Toon Aerts of Belgium and the Netherlands’ Inge van der Heijden overcame deep sand, stiff North Sea breezes, and two strong favourites to win the Elite Men’s and Women’s European Cyclocross Championships over the weekend.
The first thing you learn when pointing a bike down a ski slope is that gravity doesn’t really care which deity you pray to. It doesn’t argue, it doesn’t judge. It just makes sure you reap precisely what you sow. And when you’re reaping an…
Cycling is built on trust. You trust your brakes. You trust your drivetrain. You trust that when your friend says, “Don’t worry, I won’t bring mudguards if you don’t,” they mean it.
For some reason, whenever drafting comes up, people act like it’s exclusive to road racing. As if wind resistance only exists on tarmac. But the truth is, drafting works anywhere there’s air and someone in front of you doing more work than you.
