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We’ve been busy over here at the Bikewagon lately. “Busy doing what?” you may ask. Well, if you haven’t visited the site in a few weeks, you’ll notice almost 6,000 new parts online. That’s right, 6,000! That’s one heck of a lot of bike parts and accessories. Check it out by clicking on the link on the sidebar. We’re fairly confident you’ll find something you need. (Yes, we realize that “want” and “need” are pretty much synonymous in the cycling world.)
Salt Lake’s own Jeff Louder won the Redlands Classic over the weekend. I dug deep for a great win on Stage 1 in Beaumont and his team took control of the race putting two riders on the podium in the Stage 2 crit. Jeff lost 4 seconds in the final stage to the leaders but held on to his 5 second margin to take the overall. He adds his name to an elite list of race winners of the 25 year old American Classic.
Lance Armstrong crashed out of the 1st stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon in Spain yesterday. It could spell disaster for his comeback plans. He will miss at least two weeks of training and racing. Most people take 4-6 weeks to race again after a broken collar bone, though some say that Lance could be back within two weeks to prepare for the Giro and the Tour de France.
Broken Collar Bones are the most common injury in road racing (other than road rash). When you go down in a fast paced race there is little time to react. Someone crosses wheels and you all fall down. If you don’t have time to drop a hand or twist your body to change the path of your fall, you’ll go down on your shoulder and brake the clavicle. You’ll sit on the ground for a while, head in hands, one shoulder a bit lower than the other. Somehow Lance had managed to avoid this common injury until wheels crossed in front of him and it was his turn to sit on the side of the road. In all of Lance’s time racing bicycles his worst accident saw him go down and fracture a vertebrae in his neck. He quickly got back on the bike and won Tour again that year. I predict that his second comeback of the year will be closer to two weeks away than six.
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Did anyone else follow this year’s Tour of California? Living in Utah, I couldn’t help but cheer for some hometown heroes. Levi may not live here now, but he did spend a big part of his early cycling years in Salt Lake. Of course Zabriskie’s second place was awesome to watch, especially with the field that we saw this year in California. Jeff Louder also had an incredible stage, riding in a break for most of the day and staying away until the final kilometers. It was a good race for Salt Lake cycling fans. It was a great race for America to show the world that we can throw a great race that draws the world’s greatest cyclists and put a couple of our own on the podium.
Looks like the Team Astana truck needs a new lock, of maybe they need to back it up against a wall or something. Lance Armstrong need not be without his beloved TT Bike. Well, it’s back now so no harm done.
Funny that one of the papers quoted that it was worth about $10,000. How much would that go for on Ebay? Probably worth $50K+ to Lance.
I just need to negotiate now with Trek to make me a one and only numbered bike for my rides to work and back, maybe the Trek commuto 1357. When I make bikes, I will definitely take such requests.
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