First Enduro race in Lebanon history, Organized by FOE Future of Enduro, was held in Dhour El Choueir on 12/3/2021. 16 participants 2 DNS – 1 DNF 4 Stages: ≈800 m negative descent / ≈ 4.5kms stages length Overall results: Under 18 category: 2 stages 1st place: Elya Rahbani 5:57.30 2nd place: Christian Moubarak […]
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“I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it’s not going to be satisfying.“ Lebanese Mountain Bike Championships – 1st place: Elias Abou Rasheed on S-Works Epic – 2nd place: Zaher El Hage on […]
A unique opportunity to take part in the Everesting Lebanon challenge by cycling with Max one, two, three or four climbs (cycling up and down) the chosen Marjaba hill on October 15. Or even running uphill once or twice. Feel like helping to raise funds?Being part of the challenge?Helping Max make it? For this, and for […]
Join us to BIKE FOR BEIRUT WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG, this Sunday, October 4th. Participation fees will be donated to four outstanding Lebanese NGOs: @beitelbaraka @offrejoie @heartbeat and @thelebaneaseredcrossThis exclusive event was made possible by Tom Barrack, Ziad Ghandour and Maxime Chaya. Limited capacity. Donation fees apply. To book your spot, WhatsApp message: +961 71 651 […]
Julian Alaphilippe est devenu champion du monde de cyclisme sur route, dimanche 27 septembre, à Imola en Italie. Le Français s’est imposé à l’issue des 258 kilomètres de course. Il est le premier Français à revêtir le maillot arc-en-ciel depuis Laurent Brochard, Français le plus en vue du dernier Tour de France durant lequel il a porté […]
BIKE FOR BEIRUT WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG Made possible by Tom Barrack, Maxime Chaya & Ziad GhandourOCTOBER 2 – 8, 2020 LEBANON | UAE THE STORY On August 4, 2020, at around 6 p.m., there were two huge explo- sions in the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The second, caused by 2,750 tons of […]
Which Turbo Vado is right for you? 2x you or 4x you. Mark puts both bikes to the test.
We are renewing our rental fleet. Get a few bikes for the price of one! *Test it before purchasing it.
A tale of two races: A new cycling star is born on Sunday Aug.11 in Bickfaya: 18-year-old Elias Abourachid, an engineering student sporting an entry-level Specialized Allez, a 9.5kgs aluminum beginners’ bike with basic components. Elias stunned his competitors with his explosive power on the steep climbs of hilly Bickfaya as well as sprints on […]
Fellow cyclists and Pedz, it’s the time of the year when we start at BG the specific training. Phase 2. Just add this to your swimming, footing, running, XC skiing, body building, volley ball, football, basket ball, ping pong, roller skate, MTB weekends…
Take a look at our newly released Bike Generation Athletico team jersey – also comes with bibs. This jersey will be worn during competitions and Specialized team events. We would like to thank our sponsors: Taanayel Les Fermes, Capital Outsourcing and CPM Contracting.
25% off all Winter Garments. Per our requests we received from our customers, the sale is now extended. Below are the categories of clothing you will find at the store. For a closer look at what we sell, check out the Specialized page on winter garments.
Saturday 1 – Shalimar – Baabdat Sunday 2 – “Paul” Gemmayze – Dbayeh Saturday 8 – Zandouka – Salima – Zandouka Sunday 9 – “Paul” Gemmayze – Dbayeh Saturday 15 – Zandouka – Falougha – Zandouka Sunday 16 – “Paul” Gemmayze – Dbayeh Saturday 22 – Tabarja – Chekka Sunday 23 – “Paul” Gemmayze – […]
Saturday 1 – No event planned Sunday 2 – No event planned Saturday 8 – Upper Mount Kneisseh Sunday 9 – Dhoor Shweir Saturday 15 – Barouk reserve Sunday 16 – Lower Mount kneisseh Saturday 22 – Zandouka – Qortada Sunday 23 – Zaarour Saturday 29 – Broumana Sunday 30 – Zandouka – Qortada All […]
It was the second of four races for the 2012 Lebanese Road Cycling Championship. 32kms,4 laps of 8kms on the Qarantina-Sin-El-Fil speedway ending with a U-turn that required a good anticipation and a power plant in the legs to pick up speed and dash off to the other end. But why a championship race so […]
Here is our schedule for the month of November: Saturday 3: Barouk – Maaser – Jezzine – Mokhtara – Barouk Sunday 4: Achrafieh 2020 – Discover Rmeil Saturday 10: Zandouka – Mtein – Zandouka Sunday 11: BBM assistance ride Saturday 17: Zandouka – Mtein – Zandouka Sunday 18: “Paul” Gemmayze – Dbayeh Saturday 24: Special […]
Join us this November for our Mountain Bike rides every weekend and experience group riding at its best.
