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The Crooked Cog Network has announced that it will no longer be supporting its various websites. Current content will remain up for archival purposes, but new posting will be either sparse or ceasing altogether.
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The buzz around Trek/Lemond split has left many questions. What is next for Trek? Will Armstrong be introducing a new bike line?
What most folks didn’t hear during all this buzz was the word Klein. That’s right Klein is coming back to the states. Just when Trek was pushing out the last [...]

The final race in a 10-city national series, the World Criterium Championship coincides with Interbike’s international bicycle expo in Las Vegas, Nevada
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - June 7, 2007 - Interbike today announced it is the presenting sponsor of the World Criterium Championship, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada the night of Thursday, September [...]

Earlier this week the news of Shimano’s updated XT group hit. You can read similar versions of the same press release here and here and here.
But what does this all mean to you? And more importantly, what parts of this technology will trickle down the line to the benefit of all?
In my opinion, there [...]

Grand Rapids, March 20, 2007 Designed for the cycling enthusiast who can’t leave their bike at home – the Slingshot Fold-Tech MTB provides a travel friendly bike that can meet the high-performance needs of its user. “We realized the need for a full-size, high-performance mountain bike back in the 1990’s and our new Fold-Tech MTB [...]

Recently, the ‘Get Kranked World Tour’ landed smack in the middle of the bike industries largest annual gathering, Interbike. On Tuesday, Sept 26th the Ice House in Las Vegas was the place to be.
Bjorn Enga is the godfather of the Kranked series of cutting edge mountain bike films. Progression - Kranked 6 is his latest [...]