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PEZ Reviews: CRUD Fenders
Monday, November 02, 2009  11:40:23 AM PT
  The dust has yet to settle from the storm of Interbike, but the rains have started here at PEZ HQ, and that means time to strap on that piece of rain gear that I estimate provides 50% of your dryness – fenders. So it’s perfect timing that the UK’s CRUD PRODUCTS ‘Roadracer’ fenders emerged from the storm.
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Interbike 2009: Hidden Treasure, Good Deal, New Stuff
Wednesday, October 28, 2009  9:36:34 AM PT
  From the show that just keeps on giving - another round of bit's... C-4 explodes, AX swings, EE in your BB, San Marco and Topolino...
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Interbike '09: The Hits Just Keep On Comin!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009  11:15:41 AM PT
  Yes – it’s been a couple weeks since our last post, but we’re back and rollin' with more Interbike goodies, and the wait is worth it – Here’s what’s cool from Polar, SRAM, Saris, FSA, Castelli, Moots and more…
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Interbike 2009: More to Score
Monday, October 05, 2009  9:54:00 AM PT
  More from the shores of Treasure Island, this round brings a look at the latest from Look Cycles, chunks of hunks from Bonk Breaker, a feather in Cane Creek's cap, and slick skins from Twin-Six...
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Interbike 2009: Here We Go!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009  8:26:13 AM PT
  So we're back from Interbike 2009. The hangover is very nearly gone, the feet are not close to normal, the back is still sore, but nothing itches and no rash! Here are a few of the neat things...
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PEZ Reviews: SARIS T-BONES Bike Rack
Thursday, September 17, 2009  2:58:41 PM PT
  After years of carrying my bikes inside the car, I could no longer ignore the effects of family expansion on my annual summer holiday – with the SUV packed to the rafters, there was no room left for my bike. Enter the T-Bones rack from Saris – the solution to my space issues and salvation of my summer vacation…
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Interbike Preview 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009  2:57:09 PM PT
  This has been a great or crappy or slow or really fast year depending on perspective but one thing’s certain. It's Interbike time again and here are a few tidbits to look for from this year's floor.
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RMBS '09: Twice As Good!
Friday, September 04, 2009  3:15:34 PM PT
  The second Rocky Mountain Bicycle Show was a unique opportunity for bike junkies to get their fix of the coolest bikes and speak with the people behind these passionate creations. This year's show moved to larger digs in Denver and hosted three days worth of activities including an art show, bicycle show, kids demo area, and 6 day style track racing. Here is a look inside...
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PEZ Reviews: LOOK's 566
Thursday, September 03, 2009  1:33:35 PM PT
  Look was one of the first carbon bike builders to really shape tubes to tune the ride and handling characteristics. Not simply a replacement for another bike in the line, the launch of the 566 marks LOOK’s entry in the growing category of carbon bikes that uses significantly shaped tubes to tune the ride comfort, while at the same time be a lot more affordable than you’d expect.
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Serotta’s Meivici: Custom Carbon
Wednesday, September 02, 2009  9:05:48 AM PT
  A couple years in the making, Pez head up to see arguably the top custom builder on the planet. We hit Serotta's NY shop, take a peek at their separate composites facility, get checked in their fit studio, roll through the factory, and land the Meivici.
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Fat Americans: American Classic 58 Carbon Clinchers
Thursday, August 13, 2009  12:15:05 PM PT
  OK so "Fat Americans" is pretty much the opposite of the people that operate American Classic (in fact I've had a cheeseburger with more fat on it than Bill and Ellen), but fat does fit the bill describing the "beefing up" of the products as they've completely retooled their product line. Here's a set of their 58mm deep Carbon clinchers...
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PEZ-Tech: Specialized’s Shiny New Shiv!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009  5:09:47 PM PT
  The flurry of SMS and answer phone messages elicited a direction that you just wouldn’t hear in a spy-movie or a thriller. “You’ll find me no problem. I’m the guy with a Specialized frame slung over my shoulder, standing at the Quick Step bus!”
