Fonzaso, Jan. 11, 2012 Slipstream Sports, LLC, the elite American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical competition and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today announced that it will become Team Garmin-Barracuda with the addition of Barracuda Networks as a new sponsor of the team. The 2012 team jersey and shorts retain the distinctive Garmin logo while adding the Barracuda logo, and the signature Slipstream Sports argyle is prominently displayed. Cervlo will continue as a key partner and the official bicycle supplier of the team. The team will race in the 2012 kit, created by its innovative Italian clothing partner, Castelli, for the first time at the Tour Down Under, starting on Sunday

The 1t4i moniker stands for “Team Spirit, Inspiration, Integrity, Improvement and Innovation.” Known last year as Skil-Shimano, the team is looking to step up to the top level of the sport with Felt this year and has an eye on the sport’s biggest events including the Tour de France, Classics and other top-tier stage races.
As the official bike sponsor, Felt supplies all of the team’s road and time trial
framesets. For road races, 1t4i riders will race either F-Series or AR carbon frames. And for TT events, they will race Felt’s flagship DA frames.

Telegraph Sport has teamed up with Felt bikes and the Cycle Show to give one lucky reader the chance to win a Felt F5 road bike worth £1,600.

Riding in cool damp conditions, not to mention racing in the rain its just a pain right? Waterproofs on waterproofs off? Too warm and too sweaty on the climb? Back billowing up making you look like a sumo wrestler as your jacket fills with air on the descents? There has to be a better way?     Well there is...