BORA - hansgrohe are truly having an immense financial boost over the past 12 months due to the entrance of Red Bull into the team, and the building of an incredibly strong lineup for 2025 does not stop. Nico Denz, who will be a key support rider for Primoz Roglic at the upcoming Tour de France, has...

Pim Ronhaar was one of the most consistent cyclocrossers past season, finishing just outside of the podium (4th) at both European and World Cyclocross championships last winter. And while the 22-year-old has an undeniable talent for racing in the cold, his main ambitions lay on the road. And Lidl-Tr...

The Futa All-Road e-bike is a more versatile version of their e-road model

The Cofidis team has confirmed its sixth rider for the 2024 Tour de France and it is none other than Spaniard Jess Herrada. The French team, which in 2023 completed its best Grande Boucle in many years with two stage victories, trusts in the skills of the climber from Cuenca to try to repeat what h...

In this edition of Rider and Rig, we meet Boulder, Colorado-based designer Justin McKinley, who'll soon line up for the 2024 Tour Divide aboard the 2009 Moots Mooto X YBB he scored on Craigslist rebuilt into the long-hauling singlespeed of his dreams. Get to know Justin and his guiding philosophy, recap some valuable lessons he learned in his first Tour Divide attempt, and find an expansive photo gallery here...The post Justin and his Tour Divide-Ready 2009 Moots Mooto X YBB appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Lotte Kopecky tried to set up Christine Majerus for a win at the Tour of Britain, but its failure proved that cycling is difficult to plan

There has been disagreement over the most suitable site for the new transport link amid concerns "a fantastic green space and active travel corridor" might be impacted

The Baloise Belgium Tour takes place from the 12th to 16th of June and has become one of the most popular preparation races for the Tour de France, specially for the sprinters and classics riders! We take a look at the startlist.The preliminary startlist features: Benot Cosnefroy, Aurlien Paret-P...

Have we reached Peak Gravel? While far from conclusive, the proliferation of gravel conversions is certainly one indicator. However, when people are doing 650B conversions on old Litespeed road frames I think we can say the answer is an emphatic Yes:Why must people foist their modern gravel delusions on every vintage bike regardless of how ill-suited? You know, back then Litespeed actually made a touri[No, drop-bar bikes with wide-range gearing and wide tires werent invented in 2016, sorry!]Oh, never mind.Anyway, speaking of titanium, and road bikes, and tire clearance, and all the rest of it, one year ago now I received the refinished Milwaukee:Id always loved the bike, but in its new hue it attained an added level of sophisticationplus with the mid-reach brakes I could use wider tires if I so choseand given both its newly-aquired aesthetic refinement and its inherent versatility I informally promoted it to my primary road bike, even bidding adieu to my forever bike in the process:Yes, thats right, rather than defile the poor thing by making a 650b conversion out of it I preserved both its integrity and its dignity, and in so doing I sacrificed the dream bike of my 20s for the greater good. Let that be an example to you oof responsible and ethical bicycle curatorship.Of course, no sooner had I sent the Litespeed back to Classic Cycle than Paul sent me another titanium bikewell, half of one, anyway, the other half being crabon:Like the bartender who scoffs when you tell him youre on the wagon and pours you another whiskey, he keeps lining em up, and I keep knocking em back.I admit that Ive fallen for the LeMond, but the Milaukee is every bit the road bike the LeMond isplus, as I say, you can put wider tires on it if you feel like it:Though once you put wider tires on there youre wont to get carried away and put on gravel clothes:What makes them gravel clothes? Well, for one thing, they have a pocket on the side of the shorts. (This feature has won me over, because its a much more convenient place to keep your phone than your jersey pocket.) For another, they have sort of a camouflage thing going on, so when you fall off your bike in the woods the predators cant see you right away:Eventually theyll be able to sniff you out, but this at least buys you a few hours before they eat you alive, during which you can grab your phone from your shorts pocket and send farewell texts to your loved ones.By the way, I dont even know if Pearl Izumi offers that particular Gravel Suit anymore, but I do know they still sell these shoes:As Ive mentioned before, Ive been extremely pleased with Pearl Izumis inexpensive footwear, and I also see the road shoes Ive been wearing for almost two years now are on sale for only $44:Sometime between when I first got them and now Pearl Izumi started selling them as an indoor cycling shoe, probably because people who ride Pelotons wont buy expensive shoes. and people who ride road bikes wont buy cheap shoes. But however theyre currently marketed theyve been great, the Velcro (or equivalent) straps still have all their bite, and thanks to the rubber heel thingy theyre quite walkable for a road shoe.Anyway, youd be forgiven for thinking theres no gravel in the immediate vicinity of New York City, but Im not completely stupid, and having strategically positioned myself and my family in the northwest Bronx close to the city line Im within easy striking distance of any riding surface I so choose, including the one consisting of very small rocks that so dominates the cycling zeitgeist:Weve also got deer that are evolving to no longer fear humans:Either that or he was confused by my Gravel Suit and thought I was a shrub.And if you know where youre going you can follow dirt trails for miles:These escape portals are barely perceptible youre a normal person, but if you ride a bike you know how to find those little seams between the patches of urban sprawl:As a cyclist in a densely populated area, its sort of like you exist in another dimension:Youre on this skinny-tired machine (and yes, even your garvel biek has skinny tires relatively speaking), following the fissures in the urban continuum:By the way, having not only conducted an expensive derailleur shootout, but also used various other configuration since then, I believe that Campagnolo rear derailleurs work slightly better than Shimano rear derailleurs with friction shifters on bikes with 10 speeds:If Im right then I suspect its because of the slightly different actuation ratios, and if Im wrong its because Im imagining things. But either way the Silver shifters with the Veloce derailleur is an exquisite combination.Yeah, thats right, I said exquisite.What would road bikes be like today if indexing and integrated shifters and electronics hadnt happened but all the other stuff did? (Casette hubs, adding more cogs, shaping teeth to aid shifting, etc.) Well, theyd be like this, and I cant say wed be worse off for it.No batteries, no indexing, no paved road surface, no problem:Its a thrill to ride a superlight road-only road bike like the LeMond, but sometimes the true measure of a road bike his how far off the road you find yourself when you ride it:No gravel conversion necessary.

Bad luck has not taken long to appear for Movistar Team in the 2024 Tour de Suisse. On Tuesday, June 11, before the start of stage 3, the team announced the withdrawal from the race of Nairo Quintana, one of its main riders in the Swiss race, due to an injury suffered after being part of a massive c...