Join us this October in our BG road bike rides, and experience group riding at its best in Lebanon.
The Specialized Venge ruled the World Championship Road Race with an abundance of speed and only a trace of aerodynamic drag thanks to Mark Cavendish, Matt Goss, and HTC. Cavendish raced his Venge to victory for Great Britain, with Goss—normally Cav’s trade teammate on HTC-Highroad—taking silver for Australia. Germany’s Andre Greipel finished third. All three […]
Lebanon – Bike Generation’s rider Zaher El-Hage wins his third consecutive Lebanese MTB national title, after pulling ahead of the field in the last round of the championship. This is also the third consecutive win this year for the Specialized rider in as many races. Quite an achievement for the cycling Lebanese star. This final […]
Specialized’s Jaroslav Kulhavy rode to his first elite men’s cross country world championship title on Saturday afternoon in Champery, Switzerland. Winning the rainbow striped jersey capped off a perfect season for the Czech rider, who also won the 2011 World Cup overall two weeks ago. “I’m so happy for this jersey and for this season,” […]
Toni Martin is the new king of time-trial hill. The big German diesel powered his Specialized to a morale-booster victory in Monday’s 10th stage at the Vuelta a España against an elite field of rivals he will face off against at next month’s world championships. Martin beat back arch-rivals Bradley Wiggins and Fabian Cancellara to […]
National title holder, El Hage scores a brilliant and solid win on Sunday September 4, in the first race of the 2011 Lebanese MTB Championship. Averaging an amazing speed of 13,5 km/h over 4 laps of 6km each, with a total ascension of 850 meters , Bike Generation’s sponsored El-Hage wrapped up the race in 1 […]
Join Bike Generation’s outings during the month of August 2011, and select between both road and mountain biking. Details of the rides are listed below:
Sunset Party at BG Faqra! Bike Generation, your preferred cycling shop in Lebanon, cordially invites you to the Annual Sunset Party on the occasion of the opening of our new shop in Faqra. The event will take place on Saturday July 16, between 6:00pm and 9:00pm, at the BG terasse of the Faqra shop, located on […]
Bike Generation now in Faqra! Your favorite cycling destination opened this weekend its second shop in Lebanon, in the mountainous region of Faqra. We’re also celebrating our first anniversary since opening our original Beirut store. Our new shop, situated on the Faqra roundabout between Ouyun el Simane and Faqra, will offer the same quality range […]
Strasser wins Solo Race Across America on S-Works Roubaix The Race Across America (RAAM) is one of the most daunting bike races in the world. Starting on the West Coast of the U.S. and ending on the East Coast, RAAM covers more than 3000 miles across the Rockies, the American Heartland and the Appalachians. Along the […]
Specialized claims eight national titles in 48 hours Cyclists competing in their national championships around the world won seven titles on Specialized bikes within 48 hours. German Bert Grabsch, Belarusian Kanstantsin Siutsou, Latvian Gatis Smukulis, Irishman Matt Brammeier (all on team HTC-Highroad), Swede Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank) and others won on the Specialized Shiv. Alberto […]
Sauser and Kulhavy win gold and silver medals at marathon Worlds Christoph Sauser (Specialized Racing) won his second-ever marathon world championship title in Montebelluna, Italy, on Sunday. His teammate Jaroslav Kulhavy earned an impressive second place on a day that could not have been more perfect for the Specialized team. “The (Cape) Epic experience made […]
Specialized and the HTC-Highroad Women secured the overall win in Tour of Chongming Island on Friday for the second consecutive year. Youngster Chloe Hosking won the final stage in front of teammate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, who took the overall race win. The team controlled the 11-lap circuit race in Chengquao Town from the start with […]
HTC and Specialized women team win stage 2 and extend lead in China. An exciting day of racing in the Tour of Chongming Island saw Ina-Yoko Teutenberg both claim the stage victory and strengthen her overall lead after she and her five HTC-Highroad team-mates forged a winning breakaway group. “It was a well-deserved team victory, […]
The May BG riding schedule is out! Contact the BG shop to confirm your participation. A copy of the outing schedule for this month is posted herebelow.
