Irish road race champion, Rory Townsend, and his Unibet Rose Rockets team mates may have seen their Tour de France dream dashed, for this year, but they are now confirmed for Giro dItalia. The ProContinental team, which has made an impact on the road and with its social media output in recent years, is likely []

Velocio wants your old gear. Well, your old Velocio gear, that is. Dont throw them away, send them back! Bibs, jackets, shorts, jerseysif it is Velocio apparel, it applies. You can send your used apparel back and get up to a 15% discount on new purchases.Its pretty easy. Start by going to renewed.velocio.cc/tradein and click: Start Mail-in.Enter the Velocio item you would like to send in, then choose it.Click: Yes, add item. Notice that Velocio will estimate your expected credit. From there, you can choose to add another item or continue to wrap things up.Once you hit continue, it will prompt you to fill out the standard shipping and billing information.A couple of things to note. First, you will receive up to 15% credit on the original price of the product youre returning. Velocio bases the amount of credit given on the condition of the item and its original retail value.If they cannot determine the original MSRP, they will credit you $7.Also, another important note is that Velocio determines the condition of what you send back. If an item is in poor condition, you will not receive a gift card and your item will not be returned to you (emphasis added).So, if it is in super rough shape, maybe dont send it back.While any apparel applies, there are a few things excluded. Velocio cannot accept the following items: socks, gloves, shoe covers, hats, warmers, water bottles, stickers, tote bags, items from other brands, or items made in collaboration with other brands.Velocio also deducts $10 from your credit (see the photos) to cover shipping the items back to them.Okay, there are some exceptions, but it is a cool way to get discounted Velocio gear, and could be a great way into some new sizes if youve bulked up or slimmed down. The post Dont Throw Away Your Old Velocio GearTrade it in appeared first on Bikerumor.

The Dutchman struck a rock during a racing incident this week resulting in yet more alarming images of tyres completely detached from wheels at the road side. What's going on and are hookless rims really the villain?

Hire bike companies deny sabotage, after Bolt accused rivals of moving its e-bikes at night

Filippo Ganna underlined his status as one of the worlds premier time trialists on Stage 3 of the Volta ao Algarve, powering to victory in Vilamoura with a performance he insisted was measured rather than maximal. The Italian stopped the clock in 21:53.663 for the 19.5-kilometre individual time tri...

Pivot now lets you mix things up beyond the standard decals that come with the Switchblade. And, best of all, it wont cost you anything!Well, the custom decals are an add-on at no extra cost. However, it will cost you the price of a new Pivot Switchblade.Regardless, it is still a cool way to make your bike unique, given that you are in the market for a new Switchblade. And why shouldnt you be? If you like those do-it-all bikes that can get you into trouble just as easily as they can get you out of trouble, the Switchblade is a great choice!The Switchblade falls somewhere in that all-mountain category. Do we still say all-mountain? Long-legged trail bike? Mini-enduro? Whatever you call it, the Switchblade has 142mm of rear travel paired with a 160mm fork. Despite the longer travel, the bike pedals and climbs incredibly well thanks to a very supportive and active DW-Link platform.Also helping the Switchblades climbing prowess is what some might say is fairly conservative geometry. The bike is not as slack, not as long, and not as low as other bikes in the category. However, rather than conservative geometry, it seems the geo is just distinctly Pivot. While it may not follow industry trends, the Switchlade performs exceptionally well on technical, janky terrain.Sort of like the technical terrain youd find in the Phoenix area, where Pivot is located. Personally, I have a Switchblade in my garage, and if you couldnt tell, yeah, Im a fan (Zach is too, shown by the photos above).New Pivot Switchblade DecalsSwitchblade frame colors: Blue Neptune (left) & Stealth Mojave (right)Currently, the Switchblade frame comes in two colors: Stealth Mojave (black) and Blue Neptune (well, blue). And the decals associated with those two frame colors are white and black, respectively.Now, Pivot introduces four new special-edition decals: Stranger in the Night, Cotton Candy, Laffee Taffee, and Starry Night. All four decal kits are available on either the Stealth Mojave or Blue Neptune frames.Cotton Candy (left) & Laffee Taffee (right)Pivot professionally installs the kits, and they are only available on complete builds. They arent charging anything extra for the special-edition kits, but purchasing a Switchblade certainly isnt cheap. Pivot offers six builds, with the Switchblade Ride Eagle 70/90 build entering at $6,500.Starry Night (left) & Stranger in the Night (right)But you get a fairly solid bike for the price. Fox Performance suspension, SRAM mechanical direct-mount shifting, and SRAM DB8 Stealth brakes. Plus, Pivots frame quality is exceptionally high and backed by a warranty.Check out the new frame decals at pivotcycles.com.The post Buying a Pivot Switchblade? Make it Unique with One of Four Custom Decal Kits appeared first on Bikerumor.

Titanium is a wonderful material to make a seatpost out of. So Mason has. And one of the world's most famous saddles gets a high tech makeover, in this Friday's tech of the week.

The 2026 Vuelta a Andalucia is going to take place between the 18 and 22nd of February, in the southern region of Spain where the stages are always either hilly or mountainous. This edition is no exception, with a set of stages that is set to make for some chaotic and tactical racing. We preview sta...

Loam Pass debuted just a couple years ago and already has more than 70 bike parks, shuttle services, and guides on their program, and you can access them all for just $299 per year. Or, hustle and you can get the annual pass for $225 before March 1, 2026. Kids passes (ages 6-11) are just $200.The pass works just like a multi-park ski pass. Buy it once and you get a full season of riding with TWO free day passes at all bike parks, plus 50% off a third day at most of them. Favorites like Kingdom Trails (VT), Angel Fire (NM), Windrock (TN), Ride Kanuga (NC), Jackson Hole (WY), Vailocity (CO), and lots more are included. Heres a map:All regions are included, giving you more than 136 days of riding. Loam Pass passes are digital, saved on your phone, but you can add $20 for a physical pass add-on that comes with stickers and other treatsand is a nice back up in case theres no cell service on the mountain (common) or your batterys dead.LoamPass.comThe post Ride 70+ Bike Parks for $225 w/ Loam Pass Pre-Season Sale appeared first on Bikerumor.

11,282 journey cam reports of road safety incidents were submitted to Avon and Somerset Police in 2025, with 7,674 coming from cyclists