Cyclists build bike tunnel through the snow in Boston
With up to eight feet of snow on the ground in some places, Boston residents and businesses are struggling with where to put it all. BDC Wire reports that cyclist and local musician Ari Goldberger noticed a massive, impassable mountain of snow blocking a bike and hiking path along the Wellington Greenway in Medford. The snow pile was from...
Cult Energy Pro Cycling robbed in France and forced to abandon Haut Var
Cult Energy Pro Cycling have been participating in the French stage race, Tour du Haut Var where Fabian Wegmann took fourth place yesterday and was targeting a podium position. Linus Gerdemann had also finished in ninth place for the team. However, the team won’t be on the start line today. Overnight, thieves broke into the team truck and left nothing...
Contador versus Froome at the Vuelta a Andalucia Part II (VIDEO)
The battle between Chris Froome and Alberto Contador at the Vuelta a Andalucia continued yesterday on Stage 4 to Alto de Allanadas (La Guardia de Jaén). After an early break of 5 were brought back on the final climb, Froome attacked after pace setting by his Team Sky team mates. Only Contador was able to follow, but he could only...
Why you shouldn’t drink and cycle
A 40 year old cyclist in New York has told the police that he agreed to hand over his bike to a robber because he was intoxicated. The unnamed cyclist was riding his bike close to Clinton Avenue and Park Avenue in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene district when he was approached by the unarmed suspect, according to DNAInfo. The suspect asked...
Film from Team 3M training camp with Connor McConvey
Connor McConvey was one of three Irish riders to join Team 3M, a Belgian UCI Continental team over the winter. He joins along with Jack Sadler and David Montgomery, who was the final signing for 2015 and brings the total to 20 riders: 10 riders from Belgium, five from the Netherlands, two from England and three from Ireland The team...
Contador versus Froome at the Vuelta a Andalucia (VIDEO)
It's only the middle of February but the Tour de France contenders are already doing battle. On yesterday's third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) attacked on the last climb to Hazallanas in the Sierra Nevada. He easily distanced his rivals, but Chris Froome (Team Sky) fought back to limit his losses to 19 seconds. He...
Training at World Track Champs shutdown to allow UCI President to ride.
Riders were asked to leave the track as training on the track was suspended for one hour so UCI president Brian Cookson could ride on the track. Riders who could have used that time to get familiar with the boards at the velodrome were confined to the warm up area.
Got a puncture? There’s an app for that
A new app is set to be launched soon which will enable people who suffer a bike puncture to hail someone to come to their rescue. With Kerbi, the stranded cyclist ‘hails’ a repair provider via the app, allowing bike messengers and repair providers in the area to respond directly to the call. He/she then chooses their repair provider. Once...
Making breakfast while riding on rollers.
Now, this is impressive! This video has been posted on YouTube recently of a woman making breakfast while riding rollers. And it's not a simple breakfast like pouring milk into a bowl of cereal. She fries a couple of eggs, adds a bit of seasoning, drinks an espresso and even manages to flip the eggs. Can anybody out there do something more...
Remembering Claude Criquielion’s 1984 Worlds win
The great Belgian cyclist, Claude Criquielion sadly died yesterday, after suffering a stroke at the age of 58. Criq was one of those old-school cyclists who could handle any type of race, from cobbled classics to Grand Tours. He built up a fairly impressive palmares during his career, with victories such as Flèche Wallonne in 1985 and 1989, the Tour...
Wallpaper for the person who just can’t get enough of bikes
Check out this recently designed wallpaper from Richard Mitchelson. Mitchelson is a keen cyclist who has worked alongside brands such as Rouleur Magazine and Team Sky as well as professional cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish. In partnership with the print company Drops, he has illustrated a special edition wallpaper. The wallpaper was officially unveiled at the recent London...
Marianne Vos and Sanne Cant discuss their careers
Belgian TV channel, Vier, recently brought two of professional cyclocross' top women, Sanne Cant of Belgium and Marianne Vos of the Netherlands, together to discus their careers in a caravan. Amongst the topics they discuss are their particular disappointments from the recent World Championhips in the Czech Republic. Cant was beaten into second place by Pauline Ferrand Prevot, with Vos...