We’re already looking forward to next year.

Check out the rack in action:

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We’re glad when other people take note of the obvious advantages of our rack system, as cyclingnews.com recently did in their coverage of the Sea Otter Classic.

>>See the photo on Cycling News’ Tech Tidbits

While we were at the LT100 this year, we were only 20 miles from the kayak and whitewater capital of Colorado in Buena Vista. We decided this proximity to such a huge kayak community would be a great opportunity to try out a play boat on the rack.

As you may have guessed, the boat fit on the rack perfectly, making our Wizard Kinetics rack not only the best bicycle carrier, but also the best kayak carrier on the market.

We’re also very excited that VeloSwap is happy to have us back. They recently featured Wizard Kinetics on the VeloSwap site.

If you’re not sure you should buckle down and buy tickets to VeloSwap or not, here’s a little bit more about the event and why you should most definitely attend.

About VeloSwap

Now in its 20th year, each year VeloSwap attendees snap up deals from the hundreds of vendors selling every imaginable bike, parts, accessories, clothing.

Need a vintage-condition still-in-the-box Campagnolo Gran Sport derailleur circa 1979? Or a new Litespeed? Or a barely used 6″ travel downhill bike? That’s what an estimated 12,000 attendees are in the hunt for.

VeloSwap was started in 1989 by VeloNews art director Dan Wildhirt because he and his friends had extra bike stuff at the end of the season to get rid of. That first edition was held outdoors at a Boulder cyclo-cross race.

Over the next few years it became apparent that the swap had outgrown all possible venues in Boulder, so the event was moved to nearby Denver, where it found a home at the sprawling National Western Complex, famous for rodeo and stock shows.

Filling some 140,000 square feet VeloSwap has developed into the world’s largest single-day consumer bike show and swap.

Why you should go to VeloSwap

Velo Swap is a fantastic celebration of everything in the world of bicycling. VeloSwap features new and used bicycles and equipment, cycling and sports clinics, family events, cycling celebrities, product sampling, an all-new EcoVillage, and much, much more.

By attending, you will:

• See and touch the latest bicycling equipment and accessories
• Test ride that bicycle you have been dreaming about
• Attend interesting and informative seminars
• Meet like minded individuals in the pursuit of cycling happiness
• Browse over 550 vendors
• Have access to 60,000 square feet of vendor space
• Have tons of fun

Where to find Wizard Kinetics at VeloSwap:

22nd Annual Subaru Denver VeloSwap

The Largest Consumer Cycling Show


National Western Complex
4655 Humboldt St
Denver, CO 80216

Oct. 23rd, 2010

The video below is a sneak peek at what we can expect from the film by Citizen Pictures, which is scheduled to be available to hit theaters November 4th.

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This summer, with the bike rack displayed at the expo, we were in Leadville waiting to see a) whether anyone could beat Lance’s record-setting time last year and b) how miserable people really look after battling through a 100 mile bike race that starts at over 10,000 feet elevation and climbs to over 12,000 feet.

Not expecting anyone to come in until at least 6.5 hours after the start of the race (Lance set a course record in 2009 at 6:28:51), there was a mad dash to the finish line about 6 hours after the start of the race when it was announced first-place was nearing  the finish line.

Levi Leipheimer ended up scorching the course, besting the previous record set last year by teammate and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. His time was more than 12 minutes ahead of Armstrong’s effort from last year, raising the bar to 6:16:37.

On the torture that is known as the LT100, Leipheimer said:

“This is ridiculously hard,” Leipheimer told the Associated Press after his win.  “It’s hard to describe the pain and torture that you go through on a ride like that. It’s not what I’m used to. It’s like a six-hour time trial. There’s no sitting in. There’s no draft… I just couldn’t wait for it to be over.”

And, as you might imagine, Levi, and the rest of the finishers looked pretty damn happy to be off their bikes at the end of the race.

>>Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5268/Levi-Leipheimer-smashes-Armstrongs-record-with-2010-Leadville-Trail-100-victory.aspx#ixzz0zRaJxttr