First, Giro Helmets spent $US15,000 to build a lifelike replica of Lance Armstrong. Only then did they started developing his helmet. Hundreds of prototypes and wind tunnel tests later, they ended up with the most aerodynamic helmet ever.
After his seven Tour de France wins, I thought my man-crush on Lance Armstrong couldn’t get any bigger or creepier. But that’s all changed – today I learned that Lance is an iSlate-obsessed gadget-head just like me.
Handset maker HTC and GPS giant Garmin have found themselves in the middle of an ugly war. This time the fight it isn’t in courts over patents or trademarks—instead the battle is on the roads of the Tour de France.