Live near Austin, TX?  Sick of the boring old bike racks?  Now is your chance to take action…

The Downtown Austin Alliance is issuing a Request for Proposals to artists and artist teams interested in creating unique, durable artwork to serve as bike racks at three specific right-of-way locations along Congress Avenue.

Fi’zi:k is known for having some pretty good saddles, and the Arione CX Carbon doesn’t disappoint according to Cyclingnews.

The new saddle weighs a slim 149g, and includes the Wing Flex feature found in other Fi’zi:k saddles.  That’s pretty impressive considering everything it includes.

Mike McClusky of Wired has gone through a few of the different ways of fitting a new bike.  He has tried and tested the “data driven approach of the Specialized fit, which used my body’s measurements and flexibility as a starting point, to the experience-driven fit I was given by the late, great Clay Mankin at San Francisco’s City Cycle, I’ve seen most of the ways that a rider and machine can be brought together.” The only thing left for Mike to try out was the Retul fitting system.

Cervélo, along with Zipp, Speedplay, Vittoria, and 3T have created a new professional cycling team, Cervélo TestTeam.

The reason for leaving the top ranked Team CSC is due to the owner of CSC, Riis Cycling, change in priorities towards generating revenue, and profits.  This wasn’t aligned very well with the goals of Cervélo.
“Our main reason to work with a team is to develop new products, and how better to accomplish that than by owning the team.”
It will be interesting to see who will step up and take Cervélo’s …

Bernard Kohl, and Stefan Schumacher are probably looking at the classifieds for a new team for next year.

Team Gerolsteiner lost their sponsor last year and haven’t had any luck finding a new sponsor, so they will be shutting down after this season.
“No sponsor had the courage and the confidence to come in,” team chief Hans-Michael Holczer said Thursday.
This is another case of doping tainting the image of cycling, and causing major sponsors to think twice about having their companies associated with the sport.

The Road Rage blog has done a great job of breaking down the new changes for Trek’s road bike lineup in 2009.  The primary focus from Trek seems to be in the 2009 Madone and their ProjectOne program.  As we covered earlier, the Madone now has replaceable derailleur hangers, and has now been confirmed to come with ceramic bearings, and SRAM Red or Shimano 7900 offerings.

ProjectOne is Trek’s version of a custom bike creator.  You can log onto …