When the Bemidji baseball team takes the field 10 a.m. today at Midway Stadium in St. Paul the program will be making state tournament history with its 19th appearance, joining New Ulm, Austin and Cretin as the only schools to reach that figure.

While excited to be representing the latest BHS team at state, the players are heading to the Twin Cities on a mission.

“None of us are satisfied with just being there,” said Bemidji first baseman Mason Bellew. “Since the first day of practice in the gym our goal has been to make it to Target Field. And that continues to be our goal.

Apollo is an Australian bike manufacturer that is creating all sorts of quality bikes, from road to leisure and mountain bikes. Although Apollo is a thirty year old company its bikes have recently taken a quality jump and the brand seems to be rising in the pacific rim market and about to make an entry into the US market.

The Artec R is Apollo’s top road bike model. It is fast, swift and stable and it proves that Apollo might have what it takes to compete with the world’s top race bike manufacturers. The bike is very responsive and stable, in part because of the oversized bottom bracket,  making accelerating and cornering a very fluid experience.

The only problem that it might have is that it is not as stiff as other road racing bikes out there. But what it lacks in stiffness it compensates in comfort, the seatstays are very thin and the not so low front end keeps the back happy. In fact, the Artec R is perfect for those long distance races where, after a while, the body starts taking its toll if not comfortable enough. The Artec R is also light, weighting 6.4 kg....

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I’m rebuilding a bike frame I found, It’s an Apollo sport 12, older maybe mid late 80’s road bike. I tried to measure what I thought was the shell width and spindle length but got some ridiculous numbers (37mm 70mm) but my shell width could be off, I’m not the best measure r ever. I cant get too far without a bottom bracket so I was looking for some help. Thanks.