Gadget Links: Madone Edition - Operation Gadget

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Tech Report, with Lennard Zinn – The new Madone on Velonews: “Trek has invested an unprecedented amount of time and money into testing this frame and is confident that the frame will far outlast the bearings several times over. In fact, its tests showed that the steel of the bearing cartridges gets worn down and notched after enough time on the pedaling through water day and night at 85rpm, and the steel balls themselves crack.”
Riis record erased on Guardian Unlimited: “Bjarne Riis’s name will be erased from the Tour’s record books following his recent confession that he used drugs to take first place in the 1996 race, the organiser Christian Prudhomme told the Guardian yesterday. This is a first for the event, which has never before had a winner confess to doping.”
How do they create patterns in a baseball field? on HowStuffWorks.com: “Groundskeepers at baseball parks have traditionally created checkerboard, diamond and argyle patterns in the field. These patterns have become more elaborate in recent years…. These designs are not all that complicated and can be easily duplicated on your own lawn.” [ via 37signals SvN ]