Cycle Chic in Helsinki!

This isn't in the focus of my blog, but I'm happy to inform that famous Cycle Chic visited Helsinki to shoot personal people with personal bikes. Can't wait to see more pictures of the actual photo shooting session.

Which bike do retired pro-cyclist chooce? Paolo Bettini, World Champion is the best example.

He is the chooser of Italian team for world road cycling championships 2010 in Australia. Here he is test riding the World Championship route in Australia with part of the team he chose. During his career he rode several pro-bikes. Last years in Quick-Step he drove Specialized - but before that he was member of Mapei-team and rode - The big C.  When you are retired you are free to choose the bike you really love and want to ride. Here is what Paolo have chosen. You lucky bastard!

Thanks DeRosa representing this beautiful color-theme again! Neo Primato for 2011

My DeRosa Prestige from 80ies has the same color-design than the brand new 2011 DeRosa Neo Primato! Good choise. Steel is real and real vintage original is the one.
More pictures and some more information of my 1983 DeRosa Prestige with Campagnolo Super Records 

It's a good looking - Cannondale SuperX cyclocross for 2011

BikeRumor story and more pictures.

Brand new Colnago M10 matt carbon frame - but is there too much branding?

 

It's really light and stiff must it be too. Box shaped tubes and lots of stuff around bottom bracket.
I love the skinned carbon surface finished matt. What I don't adore is that there is too much branding - "C- HS Colnago Headset Systme" "Q2 Stay".  Serious note to design department - less is more and more is redicilus. M10 then - what does is it mean? At least it's bad graphic design. You are Italian, you should do it right guys!

This red color suits well with the frame. But too much different graphic elements here as well.

Garmin Edge 800 - First Ride Review - BikeRadar

Garmin Edge 800 - First Ride Review - BikeRadar

Seems that my Garmin Edge 705 is now out of style and lost it's top-of-the-line-position.
This means bye bye 705, buy buy 800.

Colnago Start - new bike build with love, sense of style and top quality

This Colnago Start is build for my friend Wege, a true bike enthusiast and style connosier who occasionally spend up to 19 hour on his beautiful Colnago. I think this bike will be kind of trendstetter - Aluminium is the new steel!
Bike is a long term project. Planning started some 2 years ago. But finding the right kind of frame was the most difficult part of the project. Every bit and piece is carefully selected and searched by Velosport pro-shop specialists. Fortunately they have kind of road cycling frame and part history department by the founder Raimo - he has hidden some valuable things for this kind of key projects.
Eighties style of design of frame  is actually  brand new, but 2000-model. Strong and light aluminium frame is truly stiff but steel fork and classic Mavic Open Pro rims with aluminium Record hubs and Michelin ProRace3 gives lots of comfort for the ride. I test-drove the bike and it's suprisingly stiff but comfy and really fast. And it gets lots of views and supportavie comments.

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East City group ride by jukkapr at Garmin Connect - Tiedot

East City group ride by jukkapr at Garmin Connect - Tiedot

This hurts. Right on target, I guess.

BBC News - Rise of the Mamils (middle-aged men in lycra)

What a cycling jersey - what a brand - what a beer!

Brooklyn Brewery Cycling Jersey : Green | Officially Licensed Brooklyn Brewery Cycling Jersey | BoozinGear.com

Replace blue as green - there would be my next Italian tricolori Colnago C59 frame! Ernesto please

BBox-Bouygues Telecom Team Leader Thomas Voeckler's Colnago C59 Is Dressed In The Colors Of The French National Road Race Champion. Photos | Cyclingnews.com

5 questions for finding the right bike

5 questions for finding the right bike | Biking routes and practices | Coming thru!

People often ask me, what kind of bike I should buy?
Start with these 5 questions.

I'll help you a bit. If you are from Finland, right answer to #3 is "Yes"

How about this. Just great. Colnago C59 Italia with 2011 Campagnolo Super Records and carbon wheels by Colnago

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ISM Hyvinkää 2010

Tästä linkistä lisää kuvia Hyvinkään maantiepyöräilyn ISM:stä (Ikäkausi Suomen Mestaruuskilpailuista)
Hyvä fiilis ja ainakin se radan osa, jonka Itä-Helsingistä kannustamaan pyöräillyt ryhmämme ajoi, oli laadukkasti valittua tietä.
Komeaa ajoa sekä junioreilla, että senioreilla. Kiitos ajoseuralle hyvästä lenkistä. Huh mikä ajokeli, mutta me ympärivuotiset pyöräilijät emme ainakaan valita.

The launch of season 2011 - new edgy Colnago C59 ITALIA

This color it would be, if I'd placed an  order. Or the carbon black matt!?

Advertisment in the latest Procycling magazine, hube spread + extra-fold. Procycling is now after facelift one of the most beautiful and carefully typesetted & lay-outed magazine.
Anyway, the start of the Tour-specia-issue is fantastic as well - huge ad of brand new Colnago C59.
Colnago has changed the organic shapes to more cubic especially in power-line to get more strenght.
There is now new technology to put huge pressure when producing carbon pipes to frames, meaning less air and thinner tube-shells.
As you can notice, even the craphic desing is now cubic. If I'd chose color-theme, I'll avoid neon decoration from eihgties. That retro trend will face away in next 12 months. I would - or even might chose plain matt-carbon wiht white outline font logos and finalize the total carbon effect with Lightweight Standard III ordered without silly and unstylish scrip-font logos of Lightweight. The frame will be delivered hopefully with colour-fitting seat post. Then carbon 3T classic curve handlebar and stem.