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
Culture & Opinion
Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) took a surprise sprint victory today at Stage 1 of the 2019 Tour de France, besting Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) to the line and to be the first to wear the yellow jersey in this year’s race. Things were looking
Culture & Opinion
Great short video from Wahoo Fitness, now actually getting your hands on a ROAM is the real trick. Sometimes you just need to push the reset button on life by going for a ride with friends, open landscapes and the freedom that comes from blocking off your calendar for the
Culture & Opinion
Another flat year for American rider participation at the Tour de France. With just four confirmed starters, the American presence at this year’s Tour de France will be slim. It’s a sad continuation of the flat trend in American Tour participation, and highlights the diminished role U.S.
Components
HED just released a new aero disc version of their Vanquish wheel, the Vanquish Aero Disc. The wheel is based on a spoked wheel design with carbon skins for aerodynamics. The new wheel is disc brake-compatible and uses a super wide 30mm external & 21mm internal width. The Vanquish
Training hard and losing weight is a great combination for improving cycling speed, especially uphill, but doing both at once rarely works out. People hoping to lose weight with exercise often wind up being their own worst enemies, according to a new study, which was published last month in the
Culture & Opinion
Mark Cavendish won’t be at the 2019 Tour de France. The 34-year-old has battled with health problems over the past couple of years, twice missing racing due to Epstein Barr virus, and hasn’t returned to form in 2019. So, it wasn’t entirely surprising that his
Culture & Opinion
NBC Sports choices for the eight scariest crashes in Tour de France history, I think they missed one of the most devastating:
Culture & Opinion
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas’ win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018
Bikes & Frames
With a limited run of just 60 bikes worldwide, OPEN Cycles & ENVE components have come together again with an ultimate carbon gravel bike build. The build starts with the Open U.P. and a low-key white paint job. The white look great against the raw UD carbon finish
Bikes & Frames
The All-City Cycles Electric Queen appears to be a bike built simply for having fun. All-City dubs the bike “The ultimate trail hardtail”, the Electric Queen has a short wheelbase, aggressive geometry, a 120mm suspension fork (or optional rigid fork), and fits 27.5 x 3.0” or
Culture & Opinion
In 2002, mountain bikers and entrepreneurs Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller moved to Fruita, Colorado, in search of cheap rent, world-class single track, and free time to ride. Over 15 years later, the two unconventional women have helped reshape one of the state’s most conservative towns, uniting the