TEMPE, AZ — BH Bikes is teaming up with cycling legend Frankie Andreu to bring cyling fans a unique perspective on the Tour de France. “The Frankie Files,” Andreu’s blog in conjunction with BH Bikes, will launch July 4.

Andreu will blog about the AG2R-LaMondiale team, its new BH bikes (more details coming very soon) and the behind the scenes action at the Tour. With his 9 years as a professional cyclist, Andreu knows every in and out of the cycling world. His insights are thoughtful and entertaining.

“This is a great opportunity for us,” said Adam Vincent, BH sales and marketing specialist. “Frankie has great perspectives on the peloton and he knows all the technical details of the bikes. He’s credible, knowledgeable and entertaining. It’s a great way to launch the new bikes, but I’m really looking forward to his fresh take on the Tour.”

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Crossing The Mississippi River – As Team Type 1 made short work of Kansas and Missouri to grow its lead to nearly four hours early Wednesday, Team Type 2 increased its average speed in the Race Across America (RAAM).

Team Type 1 crossed the Mississippi River shortly before 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday, having completed more than 2,000 of the 3,021-mile (4,861 km) non-stop race that began in Oceanside, Calif., and finishes in Annapolis, Md. The second-place team in the eight-rider division, Team ViaSat, was riding three hours and 59 minutes behind the squad that is comprised entirely of athletes with Type 1 diabetes.

“We’re trying to stay ahead of our time from last year,” Team Type 1 General Manager Tom Schuler said from the support car following rider Tom Kingery. “Our speed dropped a bit overnight when we hit a nasty headwind going through the Ozarks and we thought we were going to get caught up in some thunderstorms, but the rain ended up going around us.”

By averaging nearly 24 mph, Team Type 1 remains on pace to better the existing RAAM record of five days, nine hours and 43 minutes, established last year by the Norwegian Byggkjøp presented by BMC Cycling Team.

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It was just two years ago this very month that Trek announced a new radically different, designed from the ground up, ‘no constraints’ Madone. And though it’s still a relatively fresh platform for Trek, they’ve been making slight updates to the design over the last two years. But what we see here might be more than minor tweaks.

Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer recently showed up to the Nevady City Bicycle Classic on blacked out Madones. We can only suspect they’re Trek’s latest prototypes of a new Madone coming for 2010.

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Come watch Team TIBCO bust it in Burlingame this Sunday!

Los Altos, California – This Sunday, Team TIBCO, the fastest start-up in Silicon Valley, will take its speed show to downtown Burlingame for the Burlingame Criterium. The women’s race, run around a tight, technical 0.7-mile course, starts at 1:30 p.m.

Team TIBCO is looking to dominate the race the same way it did the Santa Cruz Criterium in April, where the team stacked the podium. Leading the charge will be U.S. National Road and Criterium Champion Brooke Miller. Miller will have powerhouse support from Amber Rais, who dominated the Tour de Nez in her hometown of Reno last weekend. Also racing will be rising stars Alison Starnes and Rushlee Buchanan along with Katharine Carroll, Emma Rickards, and Alison Rosenthal, all experienced riders who have been key to many of the team’s top performances this year

“It’s not often you get to see one of the top teams in North America race in your own backyard,” said Team TIBCO founder and manager Linda Jackson. “We have a ton of supporters in the Bay area, and on the Peninsula and Silicon Valley in particular, who have been with us since we were a small startup just a few years ago. They’ve been critical to our growth and success. So it’s important to the team that we race close to home and invite all those people to join us and really make it more than just another race on the calendar, but a celebration of their contribution to the team’s success.”

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O’FALLON, Missouri – On a day when the heat and humidity tried to dominate the field of 78 racers in the NRC Tour de WingHaven, the race instead was dominated by a long 60 mile plus breakaway followed by a smart tactical move with about 10 miles to go. With three 3-mile laps remaining in the 27 lap 84 mile circuit race and as temperatures hovered in the mid-90’s and high humidity made it feel over 100 degrees, Andrew Bajadali of Kelly Benefit Strategies bridged up to a breakaway group that included Brian Jensen of TradeWind Energy / Trek Stores. Jensen and his breakaway partners, Jeff Schroetlin (ABD Cycling) and David Henderson (Columbia Bicycling Club) had been the lead since lap 5. But Schroetlin and Henderson could not stay with Jensen and Bajadali as the two pulled away and rode the last three laps together.

