Lene Byberg cruised to 2nd place in the Sea Otter Classic Women's Long-Course XC race atop the S-Works Stumpjumper HT 29er.
Views: 1338
8 ratings
Time: 03:06 More in Sports

2010 Sea Otter Classic – Pro Men’s XC

it used to suck 3 months, 11 days ago.

Specialized Factory XC team replayed their short track victories on the long course with only Todd and Burry switching places. In a spectacular sprint-finish, after an aggressive back and forth with Geoff Kabush, Burry Stander took 1st racing a 2010 S-works Stumpjumper HT 29er, Todd Wells took 3rd and Christoph Sauser took 4th.
Views: 5630
11 ratings
Time: 05:19 More in Sports

2010 Sea Otter Classic – Monster Energy/Specialized Dual Slalom Action

it used to suck 3 months, 11 days ago.

Brendan Fairclough and Troy Brosnan of Monster Energy/Specialized were knocked out by the round of 8, but that didn't stop them from ripping up the course on their Specialized SX's!
Views: 3217
12 ratings
Time: 04:07 More in Sports

2010 Sea Otter Classic – Short Track XC

it used to suck 3 months, 11 days ago.

Specialized Factory Racing's Todd Wells, Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser put the screws to the rest of the pack in the Pro Men's Short Track XC. Wells and Stander took 1-2 and Sauser picking up 4th. All three road atop Specialized's Stumpjumper HT S-Works 29er which seems to be a dominating bike on this fast course. Wells and Stander pushed the pace from the very beginning and didn't let up at all. Lene Byberg, riding her S-Works Era made aggressive moves in the women's short track race, ultimately coming in a close 2nd.
Views: 2003
8 ratings
Time: 05:11 More in Sports

2010 Sea Otter Classic – Super D

it used to suck 3 months, 13 days ago.

Specialized's Sam Benedict runs down the free-for-all that is Super D, and introduces the new 2-man Specialized Trail Team that is Aaron Bradford and Matt Ryan.
Views: 2756
14 ratings
Time: 01:42 More in Sports