Blanco Pro Cycling

From the ashes of the former Team Rabobank, who pulled their sponsorship at the end of the 2012 season because of doping allegations, Blanco Pro Cycling enters the 2013 season with many of Rabobank’s former riders.  The team itself has been around for almost 30 years under various sponsorship names. Bike of choice?  Giant’s recently released Propel Advanced SL.  Having undergone extensive windtunnel testing using … Continue reading Blanco Pro Cycling

Fukushima 131 and Cielo 11.3.11

No voting on this one –  just a couple of really nice one-offs by Chris King and Giovanni Battaglin that were built to commemorate the March 11, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and then auctioned off to charity . Well-known maker of high-end headsets, hubs, and bottom brackets, Chris King partnered with Japananese distributor of said components, SimWorks, to produce this Cielo cyclocross bike – which is actually … Continue reading Fukushima 131 and Cielo 11.3.11