August 26, 2006

Trek Unveils ’07 Line

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Bicycling.com recently took a sneak peak at Trek’s ’07 lineup. Among the new offerings are a track bike, a couple of cyclo-cross bikes, and a handful of Project One paint schemes. Bontrager will also serve up several new designs, including their first full carbon wheel set that’s weighs in about 140g less than a set of feathery alloys. Also from Bontrager is a new 31.8 boron based clamp that comes in at just 166g. Of course no Trek news would be complete without something on the Madone, so for ’07 buyers can expect to see the 6.9 SSL with a carbon bottom bracket that will have the frame coming in at about 880g, carbon XXX Lite carbon clinchers, a carbon bar, and carbon saddle.


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August 23, 2006

Alexrims releases Crostini 3.1 & 3.2 Aluminum Wheel Set

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Alexrims recently announced they are serving up a set of wheels based on 7000 series aluminum. The Crostini 3.1/3.2 Aero-Rims come in at about 370g per rim, and will feature an offset-rim (rear only) designed to reduce spoke tension on the freewheel side.


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