SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Iconic Road Bicycling Race in New Mexico Tour of the Gila Returns April 28–May 2, 2027, in New Mexico The 40th anniversary edition of Tour of the Gila will occur over the bicycle race’s traditional dates on the spring calendar. Spanning five days, the iconic […]

summary THE THURSDAY THREE Montmartre or not Montmartre Jonathan Milan and Roadie Arrogance Pogačar in 2027 AND…WHAT’S ON MIKE’S MIND Wherefore EF? MIKE’S RIDE OF THE WEEK Zwifting on the Zwift Ride PEZ VIDEO OF THE WEEK Inside Cycling’s Most Famous Church Topic #1: Montmartre or not Montmartre? While the Tour de France route reveal […]

The Wahoo KICKR HEADWIND smart fan brings targeted airflow and automatic cooling to your indoor cycling setup. In our Wahoo KICKR HEADWIND review , PEZ’s Alastair Hamilton explains why its heart rate controlled airflow made it one of his most valued training accessories—and why he prefers that setting to speed-based cooling. The KICKR HEADWIND was […]

Every cyclist knows the sight: a pothole, rough road or stretch of gravel sends a bottle bouncing out of its cage. FIDLOCK TWIST approaches that problem with a cage-free bottle system combining magnetic guidance and mechanical locking. But the story behind it begins somewhere unexpected—with founder Joachim Fiedler and his cello. Is there a better […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Practical bike shop marketing for 2026: Google Business Profile, e-bike intent, email and SMS, community rides and local advertising, with sources. The post Bike Shop Marketing: What Works for Independent Shops in 2026 appeared first on SoCalCycling.com.

Leigh Foster never says a word in his short film The Perfect Midwest Bikepacking Route. Across 572 miles from Chicago to his childhood home in St. Paul, Minnesota, he appears mostly as a figure pedaling through the frame, inviting the audience to see the country as if they were beside him. The Chicago-based filmmaker has […]

TOOLBOX: Even more than training, the field of nutrition is full of commercial interests and marketing masquerading as sound “science.” One of the latest fashionable trends is drinking coconut water for health and hydration, but is it all it’s cracked up to be? Coconut Water A few years back, I did some filming in my […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Latest Updates Ahead of CicLAvia Pasadena’s November Return The City of Pasadena invites everyone to join CicLAvia—Pasadena on Sunday, November 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in partnership with the nonprofit CicLAvia and funded in part by Metro. The event will temporarily convert sections of city streets into vibrant, […]

I’ve recently gotten into bike touring, but I’ve never been great with maps and directions. Is it common to get lost on a tour, and how should I handle it if I do? Dear Directionally Challenged, Thanks for your honesty about something you find difficult. And great job not letting this stop you from getting […]

Don’t get me wrong: the racing over the last week was fun, varied, and at times intense. But these are late-season scraps, and there’s not a Galactico in sight. What cycling did see a lot of this week was controversy: odd rule interpretations, political influences, a broken contract. Such is the case with the early off-season. Teams […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Cyclocross skills drills you can run in a park or parking lot: starts, cornering, dismounts, remounts, barriers and tire pressure, with sets and reps. The post Cyclocross Skills and Drills to Practice Before Race Season appeared first on SoCalCycling.com.

In November 2015, outdoor adventurer Mark Beaumont set the Fastest Known Time (FKT) cycling with support on the North Coast 500 (NC500).  According to the NC500 tourism website, “The North Coast 500 (NC500) has been voted one of the world’s top coastal touring routes. Bringing together more than 500 miles (516 miles, to be exact!) […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: 10th annual event funds will drive innovation in cancer treatments, prevention and cures Community Cycling, Running and Walking Event Supports Cancer Treatments and Cures More than 3,800 participants joined the 10th annual UC Irvine Anti-Cancer Challenge to support lifesaving research at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and its pediatric affiliate, Rady Children’s […]

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This video set my all time record with over 450,000 social views. That’s a bonus I never expected when I shot this clip of Puck’s unexpected connection with the crowd. Like most of us covering the 2026 World Road Cycling championships in Montreal, I was walking around with my trigger finger on my camera all […]

Pez Fans, summer just won’t quit. Fall is supposed to be here, but the warm days keep sneaking back in. The cool ones haven’t quite taken over. Don’t pack away the shorts yet, and keep the long-fingered gloves handy. This week’s Gear Break matches the mood swings. SunGod has lenses for flat gray days and […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Arthritis Foundation Cycling Experience Wraps 2026 Events, Raises Nearly $1.5M, and Announces 2027 Carolina Hills Classic and California Coast Classic Dates and Registration Registration is open for the 2027 Carolina Hills Classic (May 2027) and California Coast Classic (September 2027), known as The Ride of a Lifetime. The fully supported […]

Scan the Substacks, the IG posts, the Reddit threads, and you’ll find that the cyclosphere is talking about the three topics you’ll find below: What we might have seen had a healthy Pogačar lined up an Il Lombardia; the unreasonable expