Latest Pro Cycling News
April 21, 2022
Trek buys 21 Florida based stores as retail landscape continues to change
It has been reported that Trek Bicycle Corporation has purchased 21 Orlando, Florida-based stores which make up the David’s World Cycle group. Bizjournals.com reports that an April 8th email from owners David and Yvette Sanborn, to customers, confirmed the transaction, with the David’s World Cycle’s website also addressing their customers...
April 18, 2022
Bradley Wiggins reveals he was sexually groomed by cycling coach at age of 13
Bradley Wiggins has revealed he was sexually groomed by a coach when he was just 13 years old. The 2012 Tour de France winner and three-time Olympic champion said he did not feel he could speak up at the time due to a difficult relationship with his stepfather. Independent.ie
April 15, 2022
Breaking Up With Peloton
The stationary bike’s convenience made it a pandemic winner, but some former fans are done working out at home. NY Times
April 14, 2022
It doesn’t take a lot of exercise to fight depression, study says
The meta-analysis, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at 15 studies involving over 190,000 people to determine how much exercise was needed to reduce depression. Adults who did activities equivalent to 1.25 hours of brisk walking per week had an 18% lower risk of depression compared with those who...
April 13, 2022
Peloton Activist Investor Calls for Sale
Two months ago, Peloton bowed to shareholder pressure and removed John Foley as CEO. Now, an activist investor is agitating for a bigger change. Blackwells Capital renewed its call for Peloton to be sold, saying that the connected fitness giant cannot effectively reverse its slide as a public company. Blackwells...
April 13, 2022
Why Bike Club NFT Ditched NFTs
After receiving waves of criticism, the world’s first blockchain-based cycling club pivoted away from NFTs. For now. In the weeks after its launch, Bike Club NFT generated waves of online criticism. Social media users labeled the club a scam and a Ponzi scheme and chastised its founders for tying the...
April 12, 2022
Rad Power Bikes lays off 100 employees, about 14% of staff, after raising $304M last year
Rad Power Bikes is slashing 100 jobs from its 725-person workforce as part of what the Seattle e-bike business describes as a restructuring. The cuts affect employees who helped power the company’s mobile services arm, which is shutting down, including those on the ground and at the Seattle headquarters. GeekWire
April 12, 2022
Is Zwift’s Anti-Doping Policy enough to eradicate cheating culture?
A group from Teesside University in Middlesbrough, UK, has published a review in which it claims Zwift fails to meet the purpose of its anti-doping policy. The review, published in the International Journal of Esports, states that due to significant limitations to the policy and a lackadaisical anti-cheating culture, Zwift...
April 11, 2022
Police recover prototype CeramicSpeed bikes stolen from headquarters
Police have recovered all three prototype bikes that were stolen from headquarters of Driven, the drivetrain start-up connected with component brand CeramicSpeed, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) has reported. The two prototype bikes are valued at $40,000 and $30,000 each while the third bike is valued at $12,000. Bikebiz
April 8, 2022
Cycling-British cycling suspend transgender participation policy
British Cycling said on Friday that it has suspended its Transgender and Non-binary Participation Policy with immediate effect. Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges said last week that she had provided British Cycling and governing body UCI with evidence that she was eligible to compete at the National Omnium Championships and was...