FELT DA

There are bikes that just look fast standing still. The Felt DA is certainly in this elite group. Shimano Di2 drivetrain. Prologo Nago TTR saddle. Zipp 1080 rear and 808 front tubular wheels. In stock, limited availability.

WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY EVENING RIDES

Irvine Bicycles will be "hosting" Wednesday evening rides on Wednesday and Friday evenings throughout the Summer, in conjunction with the Orange County Wheelmen and the Bicycle Club of Irvine. Everyone is welcome, and club members will receive ride credit. Helmets (and common sense) required.

The OCW rides roll-out on Wednesdays at 5:30. Expect routes between 27-35 miles with riders self-seeding into faster and less faster groups.

Starting on June 3, the BCI ride will move from Wednesdays to Fridays. Start time is 5:30. Rides will be approximately 15-20 miles in length: think of it as a TGIF and a gentle leg-stretcher for your weekend cycling.

Colnago C59 - with Shimano Di2 Integration

Colnago offers the C59 wired for Shimano Di2, for slightly more than a standard C59. Check the ultra-clean cable routing through the frame and drive-side chainstay, and the downtube battery cradle: it's worth it.

It's up to you to decide if a nice Italian bike from a good family should have anything other than Campy components...or else, as one of our favorite rider puts it, "Learn to pronounce it 'Du-rache!'"

Ciao!

Colnago Master X Light

This Master has been a mainstay of the Colnago line since the mid-1980s.

To quote Colnago, it’s "…the fruit of Ernesto Colnago’s extensive experience welding and using lugs. The Master offers supreme comfort thanks to steel’s springy responsiveness."

All in all, it’s a gorgeous combination of craftsmanship, detail and ride quality.

COLNAGO M10 and ZIPP WHEELS

Our first Colnago M10 frame has arrived. New for 2011, the M10 has an absolutely massive bottom bracket. It's stiffer laterally than the CX-1 (a workhorse of a race bike), but with more vertical compliance and a more refined ride. Also in stock: C59, EPS, and CX-1 frames, and CLX-2 and Ace complete bikes.

Zipp Speed Weaponry never rests on its laurels. Two recent innovations are the 404 Carbon Clincher and 101. The 404s are Zipp's first full-carbon clincher offering, and feature a completely new Firecrest profile for an even more slippery aerodynamics. With the 101s, Zipp has busted the aluminum wheel envelope. The 101s sport 30mm-deep and 23.75mm wide aero clincher rims (with Zipp's toroidal technology) and 88/188 silky-smooth hubs. We've also got standard 404 clinchers, 303 and 404 tubulars in stock.

Even More Test Saddles

We've augmented our stock of test and demo saddles with V-Flow models from Cobb Cycling. John Cobb is a legend in the art and science of cycling aerodynamics, and he's designed saddles to enhance comfort and performance. Many of his concepts challenge traditional assumptions about saddle positioning and bar height. Will one work for you? There's no absolute catechism to bike fitting, and we have reports that Cobb saddles work very well for some cyclists. With that in mind, remember that there are about 2,000 saddles on the market (including width, rail and color variations). In addition to the Cobb testers, we have saddles from Fizik, Selle SMP, Selle San Marco, Selle Italia and WTB ready for you to try. The minimal rental fee is applicable to the purchase of a new saddle.

Call or drop by for details.

Campagnolo 2011

The name is the same, but there are some significant tweaks to Campy's 2011 components, including even quicker and smoother shifts from refinements in the shift levers and added ramps on the chainrings. Lever hoods and cable housing sets are now available in red and white, along with the traditional black. Super Record cranks have been lightened, with the Hirth joint now made out of titanium.

This set is destined for a 2011 Colnago C-59. Sweet!

MORE CANNONDALE NEWS

Arriving hot on the tail of the CAAD 10s are the 2011 SuperSix and Synapse Carbon bikes (Men's and Women's).

The SuperSix 5 features the technology and ride that's been very successful on the Pro Tour in 2010. It's available in two colors. The Team Replica is hard to tell apart from the Team Edition...although one's $9 grand and the other a shade over $2k.

The ever-popular kings and queens of plush performance, a.k.a the Synapse Carbon collection, has been augmented by the Synapse Carbon 6 Apex.

It's the first Synapse Carbon model under $2k (MRAP: $1,799.00), and it's equipped with the new SRAM Apex group. If you have any qualms about putting your triple crank out to pasture, drop them. Apex offers the widest-range double crank road group you've ever seen. Imagine...a 50x34 compact crank mated to an 11x32 (!!!) cassette. You'll end up sneering at hills that troubled you in the past.

Cannondale 2011 CAAD10s are here–and they're fantastic!

We have our first CAAD10 5 bikes in-stock and ready to ride. If you liked the 2010 model, you'll love this one.

Too many improvements to list here, and at the same price as the "old" one. The first of the 2011 men's and women's Synapses are also in, along with new 26" and 29" MTBs.

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