Entries Categorized as 'Specialized'

Team Saxo Bank – Paris-Roubaix Recon

it used to suck 3 months, 20 days ago.

Ride along with Team Saxo Bank as they pre-ride some of the cobble sections of the Hell of the North - Paris-Roubaix
Views: 710
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Time: 02:16 More in Sports

2010 Escape From Alcatraz Race

it used to suck 3 months, 20 days ago.

Chris "Macca" McCormack took part in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco, CA, May 11th. Conrad Stoltz offers some commentary and Macca explains why he rode his Tarmac instead of the traditional aero bike.
Views: 605
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Time: 02:10 More in Sports

2010 Wildflower – Specialized Women

it used to suck 3 months, 20 days ago.

The women of Specialized's Factory Triathlon team, Desire Ficker and Melanie McQuaid, compte at the Wildflower triathlon, taking 2nd and 5th respectively.
Views: 289
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Time: 01:28 More in Sports

2010 Lago di Garda Bicycle Festival – Freeride

it used to suck 3 months, 20 days ago.

Matt Hunter, Darren Berrecloth and Trond Hansen shred their 2010 Specialized Enduros during the Lago di Garda bicycle festival in Italy.
Views: 782
5 ratings
Time: 04:44 More in Sports

2010 Wildflower Triathlon – Men

it used to suck 3 months, 20 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 3 months, 20 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 3 months, 20 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 3 months, 20 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 3 months, 22 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 4 months, 19 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
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Time: 03:06 More in Sports