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The Sagan Disqualification is Wrong, and Bad for the Tour
Bicycling - By Joe Lindsey
Absent 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
Tour de France will miss Peter Sagan’s star power but safety must come first
The Guardian - William Fotheringham
Peter 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 Series
dcrainmaker.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 week
The Telegraph - By Tom Cary
The 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 spectators
The Guardian - Richard Williams
The 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 cities
bbc.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. Towards the of
City planners tap into wealth of cycling data from Strava tracking app
The Guardian - Peter Walker in San Francisco
Seventy-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 doping
Los Angeles Times - By Paresh Dave
Among 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 Gilligan
London’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
Cycling has a bigger problem than doping — hairy legs!
PRI - Bradley Campbell
The 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
Transportation
Norway is building a billion-dollar bicycle superhighway
grist.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 Apple
geekwire.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 …
Cyclo-cross
Bike doping is real and could take down the sport of cycling
PRI - Bradley Campbell
I couldn't believe it when I heard about the latest cheating scandal in cycling. Forget about athletes doping their bodies. They're doping the bikes themselves! The "International Cycling Union" — or —
Motor hidden in pro racer's bike is first case of 'mechanical doping'
Wired UK - Matt Burgess
Getty Images Cyclists have spent decades carefully pumping themselves with performance enhancing drugs -- and insisting they are clean -- but it turns …
President of International Cycling Union promises to 'catch up with cheats' who use motors
The Telegraph - By Tom Cary
Cycling 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 …
Bike booster pack turns your ordinary bicycle into a supercycle
The Telegraph - By Rebecca Burn-Callander, Enterprise Editor
The 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-km bicycle superhighway
The Verge - Andrew J. Hawkins
That's 62.1371 miles to us metric deniers Germany, the country that brought you the speedsters' paradise called the Autobahn, is looking to replicate the model for bicyclists. According to the AFP, the
Redesigning Cities For Bikes, Not Cars: 2015 In Bicycles
fastcoexist.com - About the author Adele Peters is a staff writer at Fast Company who focuses on solutions to some of the world's largest problems, from climate change to homelessness. Previously, she worked with GOOD, BioLite, and the Sustainable Products and Solutions program at UC Berkeley. More
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 Disc review
cyclingweekly.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 …
Copenhagen's morning traffic isn't what you'd imagine in a big city
Mashable - Alicia Marie Tan
The 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
Carbon Fiber
BMW's Electric i3 May Be the Perfect Cyclist's Car
WIRED - 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 …
19 of the best gravel & adventure bikes — super
road.cc
Updated December 18, 2018 Welcome to the latest edition of road.cc’s buyer's guide to gravel and adventure bikes in which you’ll find everything you …