Category: Opinion & Analysis

Fourteen-thousand dollars. Let that sink in for a minute. Earlier this week Specialized launched its first-ever E-Road bike: the Specialized Creo SL. There are four models in the Turbo Creo…

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Tour de France Riders You Can Follow on Strava

July 12, 2019

Watching the Tour de France on television and seeing the suffering on rider’s faces is one thing. Comparing their efforts to your own on Strava is something else entirely. What…

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Lance Armstrong ‘wouldn’t change a thing’

May 24, 2019

Lance Armstrong has no regrets when it comes to using illegal performance-enhancing drugs that ultimately led to him being stripped of seven Tour de France titles. In an NBC Sports…

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Rémi Cavagna’s Sketchy Descent on way to Tour of California Solo Win

May 15, 2019

Descending is no joke, but this is just scary bad. Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Rémi Cavagna proved that you don’t have to be the most talented bike handler in the world…

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The New Rules of Cycling by Phil Gaimon

May 9, 2019

Time for some new cycling rules, or not really as these should just be givens. Phil Gaimon lays out cycling’s unofficial rulebook, detailing his own New Rules of Cycling, dubbed…

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Mathieu van der Poel is the Most Exciting Guy on Two Wheels

April 9, 2019

It’s been a wild few weeks on the spring WorldTour circuit for Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus). It’s his first go at racing the spring road classics, but…

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Opinion & Analysis

Who Will Win Gent-Wevelgem?

March 29, 2019

Will Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem end with a solo move or a bunch sprint? Gent-Wevelgem’s 251-kilometers of racing includes; three climbs up the Kemmelberg and the road between Deinze and Wevelgem features…

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How to Beat the Biological Passport

March 12, 2019

There’s a well-known survey in sports, the Goldman Dilemma. Bob Goldman began asking elite athletes in the 1980s whether they would take a drug that guaranteed them a gold medal…

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Strade Bianche Recap

March 11, 2019

The best race monument of the year isn’t even a monument Bike racing has its up and downs. There are transition days at the Tour de France where the most…

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Opinion & Analysis

The Watts Needed to Ride Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

March 4, 2019

Oliver Naesen’s power data shows just how hard pro racing is Ever wonder how hard pro cyclists are riding when watching a race? Ever delude yourself into thinking you could…

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview

March 1, 2019

Despite the real racing season still being about 3 weeks away I’ll be very happy to watch guys racing bikes on terrain that doesn’t look like the Tour of Las…

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Opinion & Analysis

Yes, the $14,000 Specialized S-Works Turbo Creo SL is Ridiculous

Tour de France Riders You Can Follow on Strava

Lance Armstrong ‘wouldn’t change a thing’

Rémi Cavagna’s Sketchy Descent on way to Tour of California Solo Win

The New Rules of Cycling by Phil Gaimon

Mathieu van der Poel is the Most Exciting Guy on Two Wheels

Who Will Win Gent-Wevelgem?

How to Beat the Biological Passport

Strade Bianche Recap

The Watts Needed to Ride Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview

The Megahopper: 9 of California’s Grasshopper Gravel Races Mixed into One Massive Ride by Ted King

Descending the Eastern Sierra

Bikes Must Be Repairable

All Points North

Lake Sumner Bikeraft.

7.45kg : The Story of Brompton T Line

L.A. Sucks for Riding, Or Does It?

All Points North

You Pedal Backwards to go Forward

The Megahopper: 9 of California’s Grasshopper Gravel Races Mixed into One Massive Ride by Ted King