Tag Archives: Livestrong

Following Team Radioshack’s Ben King

In the Team Radioshack follow vehicle heading to follow Ben King. After a successful wrap up of the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge held in the state of Colorado. We’d like to give you a quick behind the scenes look at Team Radioshack rider Ben King’s prologue. Please enjoy video & photographs below. Video from [...]

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Livestrong’s Ride for the Roses

SRAM’s President Stan Day with our new U.S. road National Champion, Ben King SRAM/Zipp attended Livestrong’s Ride for the Roses this past weekend in Austin, TX. It was the 14th year of the ride and it’s popularity and success continues to grow. Our team included the SRAM NRS crew which led the neutral service support [...]

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Hill repeats with Trek Livestrong U23′s Julian Kyer

The Roaddiaries caught up on a training ride with Trek Livestrong U23 Team rider Julian Kyer. The Boulder, Colorado native is looking to capitalize on his second season with the team, using last year’s experiences to hunt for top results domestically and abroad in 2010. Kyer considers himself as an all-rounder that will look to [...]

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SRAM & a camera loose at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop

Well the ink is just dry on a very successful Livestrong Challenge/Ride for the Roses week, the 13th. It was our, SRAM’s Neutral Support, first time pitching in on this keystone Austin event, and we can only say “IMPRESSIVE.” From the day we first arrived, it seemed Austin rolled out the red carpet for the [...]

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SRAM & Lance’s 2010 Livestrong Madone 6 – ‘Ready for the Challenge

The SRAM Neutral Race Support crew is on duty down in Austin for The LAF’s premier weekend, the 2009 Livestrong Challenge & the 13th annual Ride for the Roses. We’ve thrown our hats and wrenches in the volunteer ring to assist a dedicated crew of LAF folks get hundreds of riders & foundation fundraisers’ bikes [...]

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Alberto & Lance’s Paris bikes, up close & personal, Part 2

Here’s the final Pit Crew for the launch of the Alberto and Lance Paris bikes: L-R Ben (Trek), Craig (Astana Tech), Fausto (Astana Tech), Javi (Astana Tech), Chris “PinkPants” (Chief Astana Tech), and Jase Phillips (SRAM) AC’s Trek Studio shot. Now that’s provenance. Lance’s radical Damien Hirst bike, Trek Studio shot. You’ve probably already seen [...]

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Alberto & Lance’s Paris bikes, up close & personal, Part 1

So the 2009 TdF just wrapped, & wow, we’re overwhelmed with the success of SRAM technology after such a short and intense time in the pro ranks. There’s much unheralded behind-the-scenes detail, hard work, focus and forethought that goes into something like winning the TdF for staff & athletes alike. Of course, for us it [...]

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“STILLER! Get off the bike. Now!”

Heard yelled across the warm up area in a firm Belgian accent. ‘Guess it was time to get back to bike racing… Ben Stiller, super human-funnyman had paid several visits to the Tour early on and dropped in on the Astana compound for some fun and games prior to the Team Trial last week.  While [...]

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Spy Video – Lance TT warm up with SRAM Return-2-Center TT Shifters

Hey, it’s rest day #1 so Let’s look back at some cool stuff we’ve been collecting. Recorded in Monaco Stg 1, 2009 TdF. One of our jobs here at SRAM is to get in as close to famous athletes as we can and record (photo, vid, quotes, etc) them using our components until: 1) they [...]

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