New Years celebration at PB

Just a glimpse of what went down at closing out 2010 at Precision Bikes!

Smitty entertained us with a lecture and demonstration on 'safe drinking'!

Happy New Year!

Shop will be open, today until 5:00PM
Closed on Friday!
Thanks to all for making 2010 another great year for Precision Bikes!!

250,000 hits on www.precisionbikes!

Just turned over a quarter of a million hits on
WWW.PRECISIONBIKES.COM
in just under two years!
Thanks to all the visitors for your contributions
and showing interest in the happenings at and around P.B.

Birthday Boy Bronson Breaux

Happy 33rd big man, hope you have a great day and we will be seeing you on the trails shortly. Have a good one.

Happy Birthday John Fell

John celebrated his birthday with a 100 miler, surprise, surprise!
John have a great day and enjoy your day.
John is seen here slumming with Chris McCormack and Will Jones.

Colnago Collection at Precision Bikes

Currently on the floor at

PRECISION BIKES

"Get Fast"

Colnago Super (54) Retail: $1750.=

Colnago World Cup (56) Retail: $1800

Colnago Pista (55) Retail: $1800

Colnago Collection

Scott Plasma 3 Special Fitting

Only special customers get this kind of special fitting!
Cabo Wabo Tequila, Smoke and All!!!
E.B. congrats on yet another beautiful bike!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Happy Birthday Trevor Casper

In spite of getting older, we all stay kids at heart!
But in this shot Trevor tops them all!!!
Trevor you are our favorite Canadian and now US Citizen.
Have a great Birthday, before Santa gets here for you.

Merry Christmas

PRECISION BIKES
likes to wish everybody a Merry Christmas!!!

Store will be open today
from 10:00 AM till Noon;)

Pinarello Dogma

Just arrived at Precision Bikes this gorgeous Dogma!

London Santas Take to Barclay’s Cycle Hire to Spread Impromptu Cheer

Thanks to Ed from FreshNetworks across the pond for sharing their little work excursion aboard Barclay’s bike share bicycles.

Myths in cycling

All fat is bad...

“Fat gets bad press and endurance athletes have developed an almost pathological desire to reduce body fat as much as possible,” says Dr Arthur Stewart, who is an expert in the relationship between anatomy and movement. “But fat plays a useful role in maintaining energy balance, in repairing tissues after training and in providing shock absorption for feet and organs, which is crucial for preventing injury.”

Trying to measure your personal fat levels accurately is difficult and expensive. So a good tip, according to Dr Stewart, is to only worry about dieting a few weeks prior to competition. During the training months, it’s best to eat sensibly but not stingily. Remember that carrying a few extra pounds may help you stay healthy and free of injury.

QR CD-01

QR "Super High Modulus" FrameSet Retail: $2600.=

Lance Armstrong to race Beavan Docherty in Thiathlon New Zealand

Lance Armstrong will race the sprint marathon that will be held on January 30 in New Zealand, the Triathlon New Zealand 2011
Two time Olympic triathlon medalist Bevan Docherty is hopeful to compete against Lance and said to the press:

"It's super exciting that Lance could be racing in Rotorua, not only is it good for the sport but it's great for Triathlon New Zealand.
"He couldn't have chosen a better race to get back into it, the Blue Lake is one of the most beautiful locations and for a sprint triathlon race a pretty tough course."

This sprint triathlon of a 750m lake swim, 16km road cycle and a 5.5km forest run will be quite fast and I think that it's a good start for Armstrong to get back into this wonderful race. Triathletes have more ethics and respect the value of the sport more than the modern pro-cyclists, generally speaking of course. There are still some professional cyclists who care too much about cycling and do not want fake glory and just keep on racing year after year.

Happy Birthday!

Frank, a Happy Birthday from all of us at Precision Bikes!!!
Wishing you blessings above and beyond your wildest dreams...

