Culture & Opinion
The 2019 Giro d’Italia begins on Saturday, May 11. After last year’s Grande Partenza in Israel and Chris Froome’s eventual victory in Rome, this year’s Giro d’Italia will be a far more Italian affair. Here’s a preview of the race and a little musing
Culture & Opinion
Benedict Campbell did a great job shooting Café du Cycliste’s SS19 lookbook, entitled “Toile de Jouy.”
Culture & Opinion
Joe Lindsey’s excellent op-ed for Outside Online is an absolute must read. Hostility toward cyclists seems to be rising. His ruminations on blame shifting really hits home, I’ve long compared attitudes and reporting surrounding drivers hitting cyclists to the way rape has historically been treated. “They should
Tech & Data
In the lead up to the 102nd edition of the Giro d’Italia, Zwift has announced a partnership with RCS Sport to bring a brand-new course to Zwift. The course replicates the 8.2km (5.1 mile) TT prologue of the Giro and it will be released the same
Culture & Opinion
Terroir features Texas Tech University’s Adventure Media course, in which 16 students bikepack the Epic route in Big Bend Ranch State Park in order to create compelling adventure stories about mountain biking and public land, as well as become more versed in this pristine, viable area in the borderlands.
Components
Silca is on quite the product release streak, quickly expanding their range of bicycle accessories – from inflation, to packs, to tools and more. Today, they’re announcing a new line of bar tape, called Nastro. Nastro comes in two styles: 1.85mm-thick Nastro Piloti and 2.5mm-thick Nastro
Components
Shimano has announced a new component groupset specifically designed for gravel and adventure riding called “GRX”. I don’t want to sound overly dramatic, but this is a significant moment in bicycling history. It’s about as big as when Shimano introduced the first mountain bike group back in the
Components
Tiagra is the first real groupset in Shimano’s road range, it’s the last stop for trickle-down updates as they move from Dura-Ace to Ultegra to 105. The group just received some of those improvements and there’s some pretty cool stuff coming down the line. First
Culture & Opinion
Something Independent puts together a list of Wright Award contenders every year and this year’s winner was Oveja Negra (based in Salida, Colorado). Oveja Negra makes beautiful and functional bikepacking bags. As part of their entry, everyone at Oveja Negra spent three days with Felt Soul media director Ben
Culture & Opinion
This is a wild adventure, six weeks of bikepacking and skiing from Germany all the way to the beach in Nice. Skiers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck start their biggest and most extraordinary ski tour so far. Their mission: Bikepacking across the alps and skiing some iconic mountains along the
Culture & Opinion
Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker is a new film by Ben Johnson. Not far into his trip Ben realized his limited biking and backpacking skills might not have prepared him for a solo bikepacking adventure through the Peruvian Andes. Ben, from Johnson Studios, had the “brilliant” idea of bikepacking and
Culture & Opinion
Let me first say, DUH. At the same time, it’s good to have some solid evidence to slap those who claim otherwise in the face with. Especially if they are the ones in charge of infrastructure. Providing cyclists with bike lanes protected from vehicle traffic (a coat of green