Road
Peter Sagan was the best of the remaining opposition after the pure sprinters had been dropped on the climbs that littered Stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France through the Vosges. Despite Team Sunweb controlling the peloton for most of the run into the finish, Michael Matthews was boxed
Culture & Opinion
When we think about getting more people on bikes and removing cars from the roadway (because the benefits are essentially endless) we must remember: In America Cars Are Mandatory, Dangerous and Heavily Subsidized Law professor Gregory Shill writing for The Atlantic dropped one of the best articles on cars in
Culture & Opinion
After last year’s brand boycott following the Parkland shooting, REI dropped Giro, Bell, and Blackburn products from their stores. Following an announcement today that VISTA Outdoors sold their controversial firearm companies, Savage Arms and Stevens firearms, REI announced they will be carrying the brands again, advocacy works: “Today, we
Bikes & Frames
Orbea’s Orce Aero is one of the better deals out there in the aero-road-racer market. The Orca Aero, has received a small make-over for 2020. The biggest change is a new more aerodynamic fork which features deeper blades thanks to the UCI’s relaxed dimensional ruling.
Culture & Opinion
Rapha’s latest EF Gone Racing video goes behind the scenes of the 2019 Tour de France with Rigoberto Urán.
Road
The almost entirely flat parcours of the 213.5-kilometer Tour de France Stage 4 today had the sprinters’ hopes up from the start. Bad news for the day’s three-rider breakaway, when the sprinters smell blood you’ll never get too much breathing room. Such was the story
Culture & Opinion
We got a sweet new mural here in Denver recently. Major Taylor was a cyclist of color who was an absolute machine on the bike, he won the sprint event at the 1899 world track championships and fought racism throughout his career. Guess I’ll be riding the Cherry Creek
Culture & Opinion
Team Dream drove their VW Squareback up to the Angeles Crest to launch their rad new Tie Dye collection with the ENDO CNCPT Team. The ENDO CNCPT kit is launching July 11th at Teamdreambicyclingteam.com.
Road
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunick-Quick-Step) was my pre-race favorite for stage 3 of the Tour de France, the stage was practically built for him. How he did it though, was a bit of a surprise. Instead of holding out for the uphill sprint, he put in an attack with
Culture & Opinion
An epic video from Phil Gaimon and I share his concerns. Why does the cyclist always get blamed? There are more cars on the road, everyone’s using a cellphone, everyone’s driving their 2-ton pickup like it’s a race car and there’s a total lack of
Culture & Opinion
A short film that looks at how planning and infrastructure have made the Dutch city of Utrecht possible the world’s best city for cyclists. Please, every city planner in Denver, watch this! Utrecht is a city with unbelievable momentum for altering how its city center integrates with people. They’
Road
Two days into the Tour de France and Jumbo-Visma already has two stage victories. The Dutch team took a decisive win in today’s stage 2 team time trial in Brussels, leaving Ineos in their dust by a good 20 seconds to secure the victory. Stage 1 winner Mike