Culture & Opinion
Another flat year for American rider participation at the Tour de France. With just four confirmed starters, the American presence at this year’s Tour de France will be slim. It’s a sad continuation of the flat trend in American Tour participation, and highlights the diminished role U.S.
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Mark Cavendish won’t be at the 2019 Tour de France. The 34-year-old has battled with health problems over the past couple of years, twice missing racing due to Epstein Barr virus, and hasn’t returned to form in 2019. So, it wasn’t entirely surprising that his
Culture & Opinion
NBC Sports choices for the eight scariest crashes in Tour de France history, I think they missed one of the most devastating:
Culture & Opinion
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas’ win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018
Culture & Opinion
In 2002, mountain bikers and entrepreneurs Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller moved to Fruita, Colorado, in search of cheap rent, world-class single track, and free time to ride. Over 15 years later, the two unconventional women have helped reshape one of the state’s most conservative towns, uniting the
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Through overwhelming community support, local political advocacy and the cooperation of a once-reluctant land manager, the Whiskey Run Trail system went in with record speed. Already, over ten miles of singletrack dodge back and forth under a shaded canopy of fir, spruce and alder, and if you stop long
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A study, published in the Journal of Transport and Land Use, indicates that a person’s neighborhood plays a large role in whether or not they decide to commute by bike. The study found that people who live in high-density, mixed-use neighborhoods (downtown or near large college campuses)
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After a great weekend in Santa Fe, I’m back in Denver with a quick race report from the inaugural GFNY Santa Fe. After many years of rapid expansion overseas, GFNY had its first event in the US to go alongside the New York City championship. The 75 mile Long
Bikes & Frames
Netflix enlisted the help of Mongoose to source period correct bikes and parts for the actual bikes used in filming season three of Stranger Things. From there, Mongoose took the period correct bikes they put together to inspire a replica model of Maxine ‘Max’ Mayfield’s bike. This bike is
Culture & Opinion
This is a great ad. I dig the Old Spice and Wes Anderson vibes. If you haven’t heard it already, I highly recommend listening to Gary Erickson, Clif Bar inventor, on How I Built This.
Culture & Opinion
In a television documentary with Sporza in Belgium, Andy Schleck called being retrospectively awarded the yellow jersey in the 2010 Tour de France following Alberto Contador’s doping results ‘bullshit’. Schleck finished the 2010 Tour second, 39 seconds back on Contador, but was eventually awarded the title in 2012 after
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Colombian Felipe Mendez and Argentinian Gabriel Raff tested positive for EPO at the Campagnolo GFNY World Championship event in an out-of-competition control. Race organizers say that both riders were among several randomly selected athletes out of a testing pool of 60 which contained riders with a chance of