Stage 3 of the 2024 Tour de France sees the sprinters get their first chance at glory in this year's edition of the race. Amongst the favourites for the day, will be the newly crowned Dutch national champion, Dylan Groenewegen.The Team Jayco AlUla sprinter has become one of the most talked about ri...

The shoes were spotted on the feet of Remco Evenepeol during a training ride in Florence ahead of the opening stages

Stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France brought with it the first showing of the general classification riders, with Tadej Pogacar launching a brutal attack on the San Luca, with only the reigning Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard able to follow initially.Whilst Pogacar was unable to gap his mai...

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Last night, 27-year-old Ana Jager became the second woman to finish the 2024 Tour Divide. Learn more about her ride and find photos here, including a short recap from Ana's friend Alexandera Houchin, who was following the race closely...The post Ana Jager Takes Second Place at 2024 Tour Divide appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

This past weekend I headed out onto some of the more popular road cycling routes in the area, where I was reminded that I must OBEY ALL LAWS:Additionally, the sign ordered me to RIDE SINGLE FILE:I certainly dont want to run afoul of the law in Englewood Cliffs, NJ the next time I visit, so as soon as was practicable I reviewed their local ordinances:So basically Im supposed to ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practical. However, its completely impractical to do so because of the sign. Furthermore, Im not supposed to interfere with or interrupt the passages of motor vehicles upon the roadway because it shall constitute a nuisancea nuisance I cant avoid creating because of the sign that makes it impractical for me to ride on the far right side of the roadway. However, according to the laws of Englewood Cliffsyou know, the ones Im supposed to obey without exceptionshould I find myself there again with a riding companion I am permitted to ride abreast of them, despite the signs admonition to ride single file. In summary, the sign is wrong and stupid on every level, and it might as well flash the message CYCLIST STOP HITTING YOURSELF and knock you off your bike with a giant mechanical hand as you pass.Yes, there is much in this part of the world to provoke thought. Consider also the little beaches in the adjacent Palisades Interstate Park, which were once filled to capacity:This is the park through which the popular cycling route colloquially known as River Road runs, and while Ive been passing the little sandy patches for years, I had no idea of their history, or that you could take a ferry there from Dyckman Street in upper Manhattan, much to the chagrin of early-20th century proto-NIMBYs:So what happened to the beaches? Youd assume they closed because of pollution, but in fact it had more to do with the George Washington Bridge essentially putting the ferry out of business, as well as various other economic factors: And the water could be as clean or cleaner now than it was when it was teeming with bathers:In the meantime however the irony of New York City is that theres water water everywhere nor any drop to swim inthough some people do it anyway:As someone who looks longingly at the water on a hot day while riding I often wonder, Why dont I just jump in?, and I wonder if the reason we dont do it anymore is really because of the pollution, or simply because weve been trained not to do it by a society that no longer accepts risk. (We now take it for granted that its reckless to cycle without a helmet, swim without a lifeguard, and so on.) No doubt its both, and personally Im far more comfortable cycling sans safety cap than I am with the idea of swimming in a body of water of questionable cleanliness, though perhaps if the water continues to gets cleaner well be able to stop mid-ride on River Road and jump into the mighty Hudson. Who knows? Maybe one day New York City will be like Zurich:Though given how risk-averse people are these days its also possible well never go back to that no matter how clean the water gets.Either way, in the meantime I coped with the heat by Bjarne Riising it:Bjarne Riising is like Donald Ducking, though while the latter refers to wearing a shirt with no pants:The former refers to riding a road bike with nothing on your bald head:Yes, it was so hot I was even forced to remove my sweat-soaked cap, and between my balding pate and my pointy Ergos I bore an uncanny resemblance to Mister 60%who, I should note, would like you to know hes not a bad person:Though hes no longer involved in professional cycling and has transitioned to the exciting word of Lithuanian heat pumps:Naturally I checked them out, though I was able to make about as much sense of the Jordvarmepumpe IGLU Aleut 5 as the ape-people in 2001 do of the Monolith it so closely resembles:Like, what component group does it compare to? Is it the Dura-Ace of heat pumps or simply the 105? Or is it the Microsoft Microshift Sword? Speaking of which, I see the new Sword Black is getting a lot of attention:Youve got to give Microshift credit for being the one drivetrain component manufacturer that removes a cog with each new release:And the fact that somebodys still making a 9-speed shifter that will work with a mechanical road brake is a sign that there may still be hope for cycling and for humanity:I could see putting this stuff on the Milwaukee one day.

A flashing warning sign and a "kaput" leaves two of the race's teams without their luxury mobile mansions

When Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard rode clear of their GC rivals on the second ascent of the San Luca on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France, the Maillot Jaune looked set for another two horse race already. Battling hard however, Remco Evenepoel dragged himself and Richard Carapaz back into cont...

In part one of our in-depth Bespoked UK 2024 coverage, we catch up with Clandestine to see the new Carrier and Carrier Pinion, look at a handmade carbon gravel bike from Sideways, learn about bikes and bird hides, see some new bags from Wizard Works and Tailfin, and check out several more custom bikes from Medusa and Alfano. Find all that and more here...The post Bikes and Builders of Bespoked UK 2024 (Part 1) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Very well-constructed light with an incredibly bright beam but it's badly let down by a very disappointing app 6/10