Exercise
The brains of athletes turn down extraneous noise to highlight more important sounds. Athletes’ brains truly are quieter, according to a new study of elite collegiate athletes and how they process sound. The study finds that the brains of athletes dial down extraneous noise to highlight important sounds better than
Cycling
I love looking at how emerging technologies are transforming the sport of cycling. When the British Cycling Federation released images of its 2020 Olympic track bike, it was immediately obvious that the design was only possible thanks to 3D-printed titanium. Here’s some cool news from HP and Oakley on
Ritte just announced its new Satyr gravel bike. Designed by master frame builder, Tom Kellogg, the Satyr is a modern steel bike, with full internal cable routing, a T47 threaded bottom bracket and Reynolds’ latest 725 chromoly tubeset. From Ritte: The Ritte Satyr Steel Gravel Bike Half Man, Half Goat,
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Everyone out there is bending over backwards for this bike. NGL, this looks like a very lazy attempt to throw their hat into the gravel arena while the getting is good with very little effort. Like a dirt jumper but with bars useless for jumps. I just don’t get
Cycling
This is the bike to bring out when company is over. Czech framebuilder Festka does some incredible stuff with its frame design and their latest finish is off the charts. The Spectre Porcelain was created for a bike collector from Bangkok who is a lover of vintage porcelain. Czech artist
Bikase just announced the appropriately-named ABC Cage (Any Bottle Cage), which accommodates nearly any bottle (how’d you guess?). The system relies on a flexible plastic cage and ratchet strap to securely hold any size bottle. For gravel cyclists and bikepackers looking to carry non-standard water bottles, this solution from
Cycling
As 2019 draws to a close, end-of-year data is beginning to roll out. Turn on your Spotify Wrapped and let’s take a quick look at Strava’s Year in Sport. With close to 50 million athletes uploading 19 million activities a week, Strava has a lot of data to
What do you get when a MTB brand designs a gravel bike? The Nukeproof Digger, a do it all gravel bike with wide drop bars and a bomb-proof build. Inspired by Nukeproof athletes and their desire for a do-it-all training bike with something a little extra. It’s a versatile
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Tour de France rivals Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador reignited their decade old rivalry once again in a push bike race in Shanghai. It’s essentially a play by play of their 2010 Tour stage up the Tourmalet. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5xENlPqew1/?utm_source=ig_embed Here’s
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These guys are pretty rad. Will Cadham and Mark Taylor (the “Free Radicals”), are nomads on a trail riding – and trail building – mission.
Film
Onboard is a film four years in the making, documenting the incredible Transcontinental Race, the definitive self-supported bicycle race across Europe. « At the sharp end it is a beautifully hard bicycle race, simple in design but complex in execution. » But the Transcontinental Race is rarely a race against fellow competitors,
Racing crits isn’t really my jam. Banging elbows with a bunch of overly angry dentists at 30 mph and the painful reality of broken carbon and collarbones just isn’t my thing. But those are shortcomings of racing crits IRL, the new Crit City course on Zwift does away