"BMC Racing announced today it signed several important riders for the coming season, including World Champion Alessandro Ballan and US Champion George Hincapie."

Read the entire article here.

BPB is excited to announce that Blair Saunders has joined the BPB Racing Team for cyclocross!  Blair is considered to be one of the best all around riders in the Mid-Atlantic Bicycle Racing Association and competes in nearly every cycling discipline.  Some of Blair's palmares are below:

Member of Canadian National Cycling team for six years (88-93)
Three time Canadian National Champion
Canadian Olympic Trial Road Race Winner
1992 Canadian Olympic Team Member - alternate, Team Time Trial, Road Race
Represented Canada in:

• Tour of Holland
• Tour of Texas, USA
• Tour De Trump, USA
• Niederzachsen Rundfardt, Germany
• Rube Grenetier Bretan, France
• Peace Race, Poland
• Tour de Poiture Charante, France
• Tour de Guadaloupe
• Tour of Hokaido, Japan

Local results include wins in District Road Championships, cat 1,2, District Cross Championships, masters.

Blair will be riding a Ridley X-Fire tricked out by Ben and joining Mike Birner, Dave Blodgett and Jay Murphy to comprise the BPB Racing Team.  Keep an eye out for our guys and cheer them on!

"Swiss company BMC are introducing some new (and some improved) models for 2010, as we mentioned in our tech report from their 2009 press camp in Sun Valley, Idaho. BikeRadar's tech editor James Huang managed to get the scoop on the new 860g Team Machine SLR01 carbon road frame and revised Fourstroke FS01 carbon cross-country mountain bike. Here's his exclusive report..."

MSRP for the SLR01 frameset is $3999 while the FS01 frameset will be $3699.

Click here to read the entire article from BikeRadar and see pictures of these two hot new items.

Ben recently attended the Air Force Classic professional cycling races in Virgina, wherein he met and had dinner with the riders and team management for the BMC squad.  During the evening it came to light that the BMC team car, a 2001 Volvo, was not running at its best; in fact, it was barely running.  Ben agreed to service the team car and return it to the team at the races in Philadelphia the following week.  Through Ben's extensive knowledge and experience in the automotive repair industry he was able to get the team car in tip-top shape to the delight of the team at his other business next door to BPB, Daisy Import Auto Care.

 BPB has managed to forge a relationship with yet another great manufacturer of cycling products.  Steve Hed began what was to become his vocation in humble fashion, working on an aero wheel in his garage at home. This quickly led to an interest in all things aerodynamic.  Now, 20 years later, HED cycling products designs and manufactures 16 different models of composite wheels, exported worldwide and used in events from the Tour de France to the Hawaii Ironman to the pretigious North Oaks triathlon championship. Every single wheel is still handmade.

Click here to visit HED's website and see all their great products, or stop by the shop and talk to us about HED products while you see what state of the art bike Ben is building.