Latest Pro Cycling News
April 23, 2022
Why Cyclists Can Handle Heat Better Than Runners
A team of Spanish researchers coordinated by David Barranco-Gil of the Universidad Europea de Madrid pooled eight years of data from 74 world-class cyclists (48 men and 26 women) and asked a simple question: how does air temperature affect performance? The answers offer some useful insights about the differences between...
April 22, 2022
Armed Thieves on MTB Trails ‘Alarming’ CA Police
A rash of recent bike robberies in the Oakland and East Bay areas has cyclists and police on high alert. Masked individuals have robbed victims at gunpoint in five possibly related incidents in Oakland, Calif.’s East Bay area since late March, local news has reported. GearJunkie
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...