Monthly Archive for December, 2011

Cipo Speaks!

“His problem is Fränk and vice-versa,” he said. “How they rode the Tour de Suisse is an example of that….

Dispatch: World Cup-Zolder

Notes on the Elite Women’s Race and Dirty Dogs from Guest Contributor Jeremy Dunn / It’s the morning of the…

Rider of the Year: Marianne Vos

By Luke Batten and Hannah Burtness / The Expected / With his string of thrilling spring classic victories, and his…

The Chicago Lakefront Path

By Ria Roberts / Chicago, the home of Hero headquarters, revels in its lack of geographic variation. As is reflective…

Swedish Heroes and Crescent Bikes

A poem for the Swedish Heroes / Swedish Heroes dream of Orange Crescents in their youth and old age. After…

Rapha 500

Rapha 500: First, 8:30 in the morning we board the train from Chicago’s Union Station to the town of Fox…

Dutch Rooster

Jonathan Hero and Jenny from PR recently bought the farm. Tenspeed Hero Farm. They were looking for specific qualities in…

A Stripped Schwinn Paramount

A 1939 Schwinn Paramount road frame freshly stripped and relieved of a seventy-year shroud; without its skin, each mark revealed…

Danish Children Sell Cake

Our top 7 Cake and Coffee Stands in Rudersdal for the 2011 UCI World Championships /

Copenhagen: Two Favorite Things

Who are we, this humble blog based in Chicago to give out awards; instead we give mentions and love. Our…

Campagnolo SRM

The Heroes would like to nominate Campagnolo SRM Power Meter as the most likely component to start an argument in…

Du granola Tenspeed Héro

En Europe on mange du muesli pour le petit déjeuner presque tous les jours. Et on mange souvent du muesli…