Racers Chris Herndon (Speialized/Decline) and Joe Haley (Eastern Bikes/Maxxis) will present a free dual-slalom clinic on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the Headwaters Outfitters Adventure Village in Brevard, NC. Herndon is the 2008 Dual-Slalom National Champion and Haley is 4th in 2008 Dual-Slalom Nationals. Both riders have previously raced for Cane Creek.

Spaniard Alberto Contandor of Team Astana, who won last year's Tour de France, rode to victory in the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the first non-Italian to win the race since 1996.

"This was a tough Giro and there were many riders who could have won, making it worth as much as the Tour or even more," said Contador, who rode with a fractured elbow.

Contador edged Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval by 1 minute, 57 seconds over the 3,424-kilometer course, or 2,128 miles. Contandor entered the final stage Sunday with a 4-second lead and managed the best overall time without winning a stage. Marzio Bruseghin of Lampre was third, 2:54 behind Contador. 

The Cane Creek 110 headset is standard issue for Team Astana.

Giro officials invited Contador's Astana team only about a week before the start. Contandor was on vacation at a Spanish beach when his team manager said he could ride in the Giro.

Congratulations to (Morewoodbikes USA) on winning the Canada Cup Elite Men's downhill May 17 in Bromont, Quebec. Geritt, who relies on a Cane Creek Double Barrel, recounts the win on his blog, along with a recap of his 8th place finish in this weekend's US Open at Diablo Freeride Park in Vernon, NJ.
Read: Geritt's Blog  

Bicycling magazine called the Cane Creek Thudbuster "the next best thing to a new frame", in its May 2008 Gear of the Day review. Bicycling cited the Thudbuster's versatility, ranging from a long-travel model for trail use, to a short travel model for road use.
Read: Bicycling Thudbuster review

On the 13th May 2007, at the highest velodrome in the world, Chris Hoy, the most prolifically successful track cyclist of his generation took on two of the sports iconic records.  Chris had flown to La Paz to attempt to break world kilometre record, held by Arnaud Tournant of France, unfortunately conditions didn’t play in the big Scots favour and he missed out on the record by 5 thousands of a second. However, never one to disappoint Chris smashed the 500m world record by over a second.

The organising team had spent 6 days in Bolivia setting up the attempt and during this time was acutely aware of the differences between the opportunities available to young cyclists in Great Britain and those open to cyclists in one of the poorest countries in South America.  

On his return from breaking the record, Chris set about contacting some of the companies who helped support his record attempt to see if there was anything that could be done to help.  DHL, who shipped 1000 kilograms of equipment to La Paz for the attempt agreed that they would make available a container - and if Chris could fill it, they would ship it. This was all the incentive Chris needed to set about kitting up the young cyclists he had met on his trip.

A few phone calls and favours later and Chris had managed to secure 22 track bikes from Dolan Cycles, the company who builds his own track bikes.  Helmets, tools, shoes and spares all came courtesy of Halfords, who in March announced their sponsorship of the Great Britain Cycling Team. Cane Creek supplied a set of Carbon Fibre race wheels and today, a day before the anniversary of his record attempts Chris is packing up the kit to send courtesy of DHL to Bolivia.  He is being helped to pack the truck by young cyclists from the Manchester Velodrome, all of whom have attended the DHL Sprint School.

Cane Creek has introduced 4 new shirts for spring 2008, and for a limited time we're offering a special introductory 10% discount:

Cane Creek 110 T-shirt

Cane Creek short sleeve Skink T

Cane Creek long sleeve Skink T

Cane Creek Work Shirt

Canadian cycling shop SpokeWrench opened up the Cane Creek 110 headset and liked what they saw:

"This is a headset that you truly have to see and feel to appreciate the detail that has gone into the design."

" It doesn't look all that different than any other headset from just looking at it from the outside, but once you take it apart, you'll understand why Cane Creek is so confident in this headset to give it a 110 year warranty."

See spokewrench.com: Cane Creek 110 Headset Closeup
 

After conducing an in-depth review of the Double Barrel, MTBTrailReview.com came away impressed with the both the shock and the company behind it, Cane Creek.

Review highlights:

"I opened up the low speed compression 4 clicks from fully open and a whole new world opened up. The rear tire was glued to the ground... this was traction that I have never felt on this bike before. I literally could not feel any jarring hits from the rear end. It just seemed to float over everything."

"Out of everything else I have ridden, it is the best performer by a mile. It just acts how I believe a shock should..."

"A side note on Cane Creek…this company, in all seriousness, probably has the best customer service in the business. If you have any questions or concerns, they are more than willing to help you out or walk you through it. When you buy a part from them, you really are investing a long term relationship with their company and employees. Their quality control and testing are extremely important, so you always get a top notch product every time."

• Read the full review here

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The Double Barrel high-performance rear shock is now available as a build-to-order option from two leading MTB manufacturers: Intense and Turner.

For more information, please visit them on the web at Intense Cycles and Turner Bikes.