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Team Tibco Takes Two to Open The Season
(2-28-10)
Ten riders went straight from its training camp near Santa Barbara to Merced, CA to race the Snelling Road Race and Merced Criterium. They came away with two wins, as well as two more podiums.

Yokozuna Lends Team Embrocation Cycling Journal Their Support
(1-27-10)
This is a talented bunch racing mainly in the Northeast. They will be running Reaction Cables on their Ridley Damocles. Read the magazine!

Yokozuna Sponsors ZENN Racing Team (1-27-10)
Zenn is a 6-man team racing mainly in California. They will be running Reaction Cables on their Campy-equipped Colnago CX-1's. ZENN is an acronym for Zero Emission/No Noise.

PRESS: Velo News Puts Reaction Cable System To The Test (8-20-09)
They just called us one day and asked for a set. We didn't here anything from them until we found the review up on the web. We are pleased. It is a fair and infomative review.
http://www.velonews.com/article/96561

Meredith Miller Takes U.S. national road championship (7-30-09)

Yokozuna Products Will Be Available in Britain (5-12-09)
Fine-ADC will be handling distribution for the UK. We are extremely happy to have them on board. Retail powerhouse Wiggle has expressed interest in stocking our products as well.

Reaction Cable System Availability (3-12-09)
Customers looking for our Reaction Cable System can rest assured we are doing our best to meet growing demand. We expect an air shipment coming arriving around March 23, 2009. And eventually more in early April. We humbly apologize if you've had trouble finding these.


Team TIBCO is in The New York Times!! (2-16-09)
An article has been written an article on professional women's cycling, featuring Team TIBCO!!


Team TIBCO's Tamayo Takes Second in Tour of California Women's Race(2-16-09)

Santa Rosa, CA – Lauren Tamayo of Team TIBCO didn’t let a little rain bother her in Santa Rosa Sunday. She didn’t let a lot of rain bother her, either. In a chilly and drenched Amgen Tour of California Women’s Criterium, she not only helped establish and drive the winning break, she finished second in the final sprint to Swedish national champion Emelia Fahlin (Columbia Highroad). In between, she was constantly attacking to keep the pace high, winning primes and even taking a late dig in an attempt at a solo win.

“I felt really strong today,” Tamayo said. “I came out of the Tour of Qatar with good form and I wanted to be really active today.”

With last year’s race winner and current national criterium and road champion Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO sitting comfortably in the chasing pack, Tamayo could be a bit more aggressive, knowing that if the break was caught, the team still had perhaps the best sprinter in the country ready for the finish.

“Having Lauren up there really took a lot of the pressure off of us,” Miller said.

But with 13 riders off the front, there was enough horsepower for the break to maintain a steady gap. And with the sketchy conditions, mounting an effective chase wasn’t a given. Two-thirds of the way through the 60-minute race, the gap reached its maximum of 0:40. But as they got into the final 10 laps, the gap started dropping. With seven to go, it was down to 0:25. But over the next few laps, the gap held steady and then went out another five seconds.

“We weren’t sure until there was only five laps to go that we were going to stay away,” said teammate Meredith Miller, who was in the break with Tamayo. “The break went really early. The race started out pretty fast and I had just worked my way up to the front when the break went and I was able to jump on. Unfortunately, my legs weren’t very good today, so I didn’t feel like I could help Lauren as much as I wanted.”

But what she could do was take a flyer on the last lap of the race to maintain the pace, but also to take some of the pressure off her teammate for the sprint.

“It was a good sprint,” Tamayo said. “Meredith put in a great effort. I think maybe I didn’t have quite the snap in my legs at the end. Emelia came out of Qatar with really good form, too, and she didn’t do quite as much work as I did in the break.”

Rachel Lloyd (ProMan), fresh off a number of top-10 finishes on the cyclocross world cup circuit, rounded out the podium in third place.

Notes

With the break fighting it out up front, there was still plenty of action back in the bunch. Jerika Hutchinson of Team TIBCO took a spill on the wet the pavement about mid-race. But the same wet pavement that helped cause the wreck helped her escape with only some bruises. She reported afterward that she was just fine.

Brooke Miller almost joined her teammate on the pavement a bit earlier. “I was following a move by Ina Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) and Tina Pic (Colavita-Sutter Home) and someone to my right swung in on me and caught my rear derailleur with her front wheel. I stayed upright but it bent my derailleur hanger.” After a quick bike change and taking advantage of the free lap rule, she was able to integrate back into the main back and work her way back toward the front.

Final Results
1. Emelia Fahlin (SWE) Columbia-Highroad
2. Lauren Tamayo (USA) Team TIBCO
3. Rachel Lloyd (USA) ProMan




BTI Picks Up The Yokozuna Line

This is sort of old news, but important news. BTI (Bicycle Technologies, Int'l) is one of the largest distributors in the USA and is known for carrying some of the most high tech products in cycling. They picked up the line in the fall of 2008. We are proud and happy to have a presence in their warehouse.




