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Contador Gets Two Year Ban from Cycling While Armstrong Walks

Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong

Over the weekend, two conclusions to arguably two of the biggest stories in professional cycling doping scandals finally came to an end. Alberto Contador received a 2 year ban from cycling for his positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s two year long investigation into doping was closed with [...]

Just Released: Magura RT8 TT Hydraulic Rim Brake for Tri and Road Bikes

Magura RT8 TT Hydraulic Rim Brakes

Anyone who knows the long history of Magura should not be surprised with this announcment. They are going to be the first company to go mainstream with hydraulic rim brakes for tri and road bikes. Magura carved a name for themselves back in the late 80′s and early 90′s by providing the first hydraulic rim [...]

Leaked: 2013 SRAM Red Road Component Group

SRAM Red 2013 Road Components

Rumors have been flying about what SRAM has in store for the next generation Red component group. It is almost hard to believe that SRAM has only been in the road game for a short period of time as they now grace a lot of the Tour riders and bikes across the world. With their [...]

Creative Racking: How To Carry A Road Bike On A Ferrari F355 Spider

Bicycle Rack Ferrari F355

I have seen a lot of creative racking solutions over the years on a wide variety of cars, but Auto Voyeur’s recent post about a Ferrari F355 with a Pinarello racked up on the back is a definite first for Bike198! Of course…the first thought is badass! Then reality sets in and it looks a [...]

Win your dream bike with Easton Cycling and Landshark Bicycles

Win your dream bike with Easton Cycling and Landshark Bicycles

Easton Cycling has teamed up with Landshark Bicycles to bring together a killer contest that could have you riding on your $9,000+ dream bike. The contest is actually pretty unique and there have already been some interesting submission. All you have to do is make your dream bike out of one or more wheel spokes, [...]

Specialized Venge: Aero Elite Race Bike From The Big S

Specialized Venge S-Works

Yesterday, Specialized Bicycles officially released the Specialized Venge S-Works. This new road racing bike out of the big S camp is the first of a new series of aero road racing frames. As you can see by the frame layout, it takes on the wider seat post and flatter tubes that we see on other [...]

Recap: 2010 Roswell Criterium – Georgia Road Racing

Living Strong 3 Wide

This past weekend, the historic Roswell Criterium took place in downtown Roswell, GA. Positioned on the same weekend as the legendary Athens Twilight Crit, the Roswell Crit brings in some of the best sprinters in the US all trying to get crucial points for the series. With an event this close to home, you can [...]

Anti Cycling Groups On Facebook

Road Rage - Anti Cyclist Facebook Fan Pages

Over the past year, I have noticed an increasing trend on Facebook and other social media…lashing out at cyclists on the road. Now that everyone has a voice through fan pages on everything from sleep to your favorite website, there have been some antagonistic fan pages towards cyclists and road bikers setup on Facebook. These [...]

Video: Building the Team Radio Shack Trek Madone Road Bike

Team RadioShack Trek Madone 2010

Regardless of what you think of the new design or new Radio Shack team, you have to admit that the process of building up one of the new ‘Shack bikes is pretty cool. In this video posted on YouTube by Trek Bikes, they take us through the process of making a Madone look like a [...]

Is Lance Armstrong’s Tweeting Getting Reckless?

Lance Armstong

On September 9th, Lance Armstrong threw out a 140 character or less blast on Twitter that stated the following: Hey LA – get out of your cars and get on your bikes. Time to ride. 7:30 tomorrow am. Griffith Park, LA Zoo parking lot. See you there.. The result was almost 1,000 riders showing up [...]

2009 Tour de France Recap by 198

Alberto Contador

The 2009 Tour de France is over and now we have to wait another 49 weeks until we are able to shut down our lives for 3 weeks as we watch the best in the world take on the streets of France. The 2009 Tour de France was a special event this year. With the [...]