Tag: Specialized

  • Lael Wilcox’s Triple Crown Preparation: Training with an Ultra-Endurance Cyclist on Mt. Lemmon

    Lael Wilcox’s Triple Crown Preparation: Training with an Ultra-Endurance Cyclist on Mt. Lemmon

    This week on Making You Faster, join us as we accompany ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox on an intense training ride up Mt. Lemmon in Arizona. As she gears up to tackle bikepacking’s most daunting challenge – The Triple Crown – Lael shares her insights, strategies, and determination to conquer the Tour Divide, the Colorado Trail…

  • The Specialized Recon ADV Shoes Have Piqued My Interest

    The Specialized Recon ADV Shoes Have Piqued My Interest

    Oh, look! Just released this week, the spanking new Specialized Recon ADV Shoes claim to provide all-day comfort both on and off the bike. They even seem to be a promising clipless option for bikepacking. Intrigued? Check them out here… Meet the newest member of Specialized’s Recon family, the lace-up clipless wonder known as the…

  • Specialized Lays Off 8% of Employees

    Specialized Lays Off 8% of Employees

    Specialized, one of the biggest names in bicycles, announced major cuts to its workforce today. The company is releasing 8% of its workers worldwide. The announcement comes just a month after the brand terminated its entire ambassador program, a move that blindsided many athletes.

  • How Trails Transform Communities

    How Trails Transform Communities

    Biketown is a story of mountain bikers, unlikely partnerships and the communities they create. Learn more and get involved at https://FreehubMag.com/Biketown Enter the Biketown Sweepstakes and support the International Mountain Bicycling Association at https://go.rallyup.com/biketown/ Struggling to find their seat at the table, mountain bikers have had to form unlikely partnerships in their fight to ride.…

  • Dirty Raffle 2022: Passion for a Greater Good

    Dirty Raffle 2022: Passion for a Greater Good

    Win a Turbo Levo SL Comp Carbon!! The neighbors were laughing. But Ester, head down as her community joked that her maize would look like sugarcane, patiently carried on farming. Once her fields were prepped, our modern-day Noah waited for the rains to prove she wasn’t crazy. Ester’s field produced 10 sacks of maize that…

  • Specialized to Add Direct-to-Consumer Sales on Feb. 1

    Specialized to Add Direct-to-Consumer Sales on Feb. 1

    Ooof! Wow! I don’t know what I think about this one. Specialized Bicycle Components will begin direct online sales of bikes to U.S. consumers next week, adding a “Rider Direct” option for the purchase of non-electric bikes from its website. Bicycle Retailer

  • Old Man Winter Rally adds virtual options

    Old Man Winter Rally adds virtual options

    BOULDER, CO (January 12th, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Adventure Fit Events announces the addition of a virtual option for this year’s Old Man Winter Rally in February. Known throughout the cycling and running community as an annual “epic winter adventure,” the event has been attracting a wide variety of athletes, from novice racers to world-class…

  • Old Man Winter Rallies for Those Impacted by Marshall Fire

    Old Man Winter Rallies for Those Impacted by Marshall Fire

    BOULDER, CO (January 5th, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Adventure Fit Events will be offering support to the communities impacted by the devastating Marshall Fire by donating a portion of its registration proceeds for the upcoming Old Man Winter Rally on February 6th. They will also be donating on behalf of event volunteer hours and have…

  • Free Winter Run and Ride Series will Train and Stoke Athletes for the 8th Annual Old Man Winter Rally

    Free Winter Run and Ride Series will Train and Stoke Athletes for the 8th Annual Old Man Winter Rally

    Adventure Fit Events announces its 2022 Winter Training Series for the 8th annual Old Man Winter Bike Rally and Run. Known throughout the cycling and running community for its epic winter adventure, Old Man Winter 2022 is placing a strong focus on welcoming more beginner athletes and those new to racing to the event and…

  • Beyond Familiar Episode 4: Bikepacking with Specialized

    Beyond Familiar Episode 4: Bikepacking with Specialized

    Are you even bikepacking if you’re not hiking your bike, wiping out, making wrong turns, and going completely off plan? We’d argue: no. But does that make it any less rewarding? Well, that’s up to you. In the newest episode of Beyond Familiar, ambassador Sarah Sturm takes L. and our own Community Coordinator, Sarah Wakeen,…

  • Gravaa’s New Wheelsets Let You Adjust Tire Pressure on the Fly

    Gravaa’s New Wheelsets Let You Adjust Tire Pressure on the Fly

    Gravel riding requires a lot of compromise when it comes to tire pressure as a gravel race might encompass mountain-bike like off-roading, loose sand and well-maintained pavement in a single race. Gravaa might have a solution as its new gravel-specific wheelset lets you adjust tire pressure during a ride, without getting off your bike. The…

  • New S-Works Recon Lace Gravel Shoe

    New S-Works Recon Lace Gravel Shoe

    Today Specialized announced a new gravel shoe in its Recon line, the S-Works Recon Lace. The Recon Lace comes in three colors including this very handsome Aloha version, Oak Green and Black. The gravel specific shoe costs $325 and is available now on the Specialized site. Learn more at Specialized

  • New on Zwift – Specialized Friday Lunch Ride

    New on Zwift – Specialized Friday Lunch Ride

    ABOUT THE SPECIALIZED LUNCH RIDE  What started as a daily ritual to blow off steam among staff at Specialized HQ, the Specialized Lunch Ride has evolved into something of an unofficial institution.  Social by design, it often brings out the competitive nature of many employees. These days, the Specialized Lunch Ride has become famous for…

  • Specialized Kenevo SL Launch Video

    Specialized Kenevo SL Launch Video

    “The power to slay monster trails.”

  • USA Cycling releases details of Inclusion Conference

    USA Cycling releases details of Inclusion Conference

    The Conference will be held in Colorado Springs, CO with the initial support of industry leaders Specialized Bicycles, Canyon Bicycles, Allied Cycle Works, Trek Bikes, Skratch Labs, and the UCI. (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—11 MAY 2021)Sport should be open and welcome to all. Yet, recent discriminatory anti-transgender legislation in Arkansas and several other states where USA…