Jasper Philipsen has made a clear deviation in his sprint to the Tour de France, but the move could be set to reward the Belgian fast man. Initially set to ride next week's Tour de Suisse, he will instead reportedly take to the line for theBaloise Belgium Tour. It was initially reported that Philip...

Lately Ive been riding this 1999 GT XCR 1000, and Ive been having a lot of fun:And of course part of the fun is that its a full-suspension bike, and therefore a novelty to me, as I tend to avoid that sort of thing. Still, fun is fun, and riding an old full-suspension bike I sometimes cant help wondering if Id have even more fun on a new full-suspension bike.But then I remember the bike that compelled me to get rid of my other mountain bikes in the first place:By the way, fittingly, Jeff Jones started out at GT, and while they eventually figured out how to put an iDrive in a full-suspension bike to make it ride somewhat normally, he went on to figure out how to make a bicycle that does everything a full-suspension bike can do yet doesnt need suspension at all.I hadnt ridden the Jones in a little while, but from the moment the wheels touched dirt I felt like I was back home:The GT is, as I say, fun. Its nimble and its plush. But the JonesIts just a better bike than the GT. It doesnt coddle you, nor does it egg you on; instead it encourages you and reassures you in that way someone does when they truly have your best interests at heart. Its like a grandmothers chicken soup, a fathers firm and guiding hand, and a mothers comforting bosom all in one. Sure, its not all that exciting aesthetically, but it does look great next to that totem pole:I dont know why there was a quarter on it, but maybe someone was looking for a coin slot:Meanwhile, everyones trying to figure out this whole 32-inch wheel thing, because supposedly theyre faster:At the same time, Jan Heine maintains size doesnt matter (we all tell ourselves that) and that its tire volume that makes a bike roll over stuff better:The truth is, nobody knows for sure.But what if you took a 29-inch wheel and put really wide tires on it?Seems to me it would have the same effective diameter as the supposedly faster 32-inch wheel while also rolling over obstacles in the way Jan Heine describes.And what if, instead of making a generic gravel bike or cross-country mountain bike chassis fit around it by resorting to stems with erectile dysfunction and other strange workarounds, you designed a really versatile frame from scratch?Something tells me a bike like that would work really well.

The Belgian Tour de France hopeful was riding intervals on Mount Teide

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games are beginning to sketch the profile of one of cyclings most anticipated events. The LA28 organisers confirmed on Tuesday that the mens and womens road races will finish at a venue of powerful symbolism and sporting demand: Griffith Observatory. This should play...

Following yesterday's roundup of over 90 flat-bar bikes, part two of the 2026 Rigs of the Tour Divide features more than 60 drop-bar setups that will set out tomorrow morning on the 2,700-mile route between Banff, Alberta, and Antelope Wells, New Mexico. Find bike details, gear highlights, and photos here...The post Rigs of the 2026 Tour Divide (Part Two): Drop-Bar Bikes appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Wout van Aerts Paris-Roubaix victory was supposed to stand as one of the great emotional pay-offs of Team Visma | Lease a Bikes modern era. Instead, it may now be remembered inside the team for something else too. According to former professional rider and analyst Michiel Elijzen, Van Aerts long-...

The former WorldTour pro and now sports director of Modern Adventure Pro Cycling opens up about the sport's lingering scars and building a pathway for a new generation of U.S. riders

Movistar Teams Tour de France build-up has been hit by an influenza A outbreak just weeks before the Grand Dpart, with team manager Eusebio Unzue admitting the Spanish squad has been forced into a difficult reset after several riders left the Tour Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes through illness. The timing i...