Culture & Opinion
For us layman, off-season cycling means dusting off the cross bike or moving back to the basement training dungeon. For professional cyclists, especially winners of big races like the Tour de France, the off-season is pretty weird. This weirdness was on full display last weekend at the Shanghai Criterium and
Culture & Opinion
I love cycling, but I don’t love the pseudoscience, bull-crap gear culture that comes with it. There are so many products that pop up promising to solve some problem inherit to your inability to ride fast that it can make your head spin. Not to mention they tend to
Culture & Opinion
“This link between sugar and cancer has sweeping consequences,” wrote Johan Thevelein, a Belgian biologist and co-author of a study published in the journal Nature Communications. That study really made the media rounds this week and quickly anti-carb crusaders were allover the place claiming removing sugar and carbs from ones
Bikes & Frames
Renovo Hardwood Bicycles has collaborated with Glenmorangie, creators of Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, to create wooden bikes made from used whisky casks. The Scottish distillery sends retired cask wood from its signature single malt offing, The Original, to Renovo after allowing the whisky to mature for a decade in
Culture & Opinion
I’ve covered mechanical doping in the past, but this video from FranceTV Sport throws some new fuel on the fire. Turns out the UCI’s motor detectors don’t work. That’s not entirely surprising, considering the detectors consist of the iPad’s magnet connected to an app from
Culture & Opinion
Five climbers have died in six weeks on Colorado’s Capitol Peak, a 14er near Aspen. It’s been several years since I climbed Capitol Peak but the video above is a great reminder of the experience. The most perilous part of the climb, the famous Knife Edge ridge, is
Culture & Opinion
SmokyMountains.com just released their interactive fall foliage map for 2017 that helps predict the best time for seeing the beautiful colors of autumn trees throughout the United States. It allows users to change the details of the map by week, via a slider at the bottom, to see when
Bikes & Frames
It’s almost been a full year since Canyon announced that its bikes would be available stateside. It was welcome news from the German bike manufacturer who’s bikes were only available to U.S. customers by way of complicated and sketchy re-shipping operations or by making an trip abroad
Culture & Opinion
G&G, I’ve got a new job and and a 6 week old at home and I’m trying to maintain motivation to get to the gym. I was lifting for an hour 6 days a week and doing cardio 3 times a week in the morning but
Culture & Opinion
A new study of driver attitudes toward cyclists shows that a driver’s attitudes towards bike riders influences their ability to perceive them. In other words, those who don’t like or care about cyclists simply don’t see them, even when looking at them. The study also found, quite
The Engine
By now, you’ve seen the headlines: * “Study Shows Doping Drug EPO Gives No Edge to Serious Cyclists” (AP, via ESPN) * “Blood Doping Doesn’t Work – For Amateurs, Anyway” (AFP) * “Lance Armstrong’s drug of choice, EPO, ‘doesn’t work’, scientists claim” (The Telegraph) The study driving this news cycle
Bikes & Frames
Canyon bicycles has announced that it is collaborating with electronic music group Kraftwerk to produce a limited edition run of bikes that look straight out of Tron. The limited run of 21 bikes will be called the Ultimate CF SLX Kraftwerk, each will feature a geometric black-and-white design that matches
