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Following a successful career racing in the World Tour for Trek-Livestrong, Team Sky, and Katusha-Alpecin, American pro cyclist Ian Boswell has decided to transition from the road calendar to gravel racing for 2020. Boswell will be racing for Wahoo Fitness on a calendar of his own design that will include gravel and endurance mountain bike... Continue Reading →
Black Friday sales will happen on the 29th of November 2019. Everything from complete bikes to components, accessories, electronics, clothing and even tools are heavily discounted. Here's a list of all the best Black Friday deals for cyclists: Black Friday Cycling Deals 1. Amazon Everything from sales from clothing to electronics, accessories, components and tools.... Continue Reading →
Sage Bicycles is a semi-custom, titanium bike builder based in Beaverton, Oregon. The company just revealed a new made-in-the-USA gravel bike, the Storm King, and it's a stunner. The bike is named after a singletrack trail near Bend, Oregon. The Storm King features clearance for 700c x 50mm or 650 x 2.4" tires and had... Continue Reading →
Maps designed by athletes, for athletes Strava just launched new maps with stunning cartography. The new mapping capabilities give finer on-screen details for cyclists and runners. Working with Mapbox, specialists in custom map design, the popular trainer app has introduced a wave of new features like elevation contour lines, trail names and improved route tracking.... Continue Reading →
Abus has announced the 770A SmartX Lock, an electronic bike lock that integrates with their smartphone app to allow for key-less operation. The lock operates wirelessly to unlock based on your proximity. That's right, just like a Tesla, the lock will automatically unlock as you approach it. To re-lock, you just push the shackle in,... Continue Reading →
The 2019 Colorado Classic® presented by VF Corporation will put women’s racing on a world stage with game-changing live start-to-finish coverage each day of the race (August 22-25) and distribution to fans around the world over a pioneering streaming, social media and TV network. “We are putting women’s pro racing on a world media stage... Continue Reading →
The Amgen Tour of California kicks off its fourteenth edition on May 12th. In just 13 years it has gone from a small February race to a WorldTour event. Here's a look at the route, the contenders and how you can catch the action. The Tour of California conflicts directly with the Giro d'Italia starting... Continue Reading →
If you ride your bike a lot, you will crash. It's inevitable. The best thing you can do to protect your brain in a crash is to wear a helmet. But a helmet, despite being packed with all sorts of new foam and padding, can only do so much. If you're knocked out and laying... Continue Reading →
Casey Kaiser runs a YouTube channel of his overlanding adventures called Coyote Works. Through all the footage of him driving and camping his 2013 Wrangler is as much the star of the series as he is. His most recent episode is a highly dramatic "Red Wedding" style event. While cruising around eastern Oregon, near the Glass Buttes,... Continue Reading →
Longs Peak (Neníisótoyóú’u to the Arapaho people) is the most prominent mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The 14,259-foot fourteener (28th tallest peak in the U.S.) is the highest point in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and the northmost "fourteener" in the Rocky Mountains. I wanted to cap my... Continue Reading →
Garmin took advantage of Sea Otter hype to launch some new offerings today, including the Edge 130, the Edge 520 plus, and an update to its Varia rear radar system. Edge 130 The Edge 130 is an all new unit. It's got a small footprint (1.8-inch display), but still packs in a lot of features... Continue Reading →
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