Specialized takes victory and lead in 2011 Giro Italia. For the second time in three years, HTC-Highroad powered to victory in the opening team time trial of the Tour of Italy, with local rider Marco Pinotti capturing the race lead. HTC-Highroad completed the 19.3 kilometer course from Venaria Reale to Turin with a ten second […]
Mohamad Alali Explorer & Own this City. The Cedar Green Marathon on Mar 27 from Beirut to Jbeil was the first of its kind in the region. Participants, volunteers and staff were encouraged to strive for an environment-friendly Lebanon. Time Out met Mohamad Alali from Bike Generation, the man who pulled together a team of […]
Martin and SPECIALIZED battles to landmark victory in Paris-Nice. HTC-Highroad’s Tony Martin was proclaimed overall winner in the Paris-Nice stage race on Sunday in what was a landmark victory both for the young German and for his team. “We’ve won lots of stage races before, but never one of this caliber,” commented HTC-Highroad sports director […]
Arrivée prevue le 6 Mars pour Al-Ali au Liban. Le cyclist Al-Ali retourne sur le territoire libanais, huit mois après le début de son extraordinaire périple autour de la Méditerranée. La longue aventure de cet ancien champion libanais de cyclisme touche presque à sa fin ! Mohammad Alali devrait en effet être de retour au pays […]
Mark Renshaw and Specialized win 2011 Tour Of Qatar. Exactly one week after Ellen Van Dijk won the women’s Tour of Qatar, Mark Renshaw made it an exceptional two out of two for HTC-Highroad when he scooped the overall victory in the same race for the men. Renshaw made a successful defense of his lead […]
Le tour de la méditerranée à vélo: Pendant que les pays du pourtour méditerranéen sont secoués par ce que certains appellent déjà le Printemps arabe, un jeune cycliste trentenaire et ancien champion de cyclisme au Liban, Mohamed Alali, s’est lancé dans un tour de la Méditerranée à vélo. Il devrait être de retour au Liban […]
Bike Generation and Specialized have the pleasure to invite you to attend a unique introduction to the world of Specialized through our 2011 models and our BG FIT philosophy. The presentation will be given by our global expert Tigran Korkotyan on Thursday February 3rd from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Prodent offices – Corniche al […]
Triathlon – After seven consecutive victories in the Totalsports Challenge Dan Hugo is without a doubt South Africa’s multisport-king. The 25-year-old from Stellenbosch finished the 12km surfski, 1.5km swim, 50km road bike (from Gordon’s Bay to Kleinmond), 13km road run, 13km K1 canoe, 25km mountain bike and finally a 9km beach run in 7 hours and 15 […]
Road – As the new year begins, so does an exciting—and fast!–new partnership in the cycling world: Two California companies, High Road Sports and Specialized, kick off a multi-year commitment to arm the world’s winningest men’s and women’s cycling teams, HTC-High Road, with the racing world’s most successful bikes in 2010, ours. The combination of […]
Ned Overend added another stars & stripes jersey to his ever-expanding collection by winning his age group race at the USA Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, Oregon. Here”s a report from “The Captain” himself: I”m happy to say I captured the stars and stripes jersey in my age group at the Cyclocross National Championships in […]
Join our 6 days mountain bike camp (August 17-22) at Peaks Resort under the supervision of Bike Generation’s professional team and the presence of Zaher el Hajj, double Lebanese cycling champion. Boys and girls are welcome from 10 to 16 yrs old. Get to grip with the secrets and special techniques of cycling on MTB’s. […]
July 25, 2010, – Morgan Hill, CA In one of the most hotly contested Tours in decades, Alberto Contador, the Spanish Grand Tour specialist, fended off Andy Schleck in an epic duel between two pre-race favorites—riding Specialized bikes—to claim his third Tour de France victory. With both men riding virtually identical equipment—the Tarmac SL3, Shiv, […]
Team Saxo Bank participated in the Danish national time trial championships.
Team Saxo Bank’s Fränk Schleck won Tour de Suisse after having mastered one of the best time trials of his career.