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PEZ-Report: European Handmade Bicycle Expo
Friday, August 07, 2009  5:33:42 AM PT
  “Old Europe,” someone once said. Old? Indeed, when comparing what happened at the first European Handmade Bicycle Expo, which convened in the German city of Schwäbish Gmünd this May, with the slightly older NAHBS, one might use this same, simple adjective, even though that speaker’s context differed.
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Pez-Tech: Lynskey Helix
Sunday, August 02, 2009  7:48:33 AM PT
  Websters calls it “something spiral in form”, Lynskey calls it their stiffest race bike yet, and I say it’s one sweet ride. With sexy shaped titanium tubes, an artist’s finish, and my own custom build up, this is bike is way more than the sum of its parts…
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Summer Skins: GORE BIKE WEAR
Tuesday, July 21, 2009  1:07:25 PM PT
  Most bike tech geeks think cables when GORE is mentioned. Honestly it was Ride-On cables that lead me to their booth at last year's Interbike. Gore Bike Wear send in their top line Xenon summer skins and they're better than you think.
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Tour de Pez: A Bike Called Johnny
Monday, July 20, 2009  8:34:54 AM PT
  Roadside Pez: The guys in black tee-shirts look up, when I shout; "Craig!" This is the Astana camp and strangers making loud noises need to be investigated; "oui?" says one of the guys, suspiciously. Craig looks up from washing Haimar Zubeldia's blue Trek; "it's OK, they're friends of mine," he tells his compadres as he beckons us to duck under the red and white "crime scene" tapes.
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Capo Cycling Apparel: Atlas and Modena Kits
Tuesday, June 30, 2009  6:23:36 AM PT
  Capoforma have been making the PEZ house kit for years. Capoforma isn't only a custom brand though, they also turn out a few slick stock items. Here's a look at the new Atlas and Modena kits ready for the rest of the Summer.
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PEZ Tech: Custom Colnago EPS
Sunday, June 21, 2009  9:10:59 PM PT
  Two things separate me from cash pretty quickly, my love for bicycles and MotoGP. Combine the two and spending becomes a form of art. This time the Muse is Valentino Rossi. The canvas? Colnago’s range topping EPS!
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PEZ Tests: Polar RS800CX Pro Team Edition
Tuesday, June 16, 2009  7:05:57 AM PT
  Polar was the pioneer in portable heart rate monitors for athletes, and continues to set the benchmark for heart rate devices. Their latest launch is the top-shelf RS800CX Pro Team Edition, featuring just about every possible training feature in a sleek unit that is styling both on or off the bike.
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Great Head: Lazer and LAS Helmets
Thursday, June 11, 2009  8:48:52 AM PT
  Bean barrier makers send us a couple for review. LAS Victory and Lazer’s Oxygen helmets get a ride.
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PEZ-Test: Timbuk2 Patrol Backpack
Wednesday, June 10, 2009  11:12:42 AM PT
  After 5 years of packing my office into a carry-on bag for travel to the great races of cycling, I had yet to find the ultimate ‘mobile office/ cycling / carry-on’ bag. After field testing Timbuk2’s Patrol backpack at this year’s Giro, my search could be over.
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GearO Giro: Santini Summer Skins
Tuesday, May 26, 2009  1:24:51 AM PT
  Santini have been the official skins of the Giro for several years and while not everyone has the goods to pull off a pink kit, just about anyone can fit one of the commemorative jerseys for this year's Giro and or most of the rest of the line.
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EE Brakes: Stop Light
Tuesday, May 05, 2009  10:14:38 AM PT
  Aftermarket brakes have been around for a while now, all of em are pretty good. These are great...
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PEZ Reviews: Quarq Cinqo Power Meter
Tuesday, April 28, 2009  5:16:14 PM PT
  The power-gurus at WiredBike.com weigh in with a look Quarq’s new Cinqo power meter – and are impressed by it’s ease of setup, use and even the price… this could be the powermeter you’ve been waiting for.
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PezTech: Recession Buster Returns!
Thursday, April 23, 2009  12:48:11 PM PT
  Due to the popularity of our Recession Buster Christmas gift feature and the fact that these downright shitty times (excuse our French) are still here, Mr. Cheap-Oh returns for an encore. Chapeau! Chapeau!
