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Cycling Tourism

Transporting your bike for cycling trips

With more and more people choosing to take up cycling for pleasure, there is an ever-growing need for people to be able to transport their bikes safely and securely when heading off on cycling trips. This has naturally coincided with more people seeking active holidays.

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Training and Nutrition

How to find the perfect bicycle route for you

There’s more to finding yourself the perfect cycling route than trial and error. Several factors come together to shape the route you choose. Some of this can of course come from word of mouth or reviews of routes online – cyclists are never shy of sharing opinions – but there are also some key considerations to weigh up when trying to find your perfect bicycle route.

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E-bikes Bicycles and Equipment

Blubrake ABS G2: improved performance in half the size

Small, lightweight, and adaptive: Blubrake ABS G2, the second-generation of the e-bike-specific anti-lock braking system by Blubrake that prevents front wheel lock and rear-wheel lifting, comes as a further step forward in the development of technologies applied to electric bicycles, for a new braking experience that makes no shortcuts in terms of safety.

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Cycling Wear & Shoes Races

Sella Italia, Official Partner of The Maratona dles Dolomites-Enel: 32 Years Of History

Once again this year, Selle Italia will be alongside Maratona dles Dolomites-Enel: the Treviso-based company is ready at the starting line of one of the most loved and popular marathons, to celebrate 32 years of collaboration.

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Cycling Wear & Shoes Races Tour de France

Burberry Partners with Team Qhubeka NextHash for the Tour de France 2021

Team Qhubeka NextHash announces that the team partners with the iconic luxury fashion brand Burberry for the Tour de France 2021. The team also unveiled its new kit for 2021 edition of the French grand tour.

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Training and Nutrition Bicycles and Equipment Cycling Tips

Cycling Matters: Top 5 Reasons for Using a Power Meter

Amid the standstill caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a surge of cycling activity continues to be recorded. Cyclists all around the world accumulated 8.1 billion miles and elevation gain of 400 billion feet, according to Strava’s Year in Sport, covering October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2020.

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Bicycles and Equipment

GEOSMINA bicycle bags are updated for 2020 season

This new year 2020, GEOSMINA bicycle bags catalog is updated including some new products as well as updates and improvements in our bicycle bags in order to offer the bikepacker a more complete range with an outstanding performance-quality-price ratio.

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Bicycles and Equipment Paris-Roubaix

HiRide passes the grueling Roubaix test with flying colors

eSAS, the world’s first front and rear electronically-controlled suspension system for road and gravel bikes has passed the test of the Paris-Roubaix’s notorious pavé with flying colors. The high-tech solution developed by the Milan-based electronic suspension leader, HiRide, was used with great success both during an exclusive international media road test and on some of the pro bikes during the grueling race itself.

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Cycling Tips Bicycles and Equipment

5 Maintenance Tips Your Bike Will Appreciate

If you want your bike to last for a longer time, it is crucial that you learn how to keep your bike in the right condition. With proper maintenance, you’re able to ride safe, comfortable, and enjoy the moments as you ride from one area to another. It also helps to increase the time between major services and elevates your riding experience. In the long-term, bike maintenance saves you the money you could use in replacing the bike as well as time. In consideration of these, we look at the top 5 maintenance tips that your bicycle will appreciate.

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Hors Catégorie

The solution to doping is to extend the blame beyond athletes

Doping in sport is widespread and shows little sign of abating. Athletes are dropping out of the Rio Olympics like flies. Maria Sharapova was banned for two years after testing positive for meldonium; a Romanian kayaking team failed their drug test, disqualifying them pending further investigations; and the International Olympic Committee announced that they could ban up to 31 athletes from competing because retests of their samples collected during the 2008 Beijing Olympics indicated the presence of banned substances. If the trend continues, the Rio Olympics could be the Olympics with the lowest number of delegations in recent history.