CycleLife USA To Set The Gold Standard For Customer Service, Training and Care For One of America’s Oldest and Now Fastest Growing Recreational Activities

Washington, DC — As November brings political change to Washington, D.C., another positive move in the Capitol District will be occurring that will forever rearrange the landscape of how recreational cycling and physical fitness is viewed. On November 13, CycleLife USA, the first lifestyle community dedicated to support and enrich the individual and the collective healthy lifestyle that the simple act of riding a bicycle inspires, will open its doors.

CycleLife is a 2-story, 12,000 square foot facility on the shore of the Potomac River in the historic Georgetown area of Washington D.C. which brings under one roof the most complete array of services, equipment and amenities ever put together, and delivers them to cyclists with a level of customer service that is closer to a luxury European resort than a Main Street bike store. While some major bicycle retailers in America have broadened their offerings and offer more than simple retail, no facility comes close to offering what is the heart of CycleLife: Best-in-class equipment and apparel; professional-quality maintenance and service; computer-aided fitting, fitness testing, training and coaching; a broad range of classes, rides, seminars and advocacy activities; and a completely unique, membership program that combines social activity, creature comforts and personal service second to none.

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Minneapolis – A national program is offering race promoters the opportunity to send their top amateurs to the 2009 edition of the Nature Valley Grand Prix (Minnesota, June 10-14) to compete against the country’s top men and women professional bicycle racers.

Entering its second year, the “Nature Valley Pro Ride” will select amateur men and women at regional races around the United States to become part of a pair of Nature Valley composite teams for the 11th annual edition of the five-day stage race that begins June 10.

The Nature Valley Grand Prix ranks as one of the premier events on the USA Cycling National Race Calendar (NRC) each year, attracting tens of thousands of cycling enthusiasts, pro athletes and avid recreational riders to Minnesota.

“This is a chance for a race promoter to raise the participation and visibility of their event at no extra cost,” Nature Valley Grand Prix Race Director David LaPorte said. “As for the riders who are selected, they can look forward to racing in front of huge crowds and being treated like a rock star at our event.”

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Lexington, SC - Storck Bicycle and Vanderkitten Racing have announced a multi-year sponsorship deal that will place the Elite Women’s Team on Storck road bikes beginning with the 2009 racing season.

“Our organization enjoyed a terrific 2008 season and we are confident that 2009 will be even more successful now that we will be riding Storcks”, said Robin Zellner, Managing Director - Vanderkitten Racing.

“We are delighted to be associated with this first rate team and are looking forward to a strong partnership which will benefit both our dealers and consumers”, said Dave Goeppner, GM for Storck in the US.

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Cooke, Dominguez, Gutiérrez and Mancebo among top names signed

Culver City, Calif. — Rock Racing bolstered its ranks for 2009 with the signings of European specialists Baden Cooke, Francisco Mancebo and José Enrique Gutiérrez, as well as top domestic talents Ivan Dominquez, Glen Chadwick, Chris Baldwin and Caleb Manion.

Rock Racing Owner Michael Ball also announced the re-signing of U.S. National Champions Tyler Hamilton (Road), Rahsaan Bahati (Criterium) and Justin Williams (Under 23 Criterium) as well as stalwarts Oscar Sevilla, Fred Rodriguez and Victor Hugo Peña.
“We have assembled a world class team and acquired a mix of tremendous talent and experience,” said Ball. “We have the strength, depth and tenacity to compete in any race around the globe.”

Rock Racing’s line-up for its third season includes riders from eight different countries who have won stages at all three of cycling’s “Grand Tours” – the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España – as well as multiple national championships.
“Last year was a year of redemption,” Ball said. “Given the opportunity to ride, we proved we were able to win. In 2009, we will continue our winning tradition, and from a branding and fan perspective, be the No. 1 team in the world.”

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Atlanta, GA - Following the conclusion of a very successful 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T, the Board of Directors of the Tour de Georgia Foundation, Inc., announced today their plans for the future of the Tour.

Speaking on behalf of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, long time member Tom Saddlemire announced that the Tour de Georgia will not be held in 2009 but will return in 2010. Mr. Saddlemire, newly retired CFO of GE Energy, explained that “with the help of the Lt. Governor, the Tour had its most successful year yet, raising close to $3.2 million in operating expenses and commitments for more than $500,000 in support of cancer research through the Aflac Cancer Center at Children’s Healthcare and the Georgia Cancer Coalition. We believe that this unique and exciting event will endure. We have decided to use 2009 as a time to plan ahead and properly position the Tour de Georgia to make the best use of the new partnerships we forged during the 2008 Tour de Georgia Presented by AT&T, such as our relationships with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Road Atlanta. The planning process for the Tour de Georgia requires a tremendous amount of time and effort and we wanted to give all of our partners enough time to plan and allocate their resources to take full advantage of the event. Therefore, we will skip 2009 and the Board will petition USAC and the UCI for the Tour de Georgia’s return to the world calendar in 2010.”

