An unexpected run-in with a deer on Mt. Lemmon in Arizona. I’ve had a couple of close calls with wildlife on the road, and thankfully never been hurt, this is just nasty. Reed Soehnel was bombing down Mt. Lemmon near Tucson when a deer ran out in front him.
Viviani sprints to victory at CEGORR Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) snagged his second WorldTour win of the season on Sunday when he sprinted to victory at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, holding off Australian rival Caleb Ewan and South African Daryl Impey in a tight finish. https://www.instagram.
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Seven summit finishes and three time trials, the 2019 edition of the Giro d’Italia is set to be one hell of a race. Organizers just released the full list of teams who will ride this year’s Giro, so we can start speculating on who’s going to come
The inaugural UAE Tour sets off on February 24th and it looks like it will do so with a stellar line-up as Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Tom Dumoulin will all be along for the ride. The UAE Tour is a merger between the Abu Dhabi and Dubai tours into
I’ll be writing a series on driverless cars, focusing on their impact on cyclists, over the coming months. Today, we look at where driverless cars are at and what history can tell us about where the technology is going. Last March, a driverless car killed a woman walking her
LOGE Camps depart Seattle on a bicycle tour to Bend on what looks to be an ideal weekend excursion. I’d love to do something like this in Colorado, combing a trip on the California Zephyr with a day or two in the saddle and some time in a hot
The Brook Cambium is an outstanding saddle with one minor issue that pops up if you ride in the rain. The materials can wear and the colors fade very quickly when wet. Brooks has addressed that problem, with the all-weather version of the Cambium saddle. The carbon framed saddle uses
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The new KISS Super League will kick off in London tomorrow night (1/23/19) with 15 Pro Continental and Continental men’s teams joining the racing. What is KISS (the name is rather unspecific)? It is an Esports/eRacing league, hosted on the Zwift online cycling platform. The KISS
Emerald Expositions announced last month that it was canceling its 2019 Interbike Expo. That might not be the end of the story, though, as Emerald has been eyeing two options for a revived bike trade show that could happen as soon as this year. Option one; have a bike trade
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Here’s an awesome 20-minute video on one of the most epic bicycle race on the planet: BikingMAN Oman. 22 different nationalities raced 1,000 km (620 miles) self-supported through Oman, crossing deserts, climbing the Al Hajar mountains to reach Muscat, the capital city of the Sultanate of Oman. Inspiring
I was catching up on some reading when I came across an interesting article by Kolie Moore of Training Peaks about FTP testing and training, you can read the full article here. It’s fairly heavy reading for your every day, amateur cyclist as it is directed toward coaches, but
We’re in the long winter months now. Snow isn’t melting, the side of the road is layered with salt and gravel and temperatures are in the single digits. Time to log some good base miles on the indoor trainer. Pop one of these in front of your TV