Mexico has won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2023 and with that came many UCI points that have helped bring more athletes to Europe to compete. Isaac Del Toro was a headliner during this Monday's under-23 time-trial World Championships; but his compatriot David Elas Rico ended his race on the floor after...

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Mathieu van der Poel has been preparing for the World Championships and after a very strong Tour de Luxembourg, it can be asserted that he is ready. It will be a very difficult fight to keep the rainbow jersey on his shoulders but he will have strong support: including Team Visma | Lease a Bike duo...

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Its been a little over two weeks since I took delivery of the Roaduno, and as of last week I was in a very good place with it:Id changed the tires, Id put a little tape on the bars, Id gotten the two-speed drivetrain working, and Id even added a fancy new seatpost and leather ass-pedestal. It was comfy, visually appealing, and running smoothly, and so I figured now Id finally stop tinkering with it.But.Id gotten a box of goodies from Rivendell along with the Roaduno, including this:The Roaduno comes with the Choco barits the same bar that was on my Homer when I first got it:I like the Choco very much. Its got a nice upright hand position behind the brake lever, its got a nice sporty position ahead of the brake lever, and its got a nice climbing-out-of-the-saddle position up front where the bar curves and makes its way through the stem. I could easily ride the Choco bar happily ever afteryet invariably on a road-ish type bike I seem to revert to drop bars:Besides one being designed for use as a singlespeed (or two- or three-speed) and one being designed for use with a normal geared drivetrain, the Roaduno and the Homer are very similarso similar that you might be wondering why someone would want both a Roaduno and a Homer. Look, what can I tell you? Were talking about bikes here, theres no room for logic. Why do some people want dinner and then dessert? Why do some people want both a dog and a cat? Why do some people want a townhouse and a country house? BECAUSE WE WANT TO LIVE, DAMN IT! Because we want to palp every last bit of nectar from the flower of existence! Because we want to go balls-deep in the Jell-O! (Word to the wise: dont eat the Jell-O.) Because some souls burn dimly, whilst others burn brightlybonfires of inspiration that illuminate the world for those too timid to stoke their own flame!Also I like the mustard color.Anyway, the reason I mention theyre very similar is that when I first got the Roaduno I figured Id keep the Choco bar on there to further distinguish the two bikes. Also, I really liked it. But I kept thinking about the drops, and so yesterday as I was heading out for a ride I found myself doubling back and swiftly beheading the bike:Note that Ive kept everything together so that I can swiftly reattach it if the mood strikes me.Blood was spewing geyser-like from the steerer tube, so I quickly stopped the bleeding by inserting a new stem:Thats an oversized stem (or what is now considered just a normal-sized stem), and the bar is standard road diameter (or what is now considered undersized in the constantly-swelling world of bicycles, go figure, someone please give the bike world an antihistamine), so I made up the difference with the shims Rivendell had thoughtfully provided:Next I added the levers:And before I knew it I had myself a cockpit:That was the easy part. The part I was worried about was taping the bars. See, I still had some Newbaums left from my pathetic and ill-fated attempt at clothing up the Homer:I wanted to use the rest of the roll, and this time I was determined to succeed, but I was still traumatized from the last time, when Id made every mistake possible and was lucky to get out of it without getting Newbaums in my hair or accidentally mummifying the cat:[Nobody did Newbaums like the ancient Egyptians.]So I went very slowly, and all was going well. I got one side done and it came out pretty good. But then I began to experience a highly Rivendellian form of anxiety when halfway up the second side of the bar it started to look like I might run out of cloth tape. With trepidation I rounded the bend, like a defenseless senior in a dark alley, certain that each time around the bar would be my last:Thankfully, like the tiny bit of oil that miraculously lit the menorah for eight days, so did my dwindling supply of tape wrap the entirety of the bar. So close was I to running out that when I reached the end of the bar there was nothing even left to cut. I then finished everything in electrical tape, since if I can hardly manage a roll of Newbaums theres no way I could handle twine:Im sure I could have done a better job, but its going to get so grimy in a week or two its not gonna matter anyway:And no, Im not shellacking itfor the cats sake:[Who hasnt accidentally shellacked a cat at least once?]Setting out for a ride, I was immediately pleased:Not only do drops suit the bike perfectly, but it turns out the shape of this particular barthe Nitto 177 or so-called Noodleseems like maybe its everything its cracked up to be:This highly favorable impression was in no way diminished when I headed onto the trail:While the Choco gives you that comfy upright position and that delightful backsweep, if you find yourself spending a lot of time with your hands ahead of the levers in the sporty position then you dont always have ready access to the brakes without changing your grip. With drops its pretty much the opposite, and the brakes are always more or less at your fingertipsunless youre holding onto the tops, though generally youre only doing that when youre tootling along and dont need quick brake access anyway (and if you do you can always get those top-mount levers that were in style for like three minutes):Between the width and the comfort I suspect that for many people the Choco would be the ideal bar for a bike like thisespecially if you never find yourself in the drops, which a lot of people never do:[Why get into the drops when you can deploy an inflatable fairing instead?]I however seem to be a drop-bar personthough Im already thinking of putting the Chocos back on the Homer:With Rivendae, playing musical cockpits is part of the fun.

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Movistar Team picked up Ivn Romeo back in 2021 when many World Tour teams were interested in him. In an interview with Daniel Benson, team boss Eusebio Unzu says just how highly he thinks of a cyclist who has just become the U23 world time trial champion and has a bright future ahead of him."A lot...

Of all the teams taking to the start line inZrich for the men's elite road race at the 2024World Championship next weekend, it's the Slovenians that arguably can boast the best lineup. Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Matej Mohoric and more, but according to the latter, there is only one leader."Wi...

Lucy Bnzet Minns and Aliyah Rafferty have put in strong shifts for Ireland in the junior TT at the UCI World Championships today, though the flat course did not favour the Irish effort. Rafferty, a first-year junior, was riding her first ever even at a road Worlds but Bnzet Minns came into todays 18.8km race []The post Bnzet Minns, Rafferty put in strong shift at Worlds junior TT | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Avon and Somerset Police said plans to install CCTV on sections of the route are "being progressed", as path users have reported "people have seen them travelling as fast as 50 miles per hour"