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We are cutting the lights off on one side on the Cow Palace. Throwing up 4 bikes on stage and focusing the spotlights on the West Coast Goldsprints!

Race! Drink beer ….. Heckle your friends! Win GOLD and take home a 2009 Marin Ignacio! + more prizes for podiums.

Race FREE with paid admission.

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Qualifying: Sat 1-5 PM
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Brian Sarmiento introducing Super Record at Interbike

For 2009, Campagnolo is “Raising the Level” and introducing not one, not two, but three groupsets in the 11 speed variety. Super Record, Record, and Chorus will all be available in 11 speed. And after Brian from Campagnolo stopped by our offices this past summer to introduce Super Record, we were pretty anxious to get our hands on a group to see if it lives up to expectations. And high expectations they are… for Campagnolo isn’t just any bike company. For those not familiar with the story, it all started on the famous Croce D’Aune climb, where Tulio Campagnolo, in 1927 tried to change a rear tire, with his hands frozen, he became frustrated and yelled, “There must be an easier way…” (in italian of course) And there began the first idea for the quick release. It would be the beginning of a long line of invention and innovation from Campagnolo. Not only in the bike industry, but in the automotive, military, and even NASA has collaborated with Campagnolo. But history aside…

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Completely New Retail Experience in this latest Specialized Concept Store.

Have you made your plans for the Weekend of November 21-23? Unmake them! If you are a cyclist in the Southern California Area, you will want to be in the middle of the bicycle revolution taking place in Palos Verdes that weekend. It will be worth the drive just to feast your eyes on the latest Specialized Concept Store to grace the LA market. PV Bicycle Center will change all your impressions about bike retail environments and set the standard for the future. Then, during this grand opening weekend, there will be a bicycle cornucopia of events, games, group rides, prizes, free stuff, demonstrations, industry super stars, and fun for everyone in the family.

It all starts Friday night with the ribbon cutting 4:00 - 6:00 featuring the Mayor Frank Zerunyan and other dignitaries from the four cities that share the hills of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Then the focus will turn to the women of the cycling community. The store will have a Diva night led by staff from Specialized Bicycle Company. Diva night starts at 7:00 and is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about cycling from the female point of view. The store would appreciate RSVP’s as there will be light fare served.

Then Saturday morning, riders of every type and stripe will be heading out on rides through the amazing roads and trails of the hills of Palos Verdes. Try to concentrate on your riding as you are constantly bombarded by some of the most incredible ocean views and panoramas in the world. Try not to think of your own humble abode as you fly by the mansions of the rich and famous. Be sure to bring plenty of energy bars to give you the extra burst needed for the challenging climbs.

For the Mountain Bikers, Hall of Famer and six-time National Champion, Ned Overend, will lead a group onto the local trails. No one will intentionally be left behind, but this will be an enthusiast’s ride.

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Back in July at the Look 2009 launch, Ming Tan of Look Cycles USA introduced us to the new 2009 Tri/TT 596. Riden by Thor Hushovd during this years Tour de France, the new state of the art bike was developed in Nevers at Looks worldwide headquarters and is the first Look frame to use carbon nanotubes. Not far from Nevers is the famous F1 Magny Cours Wind Tunnel (yes, the same wind tunnel many F1 and Lemans cars are tested at), and according to Look the only wind tunnel able to run tests with spinning wheels. Look took to this tunnel to develop the 596, and during their time there, developed several iterations of what would eventually become the 596. One of the major designs they worked on was the gap between the rear wheel and the seat tube. What most bike manufacturers have adopted, is a fairly tight gap, but Look found that design caused a lot of turbulence in the area behind the seat tube and ran counter to the ultimate goal of cheating the wind. So engineers actually added more space to give the spinning air somewhere to go. A radically different direction, but not completely unfounded, as many Lemans race cars have louvered fenders to reduce pressure in their wheel wells. Time will tell what design ultimately wins out…

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Atlanta — Ukranian Valeriy Kobzarenko, who was one of Team Type 1’s most dependable riders in 2008, will return to the squad in 2009. At the same time, the second-year team announced the signing of promising young Slovenian sprinter Aldo Ino Ilesic.

The two join eight other riders already announced for Team Type 1, a team striving to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. Co-founders Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge are two of four riders on the men’s professional roster who have Type 1 diabetes.

Kobzarenko is a three-time Olympian and past Ukranian national road race champion (1997). His season highlights include winning the Frank “Nap” Torpey Memorial Hills of Somerset County Road Race and finishing second on Stage 6 of the Tour de Taiwan and second on Stage 4a of the Tour de Beauce.

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