I locked up my bike at the station but when I came back someone had taken it. I couldnt believe it

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg Lemond has spoken about Tadej Pogacar after his Tour de France victory, the third of his career. The American rider believes Pogacar is set to win more, and even overtake Lance Armstrong's unnoficial record. The 2026 Tour was, according to Pogacar himself, his...

Created in 2020, Slug Bikes is a young San Francisco-based outfit that combines a love for the outdoors with unique branding and aesthetics. After years of small-batch, high-end frame and component releases, Slug is finally stepping into the wider market with their CrMo Earthling. Nic spent a brief but jam-packed test period to see if this is just another well-marketed model or something alien to the gravel spaceThe post Slug CrMo Earthling Review: Otherworldly appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Since at least 2022, I have espoused a lifestyle and philosophy I generally refer to as Dirtbag Road Riding, and its precepts are as follows:The idea that road cycling is elitist is a fallacy, because proximity to gravel roads and dirt trails (or the time and expense required to travel to them) is reserved for the lucky few, whereas pretty much everybody is surrounded by roadsThanks to the Gravel Inversion (by which gravel bikes have supplanted road bikes as the jumping-off point for novice cyclists), coupled with the rise of alt cycling (itself a fallacy in that it is perhaps the most conformist form of cycling), rim brake road bikes with skinny tires are now shockingly cheap on the used marketWhile Lycra and clipless pedals and shoes do work well for riding road bikes, you can wear whatever you want, and youll have just as much fun riding a road bike in a t-shirt, sneakers, and jortsWhile they may be obsolete, the supply of used parts for rim brake road bikes will not be exhausted within any of our lifetimes, and in many cases you can mix and match frames and components from the 1970s through the early 2000s with abandonOld road bikes are only impractical to the extent that a highly efficient bicycle that is cheap and easy to maintain and is easy to store and carry up stairs in an urban environment is impracticalYou can easily ride a bicycle with 23mm tires on an unpaved surface and not die, and plenty of bikes with short-reach brakes will even take 28s, which until recently was considered positively decadentFor this reason I will always advance the cause of these bicycles, because if nothing else cyclists tend to immediately throw the baby out with the bathwater when The New Thing comes along, and so its important to remember you can embrace stuff like wide tires and disc brakes while still acknowledging and even enjoying the virtues of these highly accessible machines.And perhaps more important than any of the above is that, while people obsess about stuff like titanium frames and supple tires and how they contribute to ride quality, the undeniable fact is that nothing rides as nicely as a good bargain. NOTHING. By way of example, consider this thing:Yesterday I mentioned GPS computers. Heres a GPS computer:This bike cost me less than the sale price of that GPS computer, and thats including the obscure Campy spare parts I had to obtain to fix the hubs. Okay, granted I already had the other spare parts I needed on hand to get it running smoothly, but even if Id had to buy them I still would have spent no more than the price of the second-cheapest GPS computer:Not that Im giving myself too much credit for my own resourcefulness and frugality, mind youI mean I was as I was typing all that, but then YouTube served me this video of a guy fixing a car with fewer tools than I carry in my saddlebag:Also, while this bike may have cost less than six (6) rear main seal replacements in Africa, I also have a whole bunch of other bikes, some of which are highly exotic:Wait, wrong picture:Still, the fact remains that if I had anything resembling self-control I could be perfectly happy with just that cheap Craigslist bike. Well, I could be happy, anyway. Okay, I wouldnt be despondent, lets just leave it there.Plus, even if it werent a huge bargain it rides very nicely, which it really shouldnt what with those ancient 25mm Gatorskin tires, which if you know anything about Gatorskins are barely even 23s. And whats more decadent than a 10-speed triple? Sure, a compact has basically the same range, but the triple is like your old racing drivetrain with a whole other Rivendell drivetrain attached to it, and its worth all those redundant gears to still have access to a 42-tooth front chainring.Of course another way to look at this is that this bike isnt a bargain at all, since it feeds off of several decades worth of spare parts, not to mention all the things I had to ruin in order to learn how to fix stuff, and in a way this is yet another in an endless series of road bikes Ive been serially acquiring and divesting myself of since the late 1900s. In fact, if you simply bought yourself a new top-of-the-line Pinarello every couple of years and sold the old one I wouldnt be surprised if, financially, you came out ahead of the ostensibly frugal retrogrouchical serial bike tinkerer over the long term. So the only scenario that could possibly warrant congratulating myself would be if I was still riding the same Cannondale from the 1990s.Guess its time to start shopping for a 1990s Cannondale. I bet if I look hard enough and spend enough time and money I can find a real bargain!

