Bikes & Frames
Launched as a full-suspension 29er back in 2001, the Ripley is now in its fourth iteration. The newest edition pays homage with its Blue Steel color scheme beyond that it’s a lot different than the original. The V4 Ripley features an all-new, ground-up redesign inspired by
Tech & Data
Wahoo Fitness is adding a third cycling computer to its lineup today. The Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM builds on the platform of the original ELEMNT and more compact BOLT by adding a color screen, longer battery life, and smart navigation features. Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM Features * High-resolution color screen * On-the-
Culture & Opinion
Team Ineos have officially unveiled their new kit. The kit is burgundy and black fade, featuring the logo of the team’s new British sponsor. Ineos is one of the largest chemical producers in the world, including the production of solvents, biofuels, plastics, synthetic oils and insulation materials. It sure
Bikes & Frames
Pinarello announced its new flagship road racing rig today, the Dogma F12. I guess 11 doesn’t get any love, because they skipped right over it with the F12. Interesting, considering the new Dogma F12 looks to be more of an incremental improvement over the previous F10 than a big
Culture & Opinion
Beautiful video of a bikepacking trip in Vietnam. The group had lots of mechanical problems and the trip ended with a broken rear hub, but regardless they had a lot of fun cycling among the Hmong hilltribes of Vietnam. The scenery in southeast Asia is incredible.
Culture & Opinion
Tristan Ridley is on a 100,000-kilometer bikepacking trip around the world in aid of Build Africa, a charity that aims to fight poverty through education in rural Kenya and Uganda. In the video above, he documents his most recent ride along the 650-kilometer Jordan Trail.
Road
After a spring season filled with near misses, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) finally got his big Classics win. The second-place man at Strade Bianche and La Flèche Wallonne soloed away near the top of the Roche-aux-Faucons climb and wasn’t seen again. Fuglsang took first with a
Culture & Opinion
Canyon has announced the launch of the world’s first professional eRacing team: Canyon ZCC. The team is made up of 10 rides, five men and five women and everyone will ride under the direction of team manager Rhys Howell. The team includes three Zwift national champions: Kristin Falck (Norway)
Culture & Opinion
Sad news in the peloton today, Robbert de Greef has died at the age of 27, three weeks after suffering a heart attack Dutch cyclist Robbert de Greef has died three weeks after suffering a heart attack. The 27-year-old cyclist was riding the first cobble sector at Omloop
Culture & Opinion
Sit down and get yourself ready for some top grade bikeporn. The 2019 Speedvagen Guidebook is out and it’s almost too much to take in in just one sitting. Awesome stuff! NEW BEGINNINGS, NEW MATERIAL, NEW APPROACH 2018 was a year of change for us at the shop. We
Culture & Opinion
The Spring Classics come to a close for 2019 this Sunday with Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Here’s what you need to know. Liège-Bastogne-Liège closes out the Spring Classics. It also comes as the last race in a micro-season known as the Ardennes Classics, which consists
Road
Julian Alaphilippe and Jakob Fuglsang, whose lack of accurate time gap information may have cost Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, continued their 2019 WorldTour rivalry in today’s La Flèche Wallonne. The Frenchman won a second successive La Flèche Wallonne with a well-timed jump on the Dane