THOUSAND OAKS, CA – Snow in Tahoe, strange expo venues away from the course and a mountaintop finish up Mt. Baldy brought a different flavored Amgen Tour of California to the west coast this year. One thing was the same as the biggest news of the week came away from the course and off-the-bike...

The following is editorial opinion preaching to the choir. blame it on Johan Please Lance, if you are going to be around for another year will you please leave your ugly black cycling shoes at home? They have no place in the Tour de France and no place in Europe. All this talk about doping is wasted...

LOOK, manufacturer of an elite line of clipless pedals and carbon fiber racing frames, has announced that the company will use Alberto Contador in an advertising campaign starting in July 2009. Contador rode the LOOK KéO 2 MAX pedal in this year’s Tour, including a yellow painted version of the superlight...

When Italian shoe-maker Sidi Sport celebrated the Italian National Champ with a custom pair of kicks earlier this month they probably didn’t want Team Katusha colors and National colors to clash, but damn these shoes are dull. Maybe I shouldn’t have titled this article with boring because...

Ultimately Nike didn’t have anything to gain by flipping the entire bill for Lance’s new Pro Tour team, but the shoe giant will have a major role. This will be no surprise to anybody but last Thursday Nike has confirmed it will to be the footwear and apparel supplier to Team Radioshack....

custom kicks complete with a bull's eye...David Millar and his wicked-hot custom Specialized S-Works shoes took center stage courtesy of Versus’ coverage of the Tour de France. (If only we could all have custom shoes and lettering like the pro’s do.) But what matters most in these shoes...

Nike has seen plenty of profits with Armstrong The thought of a shoe company headlining a Pro Tour team might be closer than you think. Even if Lance Armstrong doesn’t win the Tour de France this year you can be assured he will be riding and racing in 2010. The major change we can expect that he...

Not a lot of supreme exclusive tech at the Queen of the Classics but when I found this photo I couldn’t resist. You might expect to find crazy toe booties or mud flaps a’la Garmin’s Mike “Meatball” Friedman. No avail. Only this image I ripped from Cyclingnews.com. A good...