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class="wp-caption-text">Garmin Cervelo World Champion Cap</p><p>When Thor Hushovd powered across the line to win last year&#8217;s World Championship road race, he was an instantly popular champion du monde amongs the fans. Castelli recently made a limited edition run of these fine looking caps, and we are proud to be able to offer some of them [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div
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class="wp-caption-text">Garmin Cervelo World Champion Cap</p></div><p>When Thor Hushovd powered across the line to win last year&#8217;s World Championship road race, he was an instantly popular <em>champion du monde</em> amongs the fans. Castelli recently made a limited edition run of these fine looking caps, and we are proud to be able to offer some of them to you.</p><div
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isPermaLink="false">http://mrcyclingworld.com/?p=237</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Dear mrcyclingworld, I was interested in buying one of your speedos and wondered if they are waterproof?</p><p>Hi &#38; thanks for the question. Most cycling speedos (including Garmin, Cateye etc) are &#8220;highly weather resistant&#8221; in the sense that they are designed to withstand environmental conditions you might incur while cycling, such as rain, fog, snow, humidity, [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div
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title="Contact" href="../contact/">contact us</a> to discuss your options.  In most circumstances we will be happy to  either provide you with a store credit, or exchange your item(s) with  another item of the same value, provided that (a) the items you wish to  exchange are new, unworn and with intact tags, and (b) that the exchange  process does not incur additional costs to <em>MrCyclingWorld</em>.  This may mean that you will be responsible for additional postage costs.</p><p>Items must be received within 14 days of order date for this process to be seamless. <strong>In all cases contact must be made with us first, or your return may be null &amp; void.</strong></p><p>Please be aware that Exchanges and Store Credits are always at the sole discretion of the operators of  <em>MrCyclingWorld</em>.</p><h3>Refunds</h3><ul><li> If the item is not as described in the listing we may offer a refund.</li><li> Item must be returned in original condition complete with original tags and/or packaging.</li><li>You must email us of your intentions by requesting a refund within 7 days of having received your item.</li><li>You  must be aware that you return the item to us at your own expense as you  would normally do when returning an item purchased in-store.</li><li>The  item should be returned by a mail/courier service that provides freight  tracking. We recommend using either express post or registered mail. A  friendly reminder that you are liable for any product that is lost or  stolen during transport when returning products to us.</li></ul><h3>Exchanges</h3><ul><li> Exchanges work in the same way as making a return (see above) except  you will notify us by email that you would prefer to exchange. We  reserve the right to either accept or decline a request for an exchange.</li><li>Exchanges are only possible on items still in stock.</li><li>If that particular item is not in stock we may offer a store credit.</li><li>If  there is any variance in the price of the product involved in the  exchange we will advise you of the amount and how we will either refund  or charge you.</li><li>You must be aware that you return the item to us  at your own expense and will be charged an additional delivery charge  for the new product.</li></ul><h3>Store Credit</h3><ul><li>In the event that store credit is offered, the terms of the store credit will be issued at that time.</li><li>Typically we will offer you a gift voucher which you can use when checking out on your next order.</li></ul></div></div><div
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title="Velonews" href="http://velonews.com" target="_blank">Velonews</a>&#8230;</p><div
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class="wp-caption-text">Hungry anyone? A team of professional cyclists requires enough calories to send a rich man broke!</p></div><ul><li>The team will chew their way through 700 Vittoria tubular tyres in a year (yes that&#8217;s about 2 a day!)</li><li>100 bikes by Felt</li><li>200 Mavic wheels</li><li>30000 Clif bars &amp; energy gels</li><li>315kg of energy drink powder ( basic maths = approx 1kg per day!)</li><li>200 tubes of chamois cream</li><li>2500 musettes</li><li>22,000 Camelbak Podium water bottles (yep, 785 per rider)</li></ul><div
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class="wp-caption-text">A collection of water bottles, ready for a new season</p></div><p>No wonder the riders throw their bidon out towards the end of each stage of the Tour de France. There&#8217;s plenty more where that came from!</p><p>As for kit, each rider receives their kit from Pearl Izumi; 12 pair of bib knicks and 6/7 jerseys for the start of the racing season. More kit follows as the team races more and more throughout the season. And don&#8217;t forget the winter jackets, tights, gloves, caps, overshoes, helmets, shoes, etc etc.</p><p>Logistical nightmare? You bet! Every young cyclists&#8217; dream to be looked after like this? Absolutely!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://mrcyclingworld.com/2010/01/what-does-it-take-to-field-a-pro-cycling-team/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