At the end, the fresher legs of Bajadali had enough left to outsprint Jensen in the uphill finishing straight and take the victory in the inaugural NRC edition of the Tour de WingHaven. Brad Huff of Jelly Belly led what was left of the peloton, which had been shattered by the heat of the day, across the finish line to take third place 52 seconds behind the leaders. As a result of his long breakaway, Jensen was able to claim the King of the Mountain title.

Near Bloom, Kan. –The crackle over the megaphone broke the silence of an otherwise quiet morning Tuesday in western Kansas:

“Nice job, buddy. You’re just going to fly right on through this town,” said Team Type 1 Coach Nate Keck to rider Bob Schrank.

Cruising at 28 mph on his Orbea Ordu time trial bike, Schrank gave the “high sign” of acknowledgment without interrupting his cadence.

This is business-as-usual for Team Type 1, which has been leading the eight-rider team division of the Race Across America (RAAM) since the 150th mile of the 3,021-mile (4,861 km) race that began Saturday in Oceanside, Calif.

Not only was Team Type 1 ahead of second-place Team ViaSat by nearly two hours and 45 minutes at 6:30 a.m. EDT, but the team of riders who all have Type 1 diabetes is knocking out the miles faster than any squad – or anyone, for that matter – has ridden across the country since RAAM team competition began in 1992.

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Fredericksburg, Texas - The world of cycling has just gotten a whole lot cleaner, because now IBDs can conveniently get their Rocket Shower fix through Trek.

With Rocket Shower, no need to worry about shower facilities at work. A few quick sprays of Rocket Shower all over your body (yes, even “down there”) and you’re ready for the day. The spray-on, wipe-off formula quickly and effectively cleans and refreshes the body, cools the skin and helps prevent even the worse body odor. Simple. And effective.

“I’m really excited that Trek has decided to distribute Rocket Shower to its dealers,” says Linda DuPriest, founder of 10 Nine 8, the makers of Rocket Shower. “Trek’s ‘One World, Two Wheels’ program and its ‘Women Who Ride’ club are key in getting more people on bikes. I’m very happy to be a part of company that is so forward thinking and making an impact on the cycling culture.”

Rocket Shower removes one key obstacle for people looking to commute by bike: personal hygiene. Rocket Shower is formulated using witch hazel, citrus, mint, vitamin E and a trace amount of alcohol. Delivered via pump sprayer, the formula cleans by helping evaporate sweat and killing the bacteria that cause body odor. The lasting peppermint and grapefruit oils cool the skin and provide a fresh, clean feel and fragrance.

“I developed Rocket Shower after the office where I worked moved into a facility with no shower,” says DuPriest. “At first I just used the product myself everyday after riding to work, then other bicycle commuters started asking for it. Now it’s available to everyone.”

DuPriest, who worked as the advocacy director at Specialized for a decade, says Rocket Shower is very popular with women cyclists, bike commuters, and triathletes who work-out numerous times each day but don’t have the time to shower between exercises.

“I have found that once dealers try Rocket Shower they immediately see the benefits and order the product.”

Rocket Shower comes in non-aerosol spray bottle sizes of 8.5 oz., 4 oz., and 2 oz., which is perfect for airplane carryon. The 8.5 oz size is also available in a fine mist sprayer. For those who want to spare the landfill and reuse their Rocket Shower sprayers, gallon and quart bulk refill sizes are available. The Rocket Shower product line also includes three versions of the Jet Pack™, a complete clean-up kit that fits easily into a messenger bag, backpack, airline carryon or checked luggage.

All 10 Nine 8 products are available through Trek or at www.10nine8.net or 512/785-7751.

Atlanta – Team Type 1 Australian professionals Fabio Calabria and Monique Hanley are on the road to recovery from serious injuries.

Calabria had to be admitted to a Colorado hospital Friday night with a severe infection from a saddle sore. He had already been sidelined by a broken bone in his hand sustained June 6 during a training ride crash the day before the TD Bank Philadelphia International Classic.

Hanley was seriously injured in a massive pile-up during the Tulsa Tough criterium series May 30 in Tulsa, Okla. She suffered spinous process fractures of the thoracic 3, 4 and 5 vertebrae (i.e, a broken back) as well as a separation of the Acromioclavicular joint in her right shoulder. She underwent shoulder surgery last Wednesday in Australia and was released from the hospital Saturday.

Calabria – who, like Hanley has Type 1 diabetes – said it is too early to tell how long he may be off the bike due to the infection.

“I’ve just been sitting here in the hospital watching bad movies and following Team Type 1 and Team Type 2 in the Race Across America through Twitter,” he said.

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Nevada City Bicycle Classic 2009 Photo Gallery by Ken Conley

Photo by Ken Conley

Photo by Ken Conley

Photo by Ken Conley

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