Cervelo

Cervelo P2 FrameSet Retail: $2000.=

CerveloP3 FrameSet Retail: $3000.=

Cervelo P4 FrameSet Retail: $4500.=

Oakley

Just in case you're running out of ideas for stuff to land under your Christmas tree...
Prices range from $100.= to $260.=

Scott Sportster 50

2011 Scott Sportster 50 is a hybrid.

It retails for $450

Scott S50

2011 Scott S50 is an entry level road bike with a carbon fork and Shimano Sora components.

It retails for $700.

Tomorrow we'll ride

We'll be riding tomorrow,

Saturday 12-18-2010

Roll out from Red's at

6:45 AM

Winds: 7 MPH NNE

Temperatures:Mid 40's

Chances of rain:
30% lowering to 10% later in the morning.

New Approval Procedure for Bike Frames and Forks

UCI Press Release, December 13, 2010:

Approval of equipment: reinforced collaboration between the UCI and manufacturers

The 1st January 2011 will mark a new step in the collaboration between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and bicycle manufacturers: a new approval procedure for bike frames and forks will come into force on this date.

The main players of the bicycle industry (manufacturers of bicycles, components, accessories and clothing), welcomed this new initiative at a conference organised for them by the UCI on September 1st during the Eurobike Trade Show in Friedrichshafen (Germany). The conference was hosted by the UCI President Mr Pat McQuaid and the UCI’s Equipment Consultant Professor Jan-Anders Månson, from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

The new approval procedure will result in the granting of a label certifying that new models of frames and forks comply with the requirements of the UCI Regulations (articles 1.3.001 to 1.3.025). The UCI’s Equipment Regulation (part 1, chapter 3) is available in full on www.uci.ch.

A constantly updated list of approved products – mentioning the name of the model and that of its manufacturer – will be published on the UCI website.

The new approval procedure will resolve several problems encountered up until now as much by the manufacturers themselves as by the teams, their riders, or the Commissaires working at competitions:

• The manufacturers will be assured of the conformity of their products before they go into production phase; they will therefore be able to take maximum advantage of the most recent technologies, notably concerning composite materials, without running the risk of investing resources in equipment that may then be declared non-conform with the regulations;
• the collaboration between the UCI and the manufacturers, in particular concerning the exchange of information, will be easier, within a context of strict confidentiality;
• the controversies over the conformity or otherwise of a particular piece of equipment as well as the banning of equipment at the start of races will once and for all be in the past;
• the work of Commissaires who inspect equipment at the start of event will be made much easier;
• the riders – from the professional athlete to amateur sportsmen and sportswomen – will be assured that they have acquired a model that conforms to the UCI regulation in force at the time of purchase;
• in addition, the label will provide added value to frames and forks which have obtained it, benefitting the concerned manufacturers.

All the new models of frames and forks still at the conception stage on 1st January 2011 will be subjected to the new approval procedure.
Older models will not be obliged to follow the approval procedure, even though they remain subject to the UCI Regulation in force. However, models produced in 2009 and 2010 will be able to obtain backdated approval.

The approval of equipment will be implemented in collaboration with the EPFL.
Eventually, this will also apply to wheels, handlebars, seats and clothing.

The UCI will shortly publish more information (notably the protocol for the approval of frames and forks) on its website.

Baby It's Cold Outside...

Yes it may be cold outside, but not too cold to ride.

Just think if you had to ride your bike to work each day in this type of weather.

Aaron Gibson does in Seattle WA.

Thanks Jim Gibson for the picture.

Rouge Roubaix XIII

2011 date has been set!

MARCH 13th 2011

2010 ROUGE ROUBAIX PRINT

New limited run prints for Rouge Roubaix XII

Contact Mitch for pricing and availability

Each class winner gets one!

Museum grade archive paper and ink.

For more info please click here.

