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Flash: Cannondales 16.6-pound cross-country bike
On the last day of the 2010 Cannondale release in Park City, Utah, the research and development team were excited to unveil a new high-end hardtail cross country bike. The age-old weight gap between mountain and road bikes is now becoming smaller. Of course getting weight down is always a major goal for bike manufacturers, but with the strength and specific performance depends of cross-country racing, ideal weight and actual never seem to finish together. For the Cannondale research and ...

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Tour de Pez: Five Minutes With Maxime Monfort!
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Interview: One of the nicer guys in the pro peloton is Team Columbia-HTC's Belgian star Maxime Monfort, a smart and erudite guy, whose journalistic background means he has a fuller understanding of the press pack's needs ... and maybe explains why he's so patient when confronted by a stream of hacks, myself included.

CPSC Solidifies Two-Year Lead Law Stay
BETHESDA, MD (BRAIN)—The Consumer Product Safety Commission cemented its decision this week to grant the bicycle industry a two-year stay of enforcement against a new lead limit law.

The Commission, which first announced its intention to grant a stay back in May, published its decision on Tuesday in the Federal Register. The stay of enforcement is effective until July 1, 2011.

The lead law is part of the Consumer Product Safety Information Act, which was enacted by Congress last August. It limits the amount of lead in children’s products, including bicycles, trailers and jogger strollers, to 600 parts per million, and gradual decreases to 100 parts per million by August, 2011.

The Bicycle Product Suppliers Association filed a petition with the Commission seeking an exclusion from the new lead limit because small parts like valve stems, spoke nipples and brake levers exceed the limit.

The petition included an exposure study showing that lead intakes from bike related components are well below that of lead intakes from food and water, and would not be harmful to children.

Commissioners denied that petition, but issued the stay. The Commission acknowledged that there are health concerns associated with lead, like lead poisoning and elevated blood lead levels, there may be greater risk of injury to children if the removal of lead from bike components results in defects or structural weakness.

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