We chose Route B. It was the harder route. Marc had sent out mapped out options for route A and route B, both coming in at 112km. He had also given us a deadline for the end of the day to reply and we later realised that no-one had actually looked at the route and [...]

So we’re off and running  cycling! Our entry is in, we have a sponsor and our kit is being made as soon as the last soon to be named and shamed few get their sizes in. So on Saturday we actually got on the bikes and started to get to know everyone on the team. [...]

This post should probably be called Mud Sweat and Tears, but that’s been used before and I need to move up the google search rankings with some original’ish content. So for the record the Daily Crank took on the 75km MTB and the 50km road ride the next day. I should mention that I would’ve [...]

Tour de France Stage 11 highlights and Stage 12 preview – Mark Cavendish has claimed the 18th Tour de France stage win of his career and seized the points classification leader’s green jersey. Second on the rainy 11th stage was yeserday’s winner Andre Greipel of Germany. (Crank) Jens Voigt: A Room To Myself – The [...]

There’s been a lot of MTB articles lately, but now The Tour de France 2011 is almost upon us! Running from Saturday July 2rd to Sunday July 24th 2011, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres. Distinctive aspects of the race: [...]

Charge’s latest online video gives you a sneak preview of the 2011 Duster Mountain Bike range, as the slimmer prototype bikes get put through their paces. The Charge 2011 Duster XC line features several models, which features steel and titanium bikes. Celebrating the forthcoming release, Charge released a video capturing whats to come, filmed and [...]

The Syndicate is obviously not going anywhere next year, so here’s an announcement of some of their plans for the upcoming 12 months. Steve Peat, Greg Minnaar, Josh Bryceland, Jamie Goldman and John Waddell make up the 2011 Santa Cruz Syndicate and they are ready for next season! “The Santa Cruz Syndicate line up for [...]

Ah, I like Team Time Trials. It’s back. Route looks quite interesting actually. And the etape stage looks to be the 109km Modane – Alpe D’huez. Nice! The 2011 Tour de France (July 2-24, 2011) will celebrate the first passage of the race through the Alps in 1911. From Road.cc: As expected the Vendée on [...]

Introducing the new 2011 Fox 36 180 Forks. That’s a lot of numbers I know. The long awaited 180mm travel Fox forks are now available. Fox have continued to use the 36mm stanchions, but the rest of the fork is completely new, longer lowers, more ajustability, Kashima coating and of course 7.1″ inches of posh plushness. [...]

The all-new Trek Fuel EX for 2011 showing off in Durango, Colorado. via King Of The Mountain.