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Tour de France champ failed drug test
Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has revealed he tested positive for clenbuterol, a banned substance, during the Tour de France this past July.
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Tour champion Contador tests positive for steroid
Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain tested positive for a banned steroid while winning this year’s race and has been suspended by cycling’s governing body.
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News that Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has tested positive for the banned stimulant clenbuterol has raised the question: is his assertion that food or supplement contamination is responsible for the result plausible?
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The bike with a flamethrower and ejector seat
A U.K. insurer asks cyclists what they hate most about cycling. On the basis of the results, it builds a bike featuring a Caterpillar track, a flamethrower, and an ejector seat. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
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The bike with a flamethrower and ejector seat
A U.K. insurer asks cyclists what they hate most about cycling. On the basis of the results, it builds a bike featuring a Caterpillar track, a flamethrower, and an ejector seat.
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Sports in Brief: Contador fails steroids test
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol at this year’s Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement released Wednesday. He has been provisionally suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.
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SANYO ‘eneloop bike’ Rolls Into Yellowstone for Xanterra Employee Use
SANYO North America Corporation announces that it has provided five of its pedal-assist synergetic hybrid bicycles, the eneloop bike, to Xanterra Parks & Resorts , an organization that operates hotels, restaurants and activities in Yellowstone National Park located primarily in Wyoming, and extending into Montana and Idaho.
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Brothers win 1st and 2nd in state mountain bike race
On Christmas morning in 1997, Ryan and Regan Woodall received new bikes. Thirteen years later, they are both professional riders.
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Electric bikes, Segways spark trail-access issues
Honora Wolfe enjoys the view from a bike seat for her 7-mile commute from home to her Boulder office. But at 62, and with many hills in her path, she sometimes needs a little assist.
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How Mountain Bike Gears Work
The gears in mountain bikes just keep getting more and more intricate. The bikes of today have as many as 27 gear ratios. A mountain bike will use a combination of three different sized sprockets in front and nine in the back to produce gear ratios.
The idea behind all these gears is to allow the rider to crank the pedals at a constant pace no matter what kind of slope the bike is on. You can understand this better by picturing a bike with just a single gear. Each time you rotate the pedals one turn, the rear wheel would rotate one turn as well (1:1 gear ratio).
If the rear wheel is 26 inches in diameter, then with 1:1 gearing, one full twist on the pedals would result in the wheel covering 81.6 inches of ground. If you are pedaling at a speed of 50 RPM, this means that the bike can cover over 340 feet of ground per minute. This is only 3.8 MPH, which is the equivalence of walking speed. This is ideal for climbing a steep hill, although bad for ground or going downhill.
To go faster you’ll need a different ratio. To ride downhill at 25 MPH with a 50 RPM cadence at the pedals, you’ll need a 5.6:1 gear ratio. A bike with a lot of gears will give you a large number of increments between a 1:1 gear ratio and a 6.5:1 gear ratio so that you can always pedal at 50 RPM, no matter how fast you are actually going.
On a normal 27 speed mountain bike, six of the gear ratios are so close to each other that you can’t notice any difference between them.
With actual use, bike riders tend to choose a front sprocket suitable for the slope they are riding on and stick with it, although the front sprocket can be difficult to shift under heavy load. It’s much easier to shit between the gears on the rear.
If you are cranking up a hill, it’s best to choose the smallest sprocket on the front then shift between the nine gears available on the rear. The more speeds you have on the back sprocket, the bigger advantage you’ll have.
All in all, gears are very important to mountain bikes as they dictate your overall speed. Without gears you wouldn’t be able to build speed nor would you be able to pound pedals. The gears will move the pedals and help you build up speed.
There are all types of gears available in mountain bikes, all of which will help you build up a lot of momentum if you use them the right way.
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AP Sources: Armstrong team staffer to talk to jury
A staff member of Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack, who also has a connection to Floyd Landis, is expected to testify Wednesday before a grand jury investigating allegations of doping in professional cycling, two people…
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AP Source:Armstrong Team Staffer To Talk To Jury
A staff member of Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack is expected to testify Wednesday regarding allegations of doping in professional cycling
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Cancellara questions radio ban
Fabian Cancellara and Cadel Evans have queried cycling authorities for banning riders and their teams from using radio.
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Knysna Cycle Challenge
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Rás name surprise new sponsor for next year
CYCLING: IRELAND’S RÁS stage race will have a new look next year, following yesterday’s surprise announcement that An Post will replace FBD Insurance as the title sponsor.
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Cycling: Europeans give Aussie hosts a rainbow teaser
GEELONG, Australia, Sept 27, 2010 (AFP) – - Top cyclists from around the globe are threatening to make sure the world road race championships do not end on a dream note for hosts Australia next Sunday.
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Race Preview: 2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championships
The wide world of cycling extends Down Under
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