Jonas Vingegaards growing property story has taken another step, this time with a sharper edge. According to a report by Ekstra Bladet, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider and his wife Trine Marie Hansen have continued their run of investments in 2026, taking their total to seven properties across...

With Paul Seixas continuing his rapid rise, the debate around a potential Tour de France debut has intensified, particularly in the build-up to Lige-Bastogne-Lige where he is once again set to face Tadej Pogacar. For Bernard Hinault, however, the question is not about ability, but timing. Speaking...

The gap between how the sport measures success and how fans actually judge it has rarely felt wider. As the 2026 season unfolds, Team Visma | Lease a Bike find themselves outside the top two spots in the UCI Team Rankingsdespite delivering results at the very highest level, and that disconnect has...

German brand Newmen say Super Boost is essential when building bikes with the latest 32in wheels. Super Boost is a 157mm-wide rear hub standard that originated on downhill bikes in the early 2000s. As wheels swell to the emerging 32in size, the sideloading on the hub is greater. Therefore, increasing the rear-axle width could be required to retain stiffness and strength, Newmen explained in a recent white paper. Read more: We hoped they wouldnt be as good: what the bike industry really thinks about 32in wheels Super Boost is back "Lightweight yet sufficiently stiff 32-inch wheels are not possible using conventional, narrow Boost spacing," says Newmen. Piper Albrecht According to Newmen, Super Boost is now particularly relevant, with increasing numbers of 32in-wheel bikes on the way from manufacturers looking to create the fastest possible cross-country bikes for their top racers. Felix Stehli used a 32in-wheel Stoll P32 to win the third stage of the prestigious UCI Cape Epic race. The larger the wheels, the more leverage they can put on the axle, and therefore the more flex there can be. Newmen stated in its white paper that a 32in wheel flexes 31% more than the equivalent 29in wheel. That means stiffness is a key consideration for manufacturers looking to design a usableframe thatll accept a 32in rear wheel. Triangulation can be key to creating stiffness in engineering. Super Boost enables designers to space the flanges (where the spokes attach to the hub) further apart. Because of this, there is an increased spoke-bracing angle, which can lead to a wheel that's stiffer laterally. Additionally, a wider rear hub allows for wider chainstays and seatstays at the back of the bike, which (suitably built) can take advantage of the increased triangulation between the outside of the wheel and the interface with the frame, increasing stiffness further. Zinn Cycles 32in bikes all use the wider Super Boost rear end, instead of the more common 148mm-wide Boost size. In the recent white paper, the German wheel manufacturer shared its findings on the new wheel size, along with some suggestions to the bike industry on how to engineer parts that take advantage of the new bigger hoops. Newmen claims that because of the longer chainstays used at the rear of 32in bikes, there is no need for an increase in the Q-factor (width between the pedals) to accommodate the packaging of the wider rear hub within the bike. Until recently, Pivot still specced many of its (non-32in) bikes with Super Boost rear-wheel spacing. DirtySixer clearly believes wider is better when it comes to hubs, eschewing 157mm Super Boost rear hubs in favour of the gigantic 197mm fat bike standard. DirtySixer DirtySixer takes things even further, using the pre-existing 197x12mm fat bike rear-hub width standard for its 32in bikes, to allow for even stiffer wheels. Super Boost hub-spacing lineage The Trek Session was one of the first bikes to use the 157x12mm hub spacing on the 2011 model. Trek Super Boost, despite being named more recently, is a bike industry rebranding of the 157mm downhill rear-hub standard first seen in 2011 on bikes such as the Trek Session. The new 157mm hub standard was simply the 150x12mm downhill rear-hub standard with an extra 3.5mm added to the end caps on either side to fit into recesses manufacturers incorporated into the frame. This made it easier to locate the rear wheel in the bike and increased stiffness because the tops of the end caps had something to locate against. Boost 148x12mm hubs came later, broadly superseding the Syntace X-12 142mm-wide standard on most trail and enduro bikes. 'Super Boost Plus' was introduced as a term for the pre-existing 157mm standard by Pivot in 2016 on the Switchblade, but is usually abbreviated to Super Boost. The 32in-wheel revolution The Zinn B.I.G. is a production-ready 32in-wheel MTB that uses Super Boost hub spacing. Zinn Cycles Bigger wheels roll over obstacles more easilyand offer the potential for more traction due to their larger contact patch. The downside is more weight and/or more flex. Manufacturers adopting the 32in wheel size will be looking to increase wheel and bike stiffness without increasing weight all that much, in order to maximise the advantages of larger hoops while minimising the drawbacks. A wider hub increases stiffness with a minimal weight increase. Any stiffness in the wheel itself has to be translated through the axle into the bike. So, increasing the stiffness of the interface between the wheel and the bike is particularly important with the bigger wheels. Newmen Components stated emphatically There is no objective disadvantage whatsoever to increasing the hub spacing for all 32 wheels. Read more: Are we on the cusp of a 32in wheel revolution? This is what pro XC racers are riding in 2025

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As the spotlight intensifies on Sundays Lige-Bastogne-Lige, the conversation around who can challenge Tadej Pogacar continues to evolve. While much of the focus has centred on established names, Magnus Cort Nielsen believes the most compelling answer may lie with the sports youngest rising force...

The Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team have confirmed their lineup for Lige-Bastogne-Lige, with Tom Pidcock set to lead the team in Sundays final Monument of the Spring. The British rider is joined by Xabier Mikel Azparren, Sjoerd Bax, Marcel Camprubi, Chris Harper, Quinten Hermans and Xandro Meuri...

On the weekend of the 26th of April, the riders will be on the roads of western Belgium for the fourth monument of the year, which is also the last of the Ardennes and the spring classics entirely. It is Lige-Bastogne-Lige, a race designed for the puncheurs and climbers to fight for a highly prest...

On the 26th of April the women's peloton will take on the fourth monument of the season. One of the oldest pro cycling races in the world and one that puts on the spotlight some of the world's best climbers and classics riders: Lige-Bastogne-Lige Femmes. We take a look at its startlist. Whilst th...

Sir Bob Russell claimed he has never seen such ludicrous road markings before, while claiming that the bike lane was responsible for costing the council revenue