Echappe HED Stinger 60s win Cat 2 Tour of Battenkill

Mike Margarite of CRCA/Empire Cycling Team from New York, NY won the largest race in North America riding Echappe HED Stinger 60s. Mike played the course to his strengths and turned the pressure on about 1 hour into the race up a steep ascent. Mike is a very strong time trialist (he won the Silvermine TT aboard Echappe's Mavic Comete disc wheel last Fall) and he successfully bridged to a small break away of three. This effort took him over an hour. Once he caught the group, he rotated through five times, looked around and attacked the group. No one responded and he put his head down and drilled it. Mike officially finished a full 49 seconds in front of the field, though at times he had over 6 minutes.

Mike's win earned him another free rental with Echappe Equipment. Congratulations, Mike!

To see what Mike rode HED Stinger 60s with an 11-26 cassette. To see this product, click here.

HED Wheels At Flanders

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HED Mafia found a few images of George HIncapie on HED Stinger 60s- the same ones we carry: http://www.echappeonline.com/products/HED/hed60stinger.php

George got 5th at Flanders on these wheels. Want to give them a try?

King of Burlingame Mountain Bike Time Trial Results

King of Burlingame Mountain Bike Time Trial Results

Adam St.Germain, our Burlington Representative, placed third overall in this mountain bike contest. The day before Gabe and Adam duked it out at the Johnny Cake Road Race #3 in Coxsakie, NY. It was Adam's first road race of the season and something like Gabe's 12th, so there was a little discrepancy. But, Adam is hitting it hard!

Check out his own account at his blog: http://kingoftheapples.blogspot.com/

VeloNews | Power at lactate threshold wins races | The Journal of Competitive Cycling

VeloNews | Power at lactate threshold wins races | The Journal of Competitive Cycling

This article by Rick Crawford is a great read for the competitive cyclist or triathlete. It speaks about not burning up yourself too early in the year with heavy training. As a cyclist who competes starting in February, this is an important aspect of training and racing.

Two Johns Podcast 3/26/2008

Two Johns Podcast 3/26/2008

Gabe is interviewed by John G from the twojohnspodcast this week. 15 minutes of wheel talk is totally riveting. We talk about wheels, prices, tech, preferences, thoughts... you know, bike stuff.

The interview is the second one after the interview with Joel Friel. THE Joel Friel.

VeloNews | Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Tubular tape and nagging foot questions | The Journal of Competitive Cycling

VeloNews | Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Tubular tape and nagging foot questions | The Journal of Competitive Cycling

We thought this article was interesting. While we like Tufo Tape as much as the next bike outfit, we always glue tired to rims because of the performance benefits outlined in this article. While it might take us a little longer to get a wheelset prepped for renting, the overall benefits can't be beat.

HED Wheels are IN!

Its been a while since we last updated the blog. We've been busy improving the website, placing orders and making sure we have major kinks ironed out before the season started. Well, here we are. The HED wheels have arrive in Vermont- Adam St.Germain (our trusty Head Representative) assembled the wheels and promptly got them out the door for our first few rentals of the year. Not surprisingly, our first rentals are in Texas and Florida. We've had a bunch of requests for the new HED Deep Trispokes, but they aren't out until April. Same with the Stinger Disc. Once we get them in, we'll let everyone know.

We also now have the t-shirts printed and the stickers are on the way. The t-shirts were designed by me, Gabe, and printed in Providence by Meredith Younger. They can be purchased from us for $15- be the coolest kid at the bike race for sure.

Thanks, and we hope to see you out at the races this season!