Mike's Bike Blog

September is upon us and that means the UCI regulation regarding publicly announcing rider transfer and new contract negotionations has been lifted and everyone is free to talk and twitter.

Some noteworthy signings:
Levi Leipheimer to Team Radio Shack
George Hincapie to BMC
Tom Zirbel to Garmin-Slipstream
Mike Weiland to Team Southwest Cycle Sport

This is a really great story of Svein Tuft from his humble beginnings to the Bejing Olympics.

Times must be tough for Astana since not being invited to the bike race in France as Astana team member Chris Horner is seen offering his pedicab services to other racers in the Cascade Cycling Classic. I wonder what kind of tip he got?

Next year the team bikes will be outfitted with rear pegs. Photo by the way of VeloNews.