10 Ways to wrap that Precision Bikes Cycle for Christmas!

1. Use a Bike Bag, shown in the excellent demonstration video above (really? you need two guys to demonstrate it? : ). It’s around $ 9:= online, but you'll spend almost as much on shipping if in the US.
2. Take a picture of the bike and wrap the picture up in a small box with directions on where to find the bike
3. Give a gift certificate to your LBS so the recipient can enjoy picking out the bike at the shop.
4. Put the bike on the roof, while unwrapping other presents act like you heard something outside, get recipient to go with you outside and act surprised when you see bike on roof and say: “Santa must’ve left it there when he couldn’t fit it down the chimney!”
5. Wrap the new helmet that goes with the bike with a note that the new bicycle to wear it with is in the garage.
6. Wrap all the pieces to the bike separately so recipient has lots to unwrap on Christmas morning, since they won’t be getting anything else as you spent all your money on the bike.
7. Buy a bike case and put the bike inside and wrap that.
8. Buy up all the wrapping paper at your child’s school fund-raiser and piece it all together to cover the bike.
9. Make a fabric bag. Buy some Christmas fabric at the fabric store and buy a length 2.5 times the length of the bike. Spread fabric out on floor, fold in half, sew one short side and one long side leaving one long side open. Place bike near tree and pull fabric bag over top of bike leaving the open side along the bottom of the bike. If you can’t sew, use a stapler or duct tape.
10. Don’t wrap it, put a bow on it and set it up near the tree.

Either way, watch as the recipient gets the biggest grin on their face as they realize what they’re getting for Christmas!
Enjoy your holidays and don’t keep that bike wrapped up for long – get out and ride!

Tomorrow we'll ride

We'll be riding tomorrow,

Saturday 12-11-2010

Roll out from Red's at

6:45 AM

Winds: 6 MPH S

Temperatures:Mid\Upper 50's

Chances of rain:10%

Teaser: George Hincapie In The Wind Tunnel Video

Biologic Bikemount for iPhone4

Dahon’s BioLogic line introduced their original sweat, weather and bump-proof iPhone bike mount a bit over a year or so ago, but times they do change.

The new version has a taller, stronger hinge that’s mounted on the side rather than the top, and ridged seals around the edges to further reduce the chance of water leaking into the case. The headphone port is sealed, and there’s a sealed sliding cover for your front-facing Facetime camera, too. The rear of the case has a built-in lens over the main camera, so you can shoot photos and/or video while riding.

The mount is fairly versatile, allowing you to put your iPhone on just about anything with a handlebar-like tube for it to clamp to. The new design is backward compatible with the 3G and 3G-S iPhones, too. There’s room inside the case to plug in the charging cable if you’re running a front hub dynamo or using their ReeCharge power pack. MSRP is $78.00 .

Now, if they’d just come out with an iPad mount, all would be right in our world.

Colnago C59 Tested

(Taken from the recent review in Road CC)

We'll get to all the technical details later but first you'll want to know what it rides like…? Superbly, is the short answer, the frame is absolutely sublime, getting the right mixture of comfort and stiffness is nearly always a compromise when designing a frame but I’d say it’s pretty spot on here. Obviously the C59 is a pro level bike so dealing with the relative amounts of power your average club rider can put out compared to the sprinters at the tour probably doesn’t cause it too much of a headache.

Even with the harsh deep section carbon wheels our test bike came with there was no hint of road buzz getting through to your contact points but yet none of your power input is lost. Long days in the saddle are easily achieved thanks to the relaxed nature of the C59, the ride is certainly engaging but only when you want it to be. On a relaxed club run or an early evening steady ride the C59 is right at home cruising along requiring very little rider input (apart from turning the pedals obviously) but when you want to get a move on it really shifts.

The bulk of the testing was carried out on my old training roads taking in the hills of Dorset, many years of club runs on various bikes giving me a good benchmark to compare the C59 to and it certainly impressed. The Colnago is a joy to climb on, long steady climbs are dealt with in comfort being able to sit in the saddle and keep the pedals spinning while the short sharp ones take just a rise out of the saddle and a couple of stamps on the pedals to reach the brow and accelerate over the top. Whether in or out of the saddle, that overall stiffness plays its advantage again wasting none of the power. Faced with technical descents or other obstacles the C59 responds to every command whether through the controls or a shift in body weight.