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Giro 2010 Up Close: The Hellacious Final Week
Friday, November 06, 2009  8:34:07 AM PT
  The first fourteen stages of the 2010 Giro d'Italia are going to be the standard, delicious Giro fare. The final final seven days are going to be the ...
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Grenoble'09: Marvellous Marvulli Tallies #5!
Thursday, November 05, 2009  11:51:37 AM PT
  Four nights down, two to go. The racing was hot in Grenoble, the sideshows, arguably, just as hot. Edmond Hood was on the scene, working hard, making ...
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PEZ Reviews: CRUD Fenders
  The dust has yet to settle from the storm of Interbike, but the rains have started here at PEZ HQ, and that means time to strap on that piece of rain ...
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Interbike 2009: Hidden Treasure, Good Deal, New Stuff
  From the show that just keeps on giving - another round of bit's... C-4 explodes, AX swings, EE in your BB, San Marco and Topolino...
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Interbike '09: The Hits Just Keep On Comin!
  Yes – it’s been a couple weeks since our last post, but we’re back and rollin' with more Interbike goodies, and the wait is worth it – Here’s what’s ...
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Interbike 2009: More to Score
  More from the shores of Treasure Island, this round brings a look at the latest from Look Cycles, chunks of hunks from Bonk Breaker, a ...
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Interbike 2009: Here We Go!
  So we're back from Interbike 2009. The hangover is very nearly gone, the feet are not close to normal, the back is still sore, but nothing itches ...
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Toolbox: Beginner’s Mind, Part 2
  Zen masters let go of ego; teenagers are in the middle of creating one. That makes it a good time to coach mental skills with teens, and also a good ...
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Toolbox: Priming the Engine
  Cyclocross season is steadily progressing from the early season of warm and dry race days to the downright miserable and ugly weather that define the ...
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Toolbox: Cutting Edge Nutrition Strategies
  As fall is settling upon the Northern Hemisphere many cyclists are looking forward to both the crux off their off-season and starting to plan for ...
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Toolbox: Italia Calling
  With Lombardia and the end-of-season emphasis on all things Italia, what better way to begin the off-season transition than enjoy some quality miles ...
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Giro Di PEZ: The Race Of The Lasts
Sunday, June 07, 2009  7:50:39 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: This year I chased just three stages. I chose the three stages closest to home for me, in the centre of Italy, on the ...
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Giro Di PEZ: Ed And Dave Look Back
Friday, June 05, 2009  5:05:48 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: I love Scotland; but there’s no Gazzetta in the morning, most of the coffee tastes like John Wayne brewed it beside the ...
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Giro di PEZ: Week 2 Outtakes!
Thursday, June 04, 2009  8:11:24 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: Two weeks can be a long time, unless you’re chasing a Grand Tour. I flew over to cover the Giro’s second week, and ...
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Giro Di PEZ: Wonderful Week One!
Wednesday, June 03, 2009  3:39:58 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: The Centenary Giro has only been over for a few days, but my personal trip to the Corsa Rosa ended back on Stage 5. With ...
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2009 Tour de France
Tour de Pez: Looking Back At A Tour Gone By
Friday, July 31, 2009  5:32:12 AM PT
  Roadside Recap: As we make our merry way through the rounds of the PEZ Looks Back, Ed is up for his retrospective on the Tour that was. As the ...
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Tour de Pez: ASO’s Marilyn Urtubia
Friday, July 31, 2009  4:49:37 AM PT
  Roadside Look Back: For the press core, one of the more familiar sights behind the scenes at this year’s Tour de France was the welcoming ...
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Tour de Pez: PGTSD
Wednesday, July 29, 2009  6:00:38 AM PT
  Roadside Wrap: That's Post Grand Tour Stress Disorder. The Champs Elysées stage of le Tour is the climax, the culmination of a near ...
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Tour de Pez: Gord Looks Back
Tuesday, July 28, 2009  6:25:33 AM PT
  Roadside Wrap: My second big adventure on the Tour, my second year behind the scenes riding the maddest, scariest, most thrilling ...
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PEZ Talk: Revolution's James Pope
  Amongst all the gloom and doom of sponsors pulling out disenchanted with doping scandals, and races folding, winter track racing does have its ...
