Road Bike Party - Martyn Ashton

Doug's trip to the Badlands

Our friend Doug took a trip to the Badlands. Took his car, bike, and a tent. He also got some rad pics. Check them out. 

Who's ready to hit the dirt Tuesday night?

Our pals from Skratch Labs and People for Bikes put together this video.

Rapha Continental Santa Rosa, California 

with Andy Hampsten

Sioux Falls Spoke N' Sport Crit

Scenes From the Weekend

2013 Ritte's

The 2013's have been ordered and are on their way to Le Mars. New to the line this year is the Vlaanderen (previously the Bosberg). This can come as a complete bike built with Sram Force or Sram Red. The guys as Ritte went all out this year. The bikes are looking better than ever. Contact us HERE if you're interested in buying one of these sexy bikes. 

The Vlaanderen in Belgian Blue

                                                                                 

The Vlaanderen in Euro White

The Crossberg

                                     

Wiggins and his killer sideburns are still on top.

Tour De Pologne

Yesterday Niki Terpstra crashed out of the Tour. Injury Update Here

and this is Tom Boonen looking awesome in his Belgian Champ kit.

Peter Sagan

The Tourminator

Sagan has added a bell to his bike to make sure everyone is staying in line in the peloton.

Oh yeah and he does this:

TdF First Rest Day

Has Wiggo already won the tour?

It looks as though Team Sky is putting on a clinic so far, with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins tearing up the mountains and time trial. Defending Champ Cadel Evans is now 1 minute and 43 seconds behind Wiggo. What does this tour have in for us next?

Check out everything you need to now about this years tour and more HERE at inrng.com.

Tour de France

We are now three days into the Tour, what are everyone's predictions? Our very own Tour analyst and plumbing extraordinaire Kevin weighed in his thoughts: "Evans is probably the favorite. Frank Schleck is the dark horse now that he is out of the shadow of lil bro Andy. Unfortunately for Frank his team is in disarray because of the whole 'Lance Deal'. Look for Levi Leipheimer and Tony Martin to be top 10 for OPQS, with one or the other on the podium. Not a fan of Valverde but he could be in the mix. Wiggins has never lived up to expectations so I am counting him out. With all of that said, if Samuel Sanchez picks up enough allies from other teams that don't have a true GC contender they could help his team pull him to victory." We still aren't sure if Kevin knows not enough or way to much about cycling. 

Bike Central Jerseys

The jerseys are almost finished! Come to the shop to order yours today!

Making a Ritte Muur

Just in case you ever wanted the inside scoop on how to make a ridiculously good looking stainless steel carbon frame.

Bike Central Jerseys Are Coming

These babies are decked out with a full length zipper, Micro Grid fabric, and three rear pockets. Stop in the shop or email us to order one now for $67.00.

Riders take a moment of silence to remember Wouter Weylandt who died on stage 3 of the Giro last year.

Wouter wore number 108 last year. The number has since been retired.

More pics and updates on the Giro d'Italia here

Awesome pics of Maxim Iglinsky and others from Liege-Bastogne-Liege here.

George Hincapie's leg.

Ritte keeps tempting us with the 2013 Bosberg color schemes.

 I can't wait to see this sexy creation finished.

Amstel Gold Race 2012:

Riders looked like they were packed in a sardine can while climbing the Gulperberg today.

Check out the Omega Pharma - Quick Step team perspective of Tom Boonen's fourth Paris-Roubaix Victory.

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/episode-7-paris-roubaix-victory/426

BOONEN! BOONEN! BOONEN!

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tom-boonen-wins-4th-paris-roubaix-solo/420

Tour of Flanders- Belgium's Super Bowl.  

http://cycling-review.com/2012/04/tour-of-flanders-belgiums-super-bowl/ 

Stop in and pre-order new Bike Central t-shirts and jerseys.

Mother Nature gave us a little surprise today. So we took the advantage of the 65 degree weather and went for a ride (even with snow still on the ground). The best part was we got a chance to sport the new Ritte kits.

Big Tom Boonen Brings In Stage 7 At TdSL.
 

Winter finally coming?  don't like the idea of snow, but hey...it is January in Iowa.