Steering is very quick but not in a skittish way and the front end weights up nicely through tight bends on descents. No flex at all is felt from the 100% carbon fork allowing you to carry plenty of speed while banking the bike over. You’re never going to lose the sprint for the village sign either due to the rapid acceleration that the light weight and stiffness brings; it really does pick up speed like nothing I’ve ever riddenSteering is very quick but not in a skittish way and the front end weights up nicely through tight bends on descents. No flex at all is felt from the 100% carbon fork allowing you to carry plenty of speed while banking the bike over. You’re never going to lose the sprint for the village sign either due to the rapid acceleration that the light weight and stiffness brings; it really does pick up speed like nothing I’ve ever ridden.

The ‘Omega’ carbon fibre frame was developed in collaboration with Ferrari engineers and is completely hand built in the Italian factory. Colnago sticks with its lugged construction which allows a huge range of sizes, 22 to be exact (14 traditional and 8 sloping) giving a virtually custom fit carbon frame. There are 150 different moulds in the factory and 30 different head tube lugs to accommodate all the variations. Each individual lug is made up of 12 layers of carbon cloth consisting of woven and uni-directional fibre sheets. The tubes are hand wound from pre-impregnated carbon fibre cloth as well; this allows the tubes to be laid up to control the composition and ride characteristics of each individual frame size.

Both the top tube and down tube are created using a mandrel to achieve the cloverleaf profile, the tubes include an internal I-beam rib which Colnago states is there to maximise stiffness. The top tube is tapered ranging from 40mm diameter at the head tube end where the larger stresses are placed down to 35mm at the seat tube end. At the front Colnago’s C-HS2 semi-integrated headset is used, being 1 1/8” top and bottom bucks the trend of most new frames as everyone seems to be going tapered. A Q2-Stay rear triangle has deep section chain and seat stays to keep thing stiff at the rear end. The flowing curves create a nice contrast to the almost harsh profile that the lugs create on the rest of the frame. All these parts are joined together using a high strength bonding agent which is then cured in a steel jig to enable perfect alignment.

While of course all the above is very important we all know that looking good is just as important and while some Colnagos have had some dodgy paint jobs in the past our test bike here certainly didn’t. Hand painted in the factory by the same guys that spray the pro BBox-Bouygues Telecom team bikes (Google Thomas Voeckler’s C59 French national champion paint job) among others the finish is a work of art. Each paint layer is cured in the oven before the next is applied, even the decals are painted using laser cut maskings. Full internal cable routing keep the frame looking clean and there is a flat section at the bottom bracket area ready for a Di2 battery if you go down that route.

Sold as a frame and fork package, equipment choice for your C59 is going to be up to you to decide what to hang from it. Ours came with a full 11 spd Campag Record groupset excluding the chainset. This is the first time I’ve ridden Campag's newer style lever hood and I must admit that so far I prefer the older version - maybe they'll grow on me, that aside the shifters and mechs worked faultlessly over the test period.

FSA supply the K-Force Light chainset along with matching handlebars and stem and even the brake callipers. The hollow cranks felt stiff and the chain shifted cleanly between the 50/34T rings even under load. The brakes worked just as well as anything from Shimano or Campag even on the carbon rims with plenty of modulation once the heat has built up which was no doubt helped by the yellow Swisstop pads. The bars and stem showed no flex whatsoever even during out of the saddle scooter chasing efforts, which is quite impressive considering the light weight.

In a nutshell everything our frame came built up with is all good quality kit and compliments the frame and fork in both performance and looks. SManie provide the saddle and bar tape. A company I’ve personally never come across, the saddle was very comfortable, to be fair I never paid much attention to it which I suppose is the sign of a good seat. The handlebar tape had a velvety style finish which looked good and was and should prove durable. FSA also provided the wheels with their 50mm deep Visionmax carbon rims, reasonably lightweight at around 1400g. There was a bit of flex under load but on the flat the aero advantage could be felt and they do make a lovely noise as they cut through the air.

