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
There have been a lot of anecdotal claims in the mountain bike world about rim width and rolling resistance. A new study funded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport should put the speculation to rest. As it turns out, rim width has a negligible effect on off-road speed. Researchers
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A lot has changed in the two-and-a-half years since the unveiling of the 3T Exploro aero gravel bike. Gravel racing has exploded, all-road bikes are all the rage and everyone’s searching for the perfect stable replacer. But stable replacers and gravel bikes are seldom aero, and we are living
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If you are stuck riding inside, one of the better options available to make the most of your time training is Sufferfest, and it just got a little better. The new Sufferfest Training System app was just released for iOS, mac OS & Windows desktop. The updated version has a
Fabio Aru is looking to hit reset heading into the 2019 season after his “darkest moments” yet during 2018. Aru abandoned the Giro d’Italia, renounced his sponsors during a crash at the Vuelta a España, and sat out of Italy’s World Championships team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?