Team TIBCO Captures US National Championship

On August 9, Team TIBCO's Brooke Miller won the US National Cycling Road Championships. After nearly four hours of diffcult racing, Team TIBCO kept the peloton together into the final climb. On the climb, Mara Abbott (Team Columbia) launched a serious attack driving the pace to painful limits. Members of Team TIBCO pulled her back, allowing Brooke to begin her sprint with 300 meters to go. With all her might, Brooke held off her two most serious contenders, Tina Pic (Colovita) and Kat Carroll (Cheerwine), who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

They've had an incredible year so far.
Jo Kiesanowski is in Beijing representing New Zealand at the Olympics. The team has had 2 first place finishes and 14 top 10 finishes in UCI races and 4 first place finishes and 5 second place finishes in NRC events.


Yokozuna provides cables and housing products to Team Tibco. The same products that make their SRAM drivetrains on their Look bikes work flawlessly is available to you.



Yokozuna On-Line Shop Closing

While we are closing this part of our business, we are looking to partner with other online shops and brick and mortar shops in order to widen our reach to cycling enthusiasts. Currently Velo Orange and the IRD Web Store is carrying part of our line.



Yokozuna Renews Sponsorship with Team Tibco in 2008

Yokozuna will continue to supply cable and housing to keep their SRAM drivetrains running tip-top. We were glad to be part of their very successful 2007 season. The team expands this year with the addition of some elite-level international racers as well as more development team racers.

The team is off to a nice start. Brooke Miller finished on top of the Pro-1-2's at the Cherry Pie Criterium (2/11) in Napa. She won this race last year as well.

The following week Brooke and the Tibco team mounted a valiant come from behind victory just edging out Laura Van Gilder and a strong Cheerwine team to take the Amgen Tour of California Women's Criterium.

 


Brooke Miller Represent USA in Tour of Flanders

Brooke was selected by the US National team to represent the country in several infamous races including:
 
Tour of Flanders World Cup (Belgium: April 8),
Ronde van Drenthe World Cup, (Holland, April 14) and
Fleche Wallone, (Holland, April 25)

Read her blog: http://www.teamtibco.com/blog/



Team Tibco off to Terrific Start

Team TIBCO has started off the season by tearing up the road with outstanding race performances. Last weekend marked the "official" kick-off of the cycling season, with the first two races on the National Racing Calendar (NRC); the Merco Credit Grand Prix and the Merco Credit Road Race. Team TIBCO won both events, and is now leading the national rankings.
Leading the charge is Team Captain, Brooke Miller. Deemed "Sprinter Extraordinaire" by the press in early February, Brooke has lived up to her reputation. Brooke has won all five races she has entered since the season began. In addition to the Merco races last weekend, Brooke won the Bay Front Criterium (2/10), Cherry Pie Criterium (2/11), and Santa Clarita Criterium (2/24). She has also placed second in the Central Valley Classic Road Race (3/9) and fourth in the Central Valley Classic Criterium (3/11). Each top placing has been characterized by her amazing sprint finish.
Team TIBCO has also posted success with a win in the Women's Cat 3 Merco Credit Grand Prix (3/3) by Alexis Alexander and a third place finish in the Snelling Road Race (2/24) by Katie Lamden.

Yokozuna Supplies Team Tibco Women's National and Development Teams
Feb. 28, 2006 – Yokozuna USA will be supplying wire and housing products for Tibco's Look 585 Elle frames.

Following its successful debut on the National Circuit in 2006, Team TIBCO has expanded its team to compete in a full calendar for 2007. Formerly known as PABW Powered by TIBCO, the team won stages at each of the national stage races it entered in 2006: Altoona, Nature Valley and Mt. Hood; and won the overall classification at the Bermuda Grand Prix. TIBCO Software is now the title sponsor for the team.

Brooke Miller will head up the 2007 roster that includes returning riders Stacy Marple and Victoria Bastide and newcomers Katie Lambden, Liza Rachetto, Marisa Asplund and Yukie Nakamura. "The team is incredibly motivated by it's success last year and is looking forward to improving on that success in 2007" said Linda Jackson, Director Sportif and former Olympian. The team will race in over 20 events in Silicon Valley, compete in a full national racing calendar (NRC) and will also compete in two international events: the Montreal World Cup and the Tour of Montreal.

Yokozuna Inks Deal With Scott-Mathauser
Jan. 6, 2006 – Yokozuna Housing and Wire has reached a manufacturing agreement with Scott Mathauser Corporation to produce a second generation of Scott-Mathauser brake shoes. Both companies have been working on for some time on developing new models of the storied Scott-Mathauser brake shoes.
Edward Scott passed away in March of 2001, but his corporation has been continuing its research and development under Edward’s son and corporation president, Tim Bushnell. The new brake shoes using variations on the legendary iron-oxide laced salmon compound will be available in the spring of 2006.
Scott-Mathauser brakes have been legendary, and have set a standard in brake shoe performance for two decades. Yokozuna and Scott-Mathauser are certain this partnership will keep the legend going strong with their Series X Compound brake show

 

   
   
   
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