Yeti has retired Switch Infinity. After more than a decade defining the brand's mountain bikes, its distinctive suspension system has been replaced on the new LT by Sixfinity, a six-bar platform.The new LT replaces the SB160 enduro bike, but retains its predecessor's 170mm fork and 160mm of rear travel. The real story, though, is the introduction of a completely new suspension platform.Sixfinity has spent more than 10 years in development, appearing on the 160E, LTe and MTe eMTBs, while also being refined through Yeti's World Cup downhill programme. Its now making the move to the brand's flagship pedal-powered enduro bike.How Sixfinity works The LT is Yeti's first pedal-powered bike to use the Sixfinity suspension platform. Yeti Cycles Rather than relying on Switch Infinity's sliding mechanism, Sixfinity uses six bars to control both the rear-wheel path and the shock. Alongside the frame, chainstays and seatstays are three additional links the rocker link, timing link and switch link.The rocker link drives the shock, while the timing link controls the movement of the switch link as the suspension moves through its travel.That extra level of control is the main reason Yeti has spent more than a decade developing the platform. Unlike Switch Infinity, Sixfinity enables anti-squat, anti-rise and leverage rate to be tuned much more independently of one another.In practice, that means engineers can increase pedalling support without dramatically affecting braking behaviour, or alter suspension progression without compromising either. The Switch Link is the heart of the Sixfinity system. Yeti Cycles Yeti says the switch link is key to making that happen. As it moves upwards through the early part of the suspension travel, it generates higher anti-squat around the sag point, improving pedalling efficiency.Deeper into the travel, the timing link causes the switch link to change direction, reducing anti-squat so the suspension can move more freely over rough terrain.At the same time, anti-rise can be tuned separately to help the bike remain composed under braking while maintaining traction.Yeti has also tuned each frame size with individual kinematics. Rather than simply scaling the geometry, the position of the suspension pivots can be adjusted to deliver more consistent kinematics and handling from the small through to the XL frame.More adjustment than ever A frame-mounted indicator makes it easy to see the selected suspension progression setting. Yeti Cycles Sixfinity also gives riders more control over how the bike rides. A flip chip changes suspension progression between 15, 20 and 25 per cent. The lowest setting delivers a more linear feel, while the highest adds extra progression and bottom-out resistance.The middle setting sits between the two, enabling riders to tailor the suspension to their terrain, riding style or shock preference.Geometry is equally adaptable. The LT can be configured as either a full 29er or mixed-wheel bike using a dedicated flip chip that preserves the bike's geometry between wheel sizes. A dedicated geometry chip enables riders to switch between the 29in and 27.5in wheels. Yeti Cycles Riders can also swap to a separate Slack chip, lowering the bottom bracket by 6mm and slackening the head angle by 0.5 degrees when running the MX setup.Modular rear dropouts also enable riders to extend the chainstay length by 10mm, while Yeti has continued its size-specific rear-centre philosophy, with chainstays ranging from 439mm on the Small to 465mm on the XL to maintain a more consistent front-to-rear weight balance. Yeti continues its size-specific rear-centre philosophy with the LT, but modular dropouts enable riders to add a further 10mm of chainstay length to suit their handling preferences or boost high-speed stability. Yeti Cycles Yeti LT frame updates and pricing detailsThe LT is available only in Yeti's premium TURQ carbon construction, which uses Vectran reinforcement to improve impact resistance while maintaining a compliant ride feel.The frame also gets integrated down-tube storage, called The Cavity, complete with a dedicated storage bag for tools, tubes or snacks. Hidden beneath the storage compartment is space for an Apple AirTag or Tile tracker.There's also a top-tube accessory mount, guided internal cable routing, revised chain-slap protection and standard-sized cartridge bearings designed to simplify servicing.All four complete builds use Fox suspension and Schwalbe's latest radial tyres. The flagship LT X0 has a claimed weight of 15.81kg in its 29in configuration, or 15.62kg with mixed wheels.Prices range from 7,899 / 7,400 for the LT 90 to 9,799 / 10,900 for the LT X0. It's available as a frame-only for 4,699.Yeti LT 90 The LT 90 is the entry point to Yeti's new enduro range. It has the same TURQ carbon frame, Sixfinity suspension platform and adjustable geometry as every model in the line-up. Yeti Cycles Price: 7,899 / 7,400 Weight: 15.99kg, claimed Frame: TURQ carbon, 160mm rear travel Fork: Fox Performance 38, 170mm Shock: Fox Performance Float X Drivetrain: SRAM 90 Brakes: SRAM Maven Base Wheelset: DT Swiss E1900, Schwalbe Magic Mary Trail Pro Radial Ultra Soft / Albert Gravity Pro Radial SoftYeti LT X0/90 The LT X0/90 blends SRAM's mechanical 90 Transmission and X0 drivetrain with a Fox Factory suspension package, offering many of the flagship bike's performance upgrades without the cost of full wireless shifting. Yeti Cycles Price: $8,400 / 8,800 Weight: 16.10kg, claimed Frame: TURQ carbon, 160mm rear travel Fork: Fox Factory 38 Grip X2, 170mm Shock: Fox Factory Float X2 Drivetrain: SRAM 90 with X0 crankset and cassette Brakes: SRAM Maven Silver Wheelset: DT Swiss E1900, Schwalbe Magic Mary Trail Pro Radial Ultra Soft / Albert Gravity Pro Radial SoftYeti LT XT Di2 The LT XT Di2 is the only Shimano-equipped bike in the range, pairing the latest wireless XT Di2 drivetrain with Fox Factory suspension and the same TURQ carbon frame as every LT model. Yeti Cycles Price: $8,900 / 9,500 Weight: 16.00kg, claimed Frame: TURQ carbon, 160mm rear travel Fork: Fox Factory 38 Grip X2, 170mm Shock: Fox Factory Float X2 Drivetrain: Shimano XT Di2 Brakes: Shimano XT four-piston Wheelset: DT Swiss E1900, Schwalbe Magic Mary Trail Pro Radial Ultra Soft / Albert Gravity Pro Radial SoftYeti LT X0 The flagship Yeti LT X0 enduro mountain bike in Turquoise and White. Yeti Cycles Price: 9,799 / $10,200 / 10,900 Weight: 15.81kg (29in) / 15.62kg (MX), claimed Frame: TURQ carbon, 160mm rear travel Fork: Fox Factory 38 Grip X2, 170mm Shock: Fox Factory Float X2 Drivetrain: SRAM X0 Eagle AXS Transmission Brakes: SRAM Maven Silver Wheelset: DT Swiss EXC1700, Schwalbe Magic Mary Trail Pro Radial Ultra Soft / Albert Gravity Pro Radial Soft

The riders of the Tour de France do not get much choice when it comes to hotels. You might think, given they race for hours each day over gruelling terrain, that they would lay their heads in the best accommodation rural France has to offer. The reality is very different. More often than not, the riders will stay not in palaces, but in whichever budget chain has space for them along the race route. To paint a picture, these could be a motel-style stop-over on the edge of an autoroute, or a six-floor complex in an industrial estate, next to the petrol stations and fast food outlets just outside a town. Sometimes, sure, they might stay in a country estate, or a boutique hotel in the middle of a city, but its very much a lottery. Tadej Pogaar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG, for all the teams multi-million euro budget, dont get to stay at endless Malmaisons. Most riders share rooms, too. Its not a life of luxury.So how does hotel allocation work? Each year, the Tours organiser, ASO, books all the accommodation for the teams, and tries to ensure a fair spread across the three weeks. This means that a team may get a one-star hotel one night, and four-star the next, with all their star tallies supposedly equal come the end of the race. Each team receives a list of their allocated hotels around spring time, a few months ahead of the Grand Dpart. ASO reserves rooms for the riders and a limited number of team support staff. Its then up to the teams to pay for as many additional rooms as they need, sometimes having to resort to overfill hotels as much as 90km away. This year, over Mondays rest day, Uno-X Mobility seemed to draw the short straw. The team stayed in a holiday apartment in Le Lioran that, as a video posted by Anders Halland Johannessen on Instagram showed, was filthy and infested with cockroaches. It also had no air conditioning, one of a litany of factors that led the Norwegian to pull his bed onto the balcony and sleep outside.It was like 19C, no wind and quite ambient for a night out under the stars, he smiled at the start of stage nine in Aurillac. The Norwegians team-mate, Magnus Cort, took a more scathing outlook. The Danish champion has made a name for himself at the Tour thanks to the daily hotel reviews he posts on Instagram. He gave the teams rest day stop-over a rating of one star out of seven. It is amongst the worst places I have stayed, he wrote, singling out the dirtiness, broken toilet roll holder, and small smell of rot. I cant find and tag [the hotel] on Instagram, he added. Maybe a smart business decision not to be online? A post shared by Magnus Cort (@magnuscort)A photo posted by on This year is Corts last on the Tour, as his retirement is planned for the end of the season. Speaking to Cycling Weekly, he said the hotels will not be among the things he will miss. Whats the worst place he has slept in across his eight participations? We stayed in one two years ago that was worse [than Monday night], he said. We stayed in a slightly different part of the hotel, and I dont know if it was the weather in the different part, but it was a lot more moist there. There was water basically running down the walls. It was really, really nasty there. This time round, it was at least dry, but still dirty. Some teams bring their own air conditioning units to the race for nights when theyre given more basic accommodation. New this year, Pogaars UAE Team Emirates-XRG have been sleeping in near 3,000 smart mattress cover systems, made by the brand Eight Sleep, which measure the riders body temperature and cool the bed accordingly. They came in handy on Monday, when the team found out their three-star hotel near Aurillac didnt have air conditioning. George Bennett of NSN Cycling has raced six Tours; in his experience, the gulf between a good hotel and a bad one is massive.The best are in the Alps; it's always nice, ski resorts, whatever, he told Cycling Weekly. You do get some absolute shitholes. Anything Campanile or Ibis Budget is a massive red flag. The day before the rest day, we had a beautiful chteau on a golf course, and then the last two days we were in a Campanile with the shutters down because the air con doesn't work properly. You just roll the dice, you can't change it.Fred Wright and his Pinarello Q36.5 team also missed out on luxury at the end of the Tour's first week. I'd like to think every team last night weren't in great hotels, he said. I think it really dipped for everyone. The day before that we were at an amazing golf course it's one or the other.Despite not being able to change anything, Wright says he tends to do his research on what accommodation he has coming up. I like to look around the rest days. We're in a Campanile next week for a few days, but it's a nice one, he said. I already double checked a little bit. You get varying Campaniles, and it's a good one.Logistically, its no easy feat for ASO to organise hotels for 180-odd riders and their teams. Sheer luck tends to decide whether the squad is placed somewhere they might holiday, or whether the option is so bad they chose to sleep outside. For the riders, tired after each days racing, there's always a hope the team bus rolls up to somewhere nice for an evening. If not, at least they can take comfort in the fact that tomorrow might be better.

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South African Willie Smit was disqualified from the Tour of Magnificent Qinghai in Chinafor filming the race using video-recording sunglasses.Smit previously raced for the WorldTour team Katusha and for the second-tier Burgos-BH. The 33-year-old has been racing in Asia over the last five years, and uploaded footage from the opening stage in Xining, which showed grim conditions and a nasty crash.But race commissaires disqualified the racer and vlogger for his use of Oakley Meta Vanguard AI sunglasses, which have a camera.They cited a rule introduced by the Union Cycliste Internale (UCI) in April, which states that devices capable of capturing or transmitting data are only authorised under strict conditions. Today I was disqualified for the first time in my cycling career (14 years), for wearing glasses that record video. Unfortunately I was not aware of a new rule that was implemented in April that prohibited this. A warning, fine or yellow card could have also been enough. But what pic.twitter.com/II7nRUPKsE Willie Smit (@williesmurfy) July 12, 2026 Today I was disqualified for the first time in my cycling career (14 years), for wearing glasses that record video. Unfortunately I was not aware of a new rule that was implemented in April that prohibited this. A warning, fine or yellow card could have also been enough, Smit posted on X.Smit then highlighted a difference between his treatment and whats happening at the Tour de France, where Lidl-Treks Toms Skujiallegedly used a hand-held camera to interview Visma-Lease a Bikes Victor Campenaerts.But what I struggle to understand is why in the Tour de France can you quite literally vlog with a camera in your hand which is perfectly legal...but because the camera is in the glasses you get an automatic Disqualification?!Yes, If I knew about the rule I would have also never posted it on social media. Anyways, I'll take it on the chin, he added.And lastly, my glasses have absolutely no AI capabilities unless used with a phone. So on the bike it can do nothing but record video!

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Jonas Vingegaard lost more ground to Tadej Pogacar on stage 10 of the Tour de France 2026. The Dane could not answer the overall leaders explosive kick on the penultimate climb of the day and ceded time not only to the solo-winning Slovenian, but also to the likes of Remco Evenepoel and Paul Seixas...

Researchers say overwhelming majority of unlawful bicyclists are behaving rationally and not recklessly.A Dublin City Council councillor has commended council officials for a video highlighting cyclists breaking red lights, and that it was a lovely way to do it as an online campaign. Despite red light running by people cycling being one of the most common complaints, regularly repeated in the media and raised on social media regardless of what unrelated cycling issue is being discussed, the councillor claimed that red light running by cyclists was otherwise not being documented.Red light camera data from Blackhall Place in Dublin found that a larger volume of motorists run red lights than cyclists. The trial red light camera, which has not been operating for years, was put on the street because motorists kept running red lights and driving into trams, causing injuries, delays and millions of euros worth of damage. Cllr Noelle Brown (Social Democrats) raised the issue as an aside when councillors were discussing the barriers on Capel Street and Parrennell Street yesterday at the local South East Area committee meeting. Cllr Brown said: I just want to commend Dublin City Council. I noticed on Facebook today that they had footage of cyclists behaviour, and Im a cyclist myself, but we do break red lights all the time.But it was a really interesting piece of footage very, very strong showing exactly what is going on with cyclists and the level of lights that are being broken, and it was a lovely way to do it as an online campaign, she said. Cllr Brown said: I would encourage more of that as I think its not being documented enough for people to realise, unless youre out there on a bike or driving, you really see the level of [how cyclists] just dont pay attention to red lights; they just go through them.She added: It was a really lovely thing to see, thank you.IrishCycle.com could not find any recent video which corresponded to this description posted by the council on Facebook or Instagram. But a year ago, a video on red light running was released as part of a series of behaviour videos. Facebook can sometimes show users older video reels without showing any clear date. The video, while including mainly footage of cyclists, mentions all road users.When IrishCycle.com recently reported on the recorded Garda fines for cyclists, including red lights as the main infraction, some readers commented that it lacked context. One pointed to a 2017 paper published in The Journal of Transport and Land Use, where researchers from the University of Colorado Denver and the University of NebraskaLincoln point out that the overwhelming majority of unlawful bicyclists are behaving rationally and not recklessly.In their paper which is free to access the researchers said: Nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but most such offences face no legal consequences. Society also tends to see these relatively minor infractions that almost all people make though they are unmistakably illegal as normal and even rational.This has since been coined as motonormativity, an unconscious cognitive bias developed because motoring is the norm. It includes people often being more forgiving of motorist infractions and less forgiving of jaywalking-like infractions by people cycling. In their conclusions, the US researchers wrote: When it comes to rule-breaking bicyclists, one popular opinion is that if bicyclists want to be taken seriously as road users, they need to obey the rules of the road like everyone else. Our survey results and the literature review both suggest that drivers break the rules of the road just as much, if not more, than bicyclists.The other common argument is that cities need to step up bicycle law enforcement to improve safety. While bicyclists are certainly not immune from causing harm, the literature suggests lower societal costs and safety risks associated with lawbreaking bicycling as compared to lawbreaking driving. Drivers speed, roll through stop signs, park in bike lanes, and run lights that have just turned red while still considering themselves to be law-abiding citizens, the researchers said. The researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson said: Despite research showing a causal link between such driving behaviours and increased crash rates, injuries, and fatalities, society continues to see these behaviours as rational decisions within our transportation system, other than in the relative minority of places that take Vision Zero as more than a buzzword.They added: Our results suggest that bicyclists seem to be making the same rational choices. Curbing patently reckless bicycling behaviour in our transportation system would certainly be a good thing; however, our results suggest that the overwhelming majority of unlawful bicyclists are behaving rationally and not recklessly.The text posted with the councils video said: Driving, Cycling or Walking around Dublin? Dont forget to Be Sound! Cycle Lane Diaries Chapter 3: The Light Breaker. Red light? They barely blink. But what they dont see: the person crossing, the child on a bike, the damage that cant be undone. Signals exist for a reason. Lets not treat them like suggestions. Obey the lights. Be smart. Be sound.The council also re-posted another video in the series recently, but that was about lane hogging, including people walking and driving in cycle lanes.ALSO READ:Red light cameras left idle for a decade, draft plan left unfinished for 8 months but Govt says reducing road deaths absolute priority73% jump in on-the-spot fines for people cycling in 2025; running red lights remains main offenceWhy cyclists should stop at red lights

If youve been waiting for a reason to jump back on your Zwift setup, maybe nows the time. With the Tour in full swing, and Zwift being the official Training Partner of the Tour, it makes sense that theyve launched a major expansion to its Paris map. And its roughly doubling its size. The centerpiece of the update is the cobbled climb to the Basilique du Sacr-Coeur de Montmartre. It comes complete with a new KOM segment and three new sprint points: the glise Sprint, Tchou Tchou Sprint, and Monceau Sprint. If you remember, the original Paris map was launched back in 2020 for the Virtual Tour de France. And it focused on the Champs-lyses circuit. So, this expansion brings a whole new dimension of riding in the French capital.There are 10 new routes that you can explore right away, 8 for cyclists and 2 for runners. The options range from a quick lil 7.2km loop around the Arc de Triomphe to some longer endurance rides like the 74.5km Heart of Montmartre.For the runner out there, you get a 5km city route and an 11km course that includes the Montmartre climb. So, whether you have 20 minutes or a few hours, theres a route that fits.Alongside the map expansion, Zwifts Drop Shop is adding several new bikes. They include the Cervelo S5, Cannondale SuperSix Evo, Giant Propel ADSL 0, and Wilier Filante SLR ID2. Plus, there are new wheel options as well. More details are available at the link below.Zwift.com

Domination, it seems, is not to everyones taste. On stage 10 of the Tour de France in the Massif Central, the victor was once again Tadej Pogaar, his third triumph in the 2026 edition extending his lead in the GC to 3:36 to Jonas Vingegaard. He has never had such a comfortable lead at this stage of the race.The tens of thousands of fans by the roadside on Bastille Day, however, were not united in joy in seeing another Pogaar win.Speaking after the stage his 24th victory in the Tour Pogaar revealed that he had been the subject of booing from some spectators, though he didnt specify how frequent it was.What the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider did reveal was that negative comments directed towards him only serve as inspiration.For sure I have haters and haters gonna hate, Pogaar said, sounding somewhat like the rapper Eminem whose short cut bleached blonde hair he has mimicked.To all the booers who are out there, they just give more boost to my teammates. They put wood on the fire.Though Pogaar has never been the subject of a vitriolic, toxic atmosphere in the same way Team Sky and Chris Froome were in the mid-2010s, neither was it the first time that fans have expressed their disapproval with Pogaars stranglehold on the sport.In this scenario, when someone is booing me or anyone I always think about tennis and Novak Djokovic and the great mentality he has, Pogaar continued. He has had one of the toughest careers [with] getting boos and unnecessary hate.He is the greatest and I always look up to Novak Djokovic when someone is booing and think about him.Despite experiencing some unpleasant reactions from fans, Pogaar was keen to point out that cycling is not as tribal as other sports. For example, in tennis or in football there is much more booing and people go against one player or one team because its one against one and its 50-50, he said. I also need to say that in cycling there isnt so much booing. 99% of people are cheering for everybody. I think cycling fans are the greatest among all sports so we should be happy and grateful for all fans.(Image credit: Getty Images)With regards to the race at large, Pogaar looks to have a near unassailable lead in the yellow jersey, with only illness or a crash likely to prevent him from winning a record-equalling fifth yellow jersey.He has made a mockery of pre-race anticipation that longtime rival Vingegaard would be able to mount a credible challenge to the maillot jaune this July. I cannot say anything about the form of my competitors I can just say that mine is really good, Pogaar said.I think so far the Tour has been laid out really good for our capabilities as a team. With me and Isaac [del Toro] together, it was to our advantage in the first 10 days.Now we will see when the big mountains come like Alpe dHuez [on stages 19 and 20] and the Markstein [on stage 14], as theyre really pure climbing days.I hope my form will also be good for these kinds of days, but for sure the competitors will also be ready for the big mountains. I need to be really focused and not get too ahead of myself, to keep calm and think about anything that can happen. In one day you can easily lose 30 minutes. I need to keep doing what I can and as a team we will see how things develop during the Tour. I hope it stays like this.