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Bicycle Maintenance – When Should I Take My Bike to a Professional?
Understanding when to take your bike to a professional can save you time and money, and ensure your safety on the road or trail. But professional mechanics are expensive so you have to use good judgment for what to do yourself and when to hand…
James Knox of Soudal Quick-Step: “I think cycling is one of those sports where you gain a lot off the bike”
As his next guest on the We Love Cycling Podcast, Matt Stephens welcomed James Knox, a professional road racing cyclist from Great Britain, currently riding for UCI WorldTeam Soudal Quick-Step.
Win Tickets For L’Étape du Tour de France and Start Training
Become one of our 10 lucky winners and try your skills at L’Étape du Tour! L’Étape du Tour offers an opportunity to ride the 20th stage of the Tour de France, between Nice and the Col de la Couillole under similar conditions to the professionals.…
The Road to the Tour: Pogačar Rules Volta a Catalunya
Tadej Pogačar is using the 2024 season to make a statement – several statements, in fact. One of them is that 2023 was an aberration in the career of one of the greatest cyclists of all time. The UAE Team Emirates leader’s victory in the…
Wheels Roundup: Concern Over Cavendish, Philipsen Bullies to Win Classic Brugge-De Panne
Four days after his sensational Milan–San Remo victory, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck) elbowed his way to a controversial win in the Classic Brugge-De Panne. The race was run over a mostly flat 198.9 km course that favoured a bunch sprint finish and in the end, it…
The 5 Best Cycling Festivals to Visit This Year
There’s nothing better than riding a bike. There are no second thoughts about that. However, a close second is being surrounded by bikes, looking through the best products in the industry, and getting some outstanding deals while enjoying your favourite pastime. There’s no better way…
Is Half-Cardio, Half-Strength Better for Heart Health Than Just Cardio?
We know that exercise helps reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. But what’s the best way to combine strength training and aerobic training to get the most benefit? Researchers decided to find out in one of the biggest exercise trials yet.
Zdeněk Štybar, a Freshly Retired Cyclo-Cross Legend: “If I stop my career on Sunday, on Monday, I want to be back to work, whatever that is“
In this episode of the We Love Cycling podcast, Matt Stephens is revisiting one legendary pro career that just recently reached its conclusion. In his virtual studio, he welcomed Zdeněk Štybar, a Czech native and a road cycling and cyclo-cross household name.
Learning a New Skill? Going for a Ride Can Improve Your Progress
Musicians, gamers, surgeons, or anyone learning a new motor skill can benefit from doing a few interval sprints on their bike. A new study found that exercise helps better retain a newly learned skill. Should you go for a ride before your skill practice, after…
Wheels Roundup: Another Heart Operation for Sagan, UCI Approves Visma’s ‘Star Wars’ Helmet
Just a few weeks after undergoing a heart operation for cardiac arrhythmia, after his heart rate had exceeded 200 beats per minute (bpm) in a mountain bike race, cycling legend Peter Sagan will have to have a second procedure to deal with the issue. “While…
Philipsen Defies Odds and Pogačar to Win Thrilling Milan–San Remo
The 2024 Monuments season kicked off this weekend with the longest race of the year, the 288km Milan–San Remo, and it provided late dramatics and thrills that will be hard to top in any race this season. After more than six hours of racing, Alpecin-Deceuninck’s…
Enter Our Cycling Fandom Contest and Spend Three Days at Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Fans and fandoms are the drivetrain of each sport, that fresh breath of oxygen that electrifies each race’s atmosphere – there’s no doubt about that. But what if we told you there can be an even bigger reward than the excitement and sense of camaraderie…