The Tour Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes has presented a brutal route, one with a few opportunities for Wout Van Aert who returns to racing two months after his Paris-Roubaix victory. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider did not show his best form on the opening day, but there is no urgency for the Dutch team....

Too much down time after his Hell of the North win has left the Belgian some way off best form

The Tour Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes is not only shaped by attacks in the mountains and sprint finishes on the road, but also by the decisions made behind the scenes by the race commissaires. The French race takes place from the 7th to 14th of June and we take a look at the fines, time penalties, relegatio...

The 29-year-old can add the pink jersey to her yellow and red

At the bottom of a lengthy press release are the UCIs latest plans to restrict the size of bike computers to 126 x 71mm, alongside confirmation that it will appeal SRAMs legal victory over its gear ratio regulations

The peloton's focus is currently on the Tour Auvergne-Rhne Alpes but away from racing, agents and teams alike are working hard to secure the future of their riders. There is a massive amount of activity in thee cycling market currently and we provide the first of many updates regarding the latest s...

When YT said it had the new Decoy X for us to try out, we knew we had to find a ride that was genuinely challenging. Something to test the 160mm of travel, MX wheels and game-changing power of the Avinox M2S motor. This content was produced in association with YT Industries The obvious candidate for true test of the YT Decoy X Continue reading

Before the start of her second around-the-world record attempt, Lael Wilcox sat down with Specializeds in-house podcast to speak about her journey. In a conversation that focuses on how she keeps her approach so joyful in the face of such a monumental task, she gets deep on the specifics of why shes taking on the record once more. Watch it belowThe post Lael Wilcox: Around the World, Faster Than Anyone (Video) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Garmin has added new functionality to its Edge cycling computers, which enables you to track how far youve ridden on your individual drivetrain components, tyres and more. Keeping on top of your maintenance is important to ensure youre not grinding your way through components, subjecting them to excessive wear and running yourself up an expensive maintenance bill next time your bike needs servicing. The update to the Garmin Edge range enables you to add individual component items to each of your bike setups. For example, your Road Bike profile could include the chain, cassette, chainrings and tyres. You could also, for example, just set up a drivetrain category if you didnt want to go down to individual component level. The gear tracker keeps tabs on how far you've ridden with each component on each of your bikes. Many bike components have a limited lifespan before they need replacing. Chains, in particular, stretch with use, and start to eat into the teeth on your cassette and ultimately your chainrings, so changing your chain regularly should reduce the frequency with which you need to replace the cassette. Chains are relatively inexpensive, but modern cassettes with 12 or more speeds are often much pricier. Although a chain checker is a cheap tool that's easy to use, many cyclists dont own one. A chain checker is a simple and cheap tool, but many cyclists don't own one. David Rome / Immediate Media With the new Edge functionality, you can set up a lifespan for each component. Each time you head out on a ride and record it with the cycling computer, it will track your ride length and add it to the total distance covered using each of the individual components. The cycling computer then provides a screen with progress bars and alerts you when each component is nearing its theoretical maximum lifespan. Garmin's new functionality might be handy to remind you to charge up your electronic groupset's batteries. Andy Lloyd / Ourmedia We reckon it's also potentially useful for riders of bikes with electronic shifting who, like us, forget to keep their batteries charged up and sometimes end up mid-ride on a singlespeed. The new functionality is part of a suite of updates to Garmins cycling computers and smartwatches, which can be downloaded via the Garmin Express computer app or Garmin Connect phone app. You may like Garmin Edge 850 vs Wahoo Elemnt Roam 3: my head-to-head test shows you don't need the most expensive bike tech Garmin's Varia RearVue 820 is by far the best radar light you can buy, but you'll need a recent Garmin GPS to get the best out of it

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