Verdict

By the time you’ve finished choosing parts that are going to reflect the quality of the frameset you’re going to be looking at a figure around the £6k mark and that is a serious amount of cash to be throwing at a bike. Is it worth it? In my opinion, yes, no matter how good you are it will flatter your riding style and just the feel good factor of riding it is a big boost. Comparing the ride to the Lapierre Xelius 900 tested by roadcc last year things are very similar, bearing in mind this was only £4600 for the complete bike using a similar spec build it goes to show that at this pro level point spending a lot more money doesn’t necessarily give a huge performance benefit.

The hand made in Italy moniker is always going to add a premium and as described above, the amount of work that goes into each frameset is time consuming. Top end Colnago’s never seem to date either, C40’s and C50’s still command high prices on the second hand market and this is what it’s all about, buying a bike for its style, its tradition, not just how it rides. With so many bikes coming now from the same factories with just different company logos to tell them apart the C59 is something a bit special. If you’ve got the cash and you’ve got to have one, whether for racing, sportives or just a potter round the lanes, go for it, you won’t regret it.

Precision Bikes Mobile

Mark Miller's Precision Bikes just got way more visible in and around town!
Not sure if this means PB now is offering road-side assistance in case you flat,
however it sure is a superb looking vehicle, with an appropriate tag!

QR Demo Tour stopping by at Precision Bikes TODAY!!!

We'll have the QR Demo Truck at Precision Bikes on December 6th and 7th!
Please take some time out of your schedule, in order to get a feel of the Litespeed Carbon.

Ultra Distance Run at Chicot State Park

Smitty has set up a Precision Bikes tent at Chicot State Park for the Ultra Distance Run.

Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Satellite Shifters

Shimano has just announced a new Dura-Ace Di2 satellite shifter aimed at sprinters that allows them to shift the rear derailleur from the drops while maintaining a firm grip on the handlebar.

The small lever buttons can be mounted anywhere on the bar and plug into existing dual control levers. There are separate buttons for left and right, with the right hand shifter handling downshifts and the left taking care of upshifts.

Shimano has already provided alternative shift button placements with their electronic aero-bar end shifters for triathletes and time trialists and their remote button module for easier shifting from the top of the bar. Now, sprinters have an option all their own.

They’ll be available come February 2011, pricing isn’t set.

Tomorrow we'll ride

We'll be riding tomorrow,

Saturday 12-04-2010

Roll out from Red's at

6:45 AM

Winds: 5 MPH SSW

Temperatures:Mid\Upper 50's

Chances of rain: 0-10%

2011 Cervelo P2

We have just received our first 2011 P2 frame set.
Stop by to take a look at this beauty.
Cervelo has lead bike count at Kona for several years.
Just in case you are wondering this is a size 56cm frame.
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Great Performance, No Frills...

The Cervelo P2 is the most popular TT/Tri bike of the past three years among consumers, and a 2-time winner of Ironman Hawaii, the P2 hits that sweet spot of great performance in a very easy-to-use, no-nonsense, affordable package.
Testride the P2 and you will realize that not all bikes are created equal.

First and foremost there is Cervelo's unique triathlon geometry, which simply fits most people very well, and FIT=COMFORT.
Then there are the narrow and aero tubes, internal cables, and a functional rearwheel cutout.
# Features Cervelo TT/Tri geometry with 2-postion seatpost.
# Higher headtube
# TrueAero tubeset
# Internal CableStop (ICS)
# Constant width seattube cut-out

Fabian Cancellara Confirms That He Will Ride With The Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project

Adding to the Luxembourg powerhouse already forming with the announcement of the Schleck brothers and Jens Voigt earlier in the year, the big news now is the announcement that Spartacus will be following suit, and joining Frank, Andy, and Jens on Trek’s. More or less shaping up to be a reincarnation of team Saxo Bank, the new team will surely be a competitor and one to watch for 2011.