On this Monday's latest episode of the CyclingUpToDate Podcast, Rben Silva and Gavin Quinn praised Remco Evenepoel's impressive Tour de France performance as he took a deserved second place and two stage wins, ultimately sealing his status as second best behind Tadej Pogacar. Looking to the future,...

Just a few weeks back the ultra-fast French racer Victor Bosoni stormed home to victory in the Tour Divide, one of the greatest offroad endurance races around. Steve caught up with him to hear about how he won the race, and his controversial Traka

Geraint Thomas has admitted his disappointment as the INEOS Head of Racing assessed the team's Tour de France performance after the team failed to take a stage win or a high general classification placement. With injuries and illness already putting the team on the backfoot before La Grand Boucle, T...

Noah Hobbs has picked up his second win of his career as the 22-year-old continued his growing form. The EF Education - EasyPost sprinter beat the likes of Alberto Dainese and Matteo Milan to follow up his Heistse Pijl victory last month and will now wear the first yellow jersey of his career. The...

Tune is taking its Nano wheel platform to the road, and this time the headline is not just weight. After launching Nano Gravel, the German wheelmasters are expanding the family with six new road wheelsets: Nano Road 35, 45, and 60, plus carbon-spoke versions called Nano CS Road 35, 45, and 60.The Nano line sits below Tunes Yokto series, which remains the brands ultra-light, dream-build option. Nano is meant to hit a broader sweet spot. The Nano is lightweight, but offers more durability and a more usable performance range for racing. But also for long days where the road surface is not always perfect the everyday awesome wheelset.Nano CS: carbon spokes without the usual headacheThe most interesting piece is the Nano CS hub system. Carbon spokes are not new, but they bring a different set of demands than steel spokes. Steel spokes can handle some bending and angle correction during the build. Carbon spokes are much less forgiving. They want a cleaner, straighter path from hub to rim.That usually creates a compatibility problem. Different rim depths, offsets, and effective rim diameters can all require different hub geometry to keep the spoke line clean. Tunes answer is a patented Nano CS hub shell with ball-milled spoke-hole geometry.Instead of locking the spoke into one fixed angle. The Nano CS hub shell interface lets the spoke head sit naturally in line with the rim hole. The goal is a cleaner load path and less unwanted stress at the hub, spoke, and rim connection. It is a small detail visually, but a big one mechanically.The Nano CS hubs come in 20- and 24-hole options. Though the Nano CS Road wheels use 20 spokes front and rear. Hubset weight is listed at 278g for the 20/20 XDR version, or 288g for the 24/24 XDR version. Standard bearings are Enduro ABEC-5, with Enduro XD-15 hybrid ceramic bearings available as an upgrade. Freehub options cover SRAM XDR, Shimano HG, Shimano Microspline, and Campagnolo N3W.Light, but not fragileThe bigger practical story might be the weight limit. The Nano CS system works for a maximum rider weight of 120kg and a maximum system weight of 130kg. System weight means everything: rider, bike, equipment, and baggage.That is notable because carbon-spoke wheels are often treated like pure race-day hardware. Tune is clearly trying to push Nano CS into a wider-use category. Tune says the system was torque tested up to 700 Nm before failure, and that its POEtry 69 freehub system has already seen WorldTour-level racing use, including at the Tour de France.So yes, the wheels are light. But Tune is not presenting them as delicate.Nano Road: steel spokes, same road platformFor riders who want the new Nano Road rims without carbon spokes, the standard Nano Road wheels use Tunes latest Nano hubs with traditional spoke builds. These are available in the same 35mm, 45mm, and 60mm rim depths.All Nano Road and Nano CS Road wheels use hooked carbon rims with a 24mm internal width and 32mm external width. Tire compatibility is listed from 28mm to 45mm, which puts these firmly in the modern road and fast all-road lane. They are UCI-approved as well, so race bikes are very much part of the intended use.The depth split is pretty straightforward. The 35mm version is the light, climbing-friendly option. The 45mm is the everyday fast wheel. The 60mm is the aero pick for faster rides, flatter races, and riders who do not mind a little extra depth in crosswinds.Weights are competitive across the board. The standard Nano Road 35 comes in at 1280g, the 45 at 1340g, and the 60 at 1440g. The carbon-spoke Nano CS Road wheels cut that down to 1180g, 1250g, and 1350g respectively, all with a +/- 3 percent tolerance.That means the deepest carbon-spoke Nano CS Road 60 is still listed at 1350g. Not bad for a 60mm-deep, hooked, UCI-approved road wheel with a 130kg system weight rating.The Nano Road launch gives Tune a more versatile road wheel family while keeping the brands usual focus on low weight and precise German manufacturing. The standard Nano Road wheels should appeal to riders who want Tune hubs and modern road rims without going all-in on carbon spokes. The Nano CS versions are where the real tech story lives.No pricing just yet, but with tune, the usual rule applies: bring your weight-weenie curiosity and probably leave your bargain-hunting expectations at home.

