Team Colavita/Fine Cooking's Whitney Schultz Wins the Colorado State Time Trial Championships!

Team Colavita/Fine Cooking's Whitney Schultz won the  John Stenner Memorial Colorado State Time Trial Championships this past weekend in Keenesburg, CO. She beat the runner up by almost 3 minutes over a 40K course. Schultz rode the team's Stradalli Phantom II Time Trial bike.   Congrats Whitney!

Photo Credits Jonathan Devich

Finally in Austria

 After another 12 hours of diving and a 300 Euro speeding ticket, the guys have finally made it to Austria.  The staff at Stradalli Germany told us they were going to book the best hotels for our team, but it turns out that they booked them at a family resort with 500 little kids running around.  Hope the guys find a some time to relax between races!  To make it worse, it's about a 45 minute ride to the start of the race, and its all up hill.  At least its all downhill after the race!
Anyway, they started unloading the bikes, and started prepping the Phantom II and Como for the races coming up. 

 

Dinner in Tom's Home Town Pirmasens, Germany

Dinner last night with friends and family at Beckenhof Biergarten.  Those good calories will help for the Austrian mountains. (on the downhill)

Stradalli Limited Edition Carbon Road Bike With Shimano Ultegra Di2

After a year of testing and thousands of miles on some of the most brutal roads in Europe, we decided to put one into production and offer it to the general public.  Our test team put their bike through the trenches, and now its your chance to experience the same ride

The frame was designed with one thing in mind, to be as efficient as possible.  We wanted to produce a frame that would transfer all the riders energy from the pedals to the rear wheel, but not beat the rider up in doing so.  To start, we looked at  the heart of the bike, the bottom bracket.  Based around a PF30, we built up the over sized shell with layer upon layer of carbon in a pattern that keeps it incredibly stiff.  Coming off of the BB are the oversized chainstays, which keep that power in full force as it goes from the crank to the rear wheel.  The seat tube is asymmetric to increase pedaling efficiency and reduce frame flex brought on by hard pedaling.  To keep vibration from reaching the rider's body, the seatstays curve into the toptube to keep the vibration making its way up the seatpost.  To keep the rider in control, we gave it a massive head tube, utilizing a tapered headset, 1 1/2" lower and 1 1/8" upper.  This creates the most reliable cornering, while keeping the rider in control when encountering rough roads.

The frame is setup for internal wiring for electric shifting, so we went with the tried and trued Shimano Ultegra Di2 group.  Di2 provides the most reliable shifting imaginable, shift after shift.  Rather than going with the standard external battery, we opted for an FSA SL-K seatpost with a battery mount for the new Shimano E-Tube battery.  No need to worry about the battery being exposed to the elements.  The crank is the ultralight FSA K-Force Lite mated to an Ceramic FSA PF30 BB.  Testing has shown that a ceramic BB can reduce friction by up to 10%!   The wheels are FSA K-Wings.  These wheels are super aero. and are built around 6 cartridge bearings for an incredibly smooth ride.  We hit all the stops with this one, and now one lucky rider can experience the ultimate ride!
check it out here

Team Stradalli on race day

Graner Law & Stradalli Cycle before Sunrise Pro 1 start.

Quick Break on the Stradalli R7 Disc

A quick break by the water while out on the Stradalli R7 Disc. 

A little pit stop on the ride this morning on the new Stradalli R7sl Disc.  Equipped with Shimano Dura Ace Di2 9070 11 speed and stopping power provided by TRP Parabox.  This bike stops as well as it accelerates! 

2014 Stradalli R7 Disc

The New 2014 Stradalli R7 is the Lightest Carbon Road Bike with TRP Hydraulic Disc Brakes and Shimano Dura Ace 9070 Di2 on the Market.  

More info here  

And here 

Stardalli Salerno Di2 Shimano Dura Ace Bike

Stradalli Salerno carbon frame was designed specifically for Di2 Shimano Dura Ace. This bike was first introduces by Stradalli just a few days ago during Delray Beach Twilight Festival. I will soon post mode detailed shots of this incredible bicycle.