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PEZ Talk: Six Day Up And Comers East And Carroll
  They may sound like a lounge singing duet, but there's no schmaltz to these guy's mission; they're trying to build a career playing to that most ...
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PEZ Talk: Milram's Luke Roberts
  The best team pursuit rider, ever? With national, world junior, Commonwealth, world senior and Olympic titles to his name, Aussie, Luke Roberts ...
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PEZ Talk: UK's Newest ProTour Rider, Tom Faiers
  Here at Pez we pride ourselves on being on the case of who's up and coming - but sometimes even Pez misses the boat. The first we heard of Tom Faiers ...
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PEZ-Clusive: His Name Is Clear - Iljo Keisse
  The cheer from the cabin next door to ours - below the Grenoble velodrome - told us that the result Flanders had been holding its breath for, had ...
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Cycling Tours
Top Rides: Suffering in the Black Forest
Sunday, November 15, 2009  1:01:50 PM PT
  An epic day of rain, pain, and suffering is now behind me, and I’ve got the lactic acid as proof after suffering through a super-tough, 3-climb stage ...
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Top Rides: The Peri to Fosse Climb
Friday, November 13, 2009  8:38:31 AM PT
  Sometimes my best rides have been those with the least forethought, the least amount of time, the most luck, and just plain looking for the squiggly ...
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Comment: What Makes A Professional?
Saturday, November 14, 2009  12:37:26 PM PT
  In a world where money is in short supply, it's encouraging that there are so many pro cyclists in the UK. Or is it? Sponsor of Team Velo ...
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Eat To Compete: It’s Soup Time!
Thursday, November 12, 2009  6:25:55 PM PT
  Soup, on many levels, is one of the best things to eat this time of year. It’s warm, it’s a great way to stay full without over-eating (when ...
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The Wounded Warrior Project: Soldier Rides 2009!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009  8:41:18 AM PT
  The Wounded Warrior Projects Soldier Ride provides rehabilitative cycling events for severely injured service members. Soldier Ride is not about ...
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2009 Tour de France
Vuelta’09 St.21: Greipel’s Day, Valverde’s Vuelta!
Sunday, September 20, 2009  10:58:34 AM PT
  Race report: Alejandro Valverde stayed upright to seal his Vuelta victory – the first Grand Tour win of his career. On such a short stage, ...
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Vuelta’09 St.20: Millar Puts Them To The Sword!
Saturday, September 19, 2009  10:56:52 AM PT
  Race Report: Today David Millar won his 5th stage in all his Vuelta’s, he was given one of the swords that Toledo is famous for along with the ...
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PEZ Talk: BMC Recruit John Murphy
Thursday, November 19, 2009  7:48:44 PM PT
  John Murphy has been promising big things for a long while now. The rider has moved consistently up the ranks over the past six years starting as a ...
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PEZ Talk: Six Day Hero Franco Marvulli
Thursday, November 19, 2009  8:13:56 AM PT
  They call it the ‘World Championship of Six Days’ – Munich. And the 2009 winners were – Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) from world ...
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EuroTrash Thursday!
Thursday, November 19, 2009  7:34:44 AM PT
  It’s still the off season, but BMC are gradually plugging the holes in their 2010 race roster, while Lotto are trying to do the same for their 2010 ...
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Battenkill'09: America's Queen Of The Classics
Wednesday, November 18, 2009  1:24:50 AM PT
  America will never be Belgium, but as of 2009, it does have its own hardman Classic. In its first professional edition, the Tour of the Battenkill ...
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PEZ Gets Muddy: USGP Weekend In New Jersey
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  11:07:33 AM PT
  Here at PEZ, we adore the mud-filled fun of the cyclocross season, but it's an all too rare event to be able to cover the racing like we do during ...
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Toolbox: PowerCranks Winter Training
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  5:57:35 AM PT
  I was at the coffee shop the other day answering questions about those funny gold cranks on my bike (which, during the winter when I am riding my ...
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Off-Season PEZ: Vacation In Venice
Monday, November 16, 2009  10:02:46 AM PT
  We love bike racing at PEZ. We really do. Just like our favorite pros though, there's a time at the end of every season for pause, a time for ...
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