Latest Pro Cycling News
June 8, 2021
Sipping a Pink Beverage Preride May Boost Your Endurance and Power
Drinking a beverage with a pink color before a ride may boost your endurance and power as opposed to reaching for regular, clear water, new research shows. Yahoo! Life Psychologically, it’s common to associate the color pink with sweetness, and we tend to reach for sweet tastes before exercise in anticipation of using...
June 8, 2021
2 Buck Stuck – BibBoards is launching a campaign meant to reboot the endurance sports industry.
BibBoards – a company known widely in the sports community for their innovative, customizable bibSNAPS launches a new campaign to encourage and support endurance sports athletes and help the whole industry renovate adopting safe and sustainable technologies. Knowing that each tiny detail can be a crucial success factor, BibBoards comes...
June 7, 2021
The Great U.S. Bicycle Shortage
A boom demand, a trade war, and pandemic have combined for major price inflation in the bicycle business. With demand high and supply low, prices for bikes and parts can be 15-25% higher than usual. Front Office Sports
June 7, 2021
Hannah Roberts Wins Third World Championship in Montpellier
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – The USA Cycling BMX Freestyle team had their first contest in over a year this weekend in Montpellier, France at the 2021 UCI Urban World Championships. Hannah Roberts (Buchanan, Mich.) won the Elite Women’s category with a score of 91.90. This marks back-to-back World titles for Roberts and...
June 7, 2021
The Fast and the Furious: Electric Bikers and Cyclists Compete for Trail Space
Bicyclists says e-bikers zip by recklessly, motorized bike enthusiasts say pedal crowd is just as bad; “increasing rudeness.” WSJ (paywall)
June 7, 2021
Garmin UNBOUND Gravel Presented by Craft Sportswear and Produced by Life Time ushers in a New Era of Gravel Racing in Emporia
EMPORIA, Kans. — Over the past two days 2,800 cyclists ranging in age from 12 to 88 representing 48 states and 28 countries raced on the gravel of the Flint Hills surrounding Emporia, Kans. for the 2021 Garmin UNBOUND Gravel presented by Craft Sportswear and produced by Life Time. With two...
June 4, 2021
Bicycle industry sees first stock exchange index tracker
Set to launch on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the 21st of June, the bicycle industry will get its first stock exchange index tracking 20 of the trade’s largest listed names. The index management will be handled by asset management firm Daubenthaler and the index will be called BeneFaktorIndex® Bike. Cycling Industry...
June 4, 2021
Small Beer Launch 100% Recycled Cycling Jersey with 100% Profits Donated To MIND
Much in the same way that Small Beer serves as an answer to the everyday extremes of either ‘drinking’ or ‘not drinking’, its limited edition jersey is a rallying cry to enjoy the freedom of local adventure after an eternity of lockdown at home. To help raise awareness of the...
June 4, 2021
Irondad Life, a hilarious new book about Ironman triathlon and one man’s quest to conquer Lake Placid
NEW YORK, NY— Russell Newell’s hilarious new book, IRONDAD LIFE: A Year of Bad Decisions and Questionable Motives—What I Learned on the Quest to Conquer Ironman Lake Placid, captures the absurdity, humor, pain, and audacity of what it takes to do an Ironman triathlon while juggling a busy family with young...
June 4, 2021
Team Evergreen Announces Gravity Haus as a Presenting Sponsor of the Triple Bypass
EVERGREEN, CO, June 4, 2021 -- Team Evergreen proudly welcomes Gravity Haus as a new presenting sponsor to the Triple Bypass and a supporting sponsor to Beti Bike Bash, The Hundo, and Mount Evans Hill Climb. Gravity Haus is an inclusive community that enables a modern active lifestyle that seamlessly...