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There's plenty of room for bad puns ready made for Chamois cremes. Back in the day when some of the staff at Localcycling.com started racing a lot of stuff you sat on was made of real leather. Treating the chamois with some kind of softner was essential.In today's world and synthetic things to sit on, it seems a less likely need. However, staff of both genders at localcycling have tried this product and found it quite beneficial. Let's face it, sometimes 'team shorts' don't have the same comfort and quality of materials as those $200 supershorts. We started using Chamois Butt'r Euro style on a
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We've been fans of higher thread count clincher tires for a long time. The newsteam has used a number of Vittoria products over the years both tubular and clincher. A few years back when Vittoria released the original Diamante Pro (Pro being the Vittoria folks designation for 'folding') we were very impressed. A 220 TPI thread count gave it a very supple ride, maybe not quite as smooth as their flagshipo Corsa Open tubular series, but still very nice. Plus the tire had a more durable rubber compound, allowing a rider to get training mileage on a tire that was race worthy. We've recently tested the Diamante Pro 2, a slight upgrade over the original. The tires have that same supple…
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Written by Mark Thomas
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 |
 Off the bike fun. The metro hosted two nice events over the last few days: The Sunflowers to Roses Wine and Cheese party at Jasper's and the Trek WSD Women's night at the Trek Bicycle Store of KC, hosted by the Midwest Cycling Community. Check out these fine photo galleries courtesy of Mark Breeding, cycling photographer extraordinaire: Sunflowers and WSD.
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Greenville Headlines
06.10.2008 | Greenville Area News
Click below to read the full press release on the upcoming 24th Greenville Cycling Classic:
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Kansas City News
05.10.2008 | Kansas City Metro
The current local 'cross schedule includes some opportunites for 'show and go' practice at Herman Laird Park in Shawnee on Wednesday evenings. After a bit of consulting, several area cyclocross enthusiasts are suggesting we move things around a bit. Laird is a great facility, but could be a victim of local success. With over 50…
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Cycling Headlines in OKC
05.10.2008 | Oklahoma City
Great cyclocross action starts on October 19th. Flyer.
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St. Louis Area News
25.09.2008 | St. Louis Area
Who knew that Phil Liggett's distant relatives in the colonies would share the same passion for cycling? Video here.
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Cycling Headlines from Springfield
03.09.2008 | Springfield, MO Area News
A while back Brad Huff moved his blog over to Missing Saddle; check out the adventures of the hometown pro here.
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