The Sagan Disqualification is Wrong, and Bad for the TourBicycling - Joe LindseyAbsent malicious intent, sending a rider home for aggressive sprinting sets a bad precedent There’s a saying in legal circles that hard cases make bad law. I think of that maxim as I look at the aftermath
Play button Tour de France will miss Peter Sagan’s star power but safety must come firstThe Guardian - William FotheringhamPeter Sagan’s exclusion from the Tour de France for putting Mark Cavendish into the barriers close to the finish line at Vittel was the highest profile disqualification from the Tour de France since the
Everything you ever wanted to know: Garmin’s new $1,500 Fenix Chronos Watch Seriesdcrainmaker.com - DC Rainmaker Well then, someone in Kansas is feeling ballsy today. Garmin has just announced three new Fenix units, starting from $900 and topping out at …
Tour de France Tour de France under huge pressure to ease security fears after chaotic weekThe Telegraph - By Tom CaryThe presence of a gendarme brandishing an automatic rifle where the ‘Hors Course’ – the route used by support vehicles – met the race route 3km from the finish of yesterday’s 14th stage to Villars-Les-Dombes
Why the Tour de France must put riders before spectatorsThe Guardian - Richard WilliamsThe sad truth is that crowds on mountain stages of Grand Tours have become out of control and Chris Froome’s desperate sprint up Mont Ventoux is likely to lead to significant changes Chris Froome’s ungainly
How the humble bicycle is making a comeback in US citiesbbc.co.uk As part of a series on the State of America, the BBC is profiling small businesses that have stories to tell about the way they work, and which say something about a wider national trend.
City planners tap into wealth of cycling data from Strava tracking appThe Guardian - Peter Walker in San FranciscoSeventy-six cities and regions are using Strava Metro data to help assess and shape transport policy Sheila Lyons recalls the way Oregon used to collect data on how many people rode bikes. “It was very
Fitness app Strava faces an uproar over an elite cycling user linked to dopingLos Angeles Times - By Paresh DaveAmong the spandex-clad cyclists raised in the app generation, there's no smartphone notification as foreboding as one from Strava. The fitness tracking service bestows a virtual crown to the fastest riders
'If you want cycling improvements, you have to keep fighting for them'The Guardian - Andrew GilliganLondon’s Swiss Cottage to West End superhighway is the latest scheme to face opposition. For improvements such as this to succeed, continued public support is vital otherwise a naysaying minority will
Peter Sagan Cycling has a bigger problem than doping — hairy legs!PRI - Bradley CampbellThe cycling world is embroiled in yet another controversy. This time involving its current world champion, Peter Sagan of Slovakia. No, he did not test positive for performance enhancing drugs. Nor did
Norway is building a billion-dollar bicycle superhighwaygrist.org - Katie Herzog There’s goes Norway, making the rest of us look like lazy, gas-guzzling, emission-belching, planet-wrecking Neanderthals again. The country announced …
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Seattle electric bike startup Propella debuts affordable e-bike, taking cues from Tesla and Applegeekwire.com - Tim Ellis A few years ago, 2011 UW graduate Ben Tarassoli was looking for an electrically-assisted bicycle (e-bike). Although there were plenty of makes and …
Bike doping is real and could take down the sport of cyclingPRI - Bradley CampbellI couldn't believe it when I heard about the latest cheating scandal in cycling. The "International Cycling Union" — or UCI — found a MOTOR inside a competitor's bike. This happened in a Cyclocross race
Motor hidden in pro racer's bike is first case of 'mechanical doping'Wired UK - Matt Burgess Cyclists have spent decades carefully pumping themselves with performance enhancing drugs -- and insisting they are clean -- but it turns out that …
Bicycle Racing President of International Cycling Union promises to 'catch up with cheats' who use motorsThe Telegraph - By Tom CaryCycling rocked after Belgian rider's bike is seized and found to be concealing a motor but UCI pledge to stop moto-dopers Brian Cookson, the president of world cycling’s governing body the UCI, has warned
Red, white or blinking: Why can't we agree on the proper way to light a bike?calgaryherald.com - Tom Babin Updated: January 20, 2016 Seeing as how we are stuck in the midst of the twin daylight-demons of winter and standard time, it’s important for cyclists to stay …
Bosch Bike booster pack turns your ordinary bicycle into a supercycleThe Telegraph - By Rebecca Burn-Callander, Enterprise EditorThe gadget that designer Sebastian Conran said turns "Notting Hill into Nothing Hill" A new gadget that clips onto a bicycle to turn it into an electric-powered bike has been invented by a group of Cambridge
Germany wants to build a 100-kilometer bicycle superhighwayThe Verge - Andrew J. HawkinsGermany, the country that brought you the speedsters' paradise called the Autobahn, is looking to replicate the model for bicyclists. According to the AFP, the country just opened the first 5-kilometer
Redesigning Cities For Bikes, Not Cars: 2015 In Bicyclesfastcoexist.com - Adele Peters Around half the people in Copenhagen now bike to work. But like Amsterdam, it was once filled with traffic. There’s no special Danish or Dutch …
Trek Madone SLR 9 Disccyclingweekly.co.uk - Symon Lewis It is the aero bike of its generation, fastest in our testing and now even faster thanks to some Trek trickery. The inclusion of the ISO Speed …
What do pro riders think of disc brakes?cyclingweekly.co.uk - Gregor Brown Disc brakes will replace traditional calipers in cycling’s professional peloton, according to insiders. After a two month test this summer in select …
Play button Copenhagen's morning traffic isn't what you'd imagine in a big cityMashable - Alicia Marie TanThe phrase "rush hour" typically conjures a mental image of cars and trucks lined up bumper-to-bumper, honking and frustrated at their immobility. The morning traffic in Copenhagen, however, reveals a
BMW's Electric i3 May Be the Perfect Cyclist's CarWIRED - DL Byron I love fresh air. I love the open road, and any way of getting around that doesn't require fossil fuel. I live in Seattle. I recycle. I ride bikes, a …
22 of the best gravel & adventure bikes — super-versatile bikes that are at home on lanes, potholed streets and dirt roadsroad.cc - David Arthur @davearthur Welcome to the latest edition of road.cc’s buyer's guide to gravel and adventure bikes in which you’ll find everything you need to know to find the …