Less than a week after the conclusion of the men's Tour de France, another yellow jersey will be at play at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the women's WorldTour's flagship event. Now in its fifth edition, this year's race counts a highly competitive field, with past winners Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-Sram) already confirmed to compete, and defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prvot expected to defend her title, although her Visma-Lease a Bike team are yet to reveal their squad. The race begins on 1 August in Lausanne, Switzerland, and will take place over nine stages, including an individual time trial, a summit finish on Mont Ventoux and a final day in Nice. All 14 Women's WorldTour teams will be present, as well as seven ProTeams, invited by the organiser, ASO. Each team is allowed to bring seven riders, giving a maximum start list of 147 riders. This will be the smallest field at the race since its first edition in 2022, when there were 144 starters 24 teams of six. The reduction in field this year is due to there being one fewer team on the Women's WorldTour; Ceratizit and Roland left the top tier at the end of 2025, while only EF Education-Oatly stepped up. Below are all the riders officially confirmed to start this year's Tour de France Femmes. This list will be updated as soon as more teams are revealed. Tour de France Femmes 2026 confirmed start list AG Insurance-SoudalKim Le Court-Pienaar (Mus)Mireia Benito (Esp)Letizia Borghesi (Ita)Shari Bossuyt (Bel)Lore De Schepper (Bel)Justine Ghekiere (Bel)Urka igart (Slo)Canyon-SramKasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol)Zoe Bckstedt (GBr)Chiara Consonni (Ita)Rosa Klser (Ger)Antonia Niedermaier (Ger)Soraya Paladin (Ita)Agnieszka Skalniak-Sjka (Pol)CofidisJulie Bego (Fra)Ema Comte (Fra)Amalie Dideriksen (Den)Victorie Guilman (Fra)Hannah Ludwig (Ger)Malwina Mul (Pol)Nikola Noskov (Cze)FDJ United-SUEZ Demi Vollering (Ned)Juliette Berthet (Fra)Clia Gery (Fra)Franziska Koch (Ger)Amber Kraak (Ned)Marie Le Net (Fra)vita Muzic (Fra)Fenix-Premier TechPuck Pieterse (Ned)Sara Casasola (Ita)Lotte Claes (Bel)Millie Couzens (GBr)Yara Kastelijn (Ned)Charlotte Kool (Ned)Christina Schweinberger (Aut)Laboral Kutxa-Fundacin EuskadiNaia Amondarain (Esp)Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr)Idoia Eraso (Esp)Arianna Fidanza (Ita)Usoa Ostolaza (Esp)Paula Patio (Col)Debora Silvestri (Ita)Liv AlUla JaycoMackenzie Coupland (Aus)Nadia Gontova (Can)Jeanne Korevaar (Ned)Letizia Paternoster (Ita)Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus)Silke Smulders (Ned)Monica Trinca Colonel (Ita)Lotto IntermarchDina Boels (Bel)Elisabeth Ebras (Est)Romina Hinojosa (Mex)Marieke Meert (Bel)Linda Riedmann (Ger)Sandrine Tas (Bel)Sterre Vervloet (Bel)Ma Petite EntrepriseNomie Abgrall (Fra)Laura Asencio (Fra)Alison Avoine (Fra)Morgane Coston (Fra)Clmence Latimier (Fra)Clia Le Moul (Fra)Ocane Mah(Fra)MovistarMarlen Reusser (Sui)Francesca Barale (Ita)Liane Lippert (Ger)Tota Magalhes (Bra)Sara Martn (Esp)Paula Ostiz (Esp)Arlenis Sierra (Cub)Picnic PostNLRobyn Clay (GBr)Eleonora Ciabocco (Ita)Lucie Fityus (Aus)Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr)Mia Griffin (Irl)Gaia Masetti (Ita)Josie Nelson (GBr)Uno-X MobilityKatrine Aalerud (Nor)Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned)Marte Berg Edseth (Nor)Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor)Anouska Koster (Ned)Laura Tomasi (Ita)Alessia Vigilia (Ita)VolkerWesselsAnneke Dijkstra (Ned)Malou Eisen (Ned)Eline Jansen (Ned)Laura Molenaar (Ned)Maud Rijnbeek (Ned)Quinty Schoens (Ned)Sophie von Berswordt (Ned)Teams still to confirm rosters: EF Education-Oatly, Human Powered Health, Lidl-Trek, SD Worx-Protime, Visma-Lease a Bike, UAE Team L'IMAD, Mayenne Monbana My Pie, St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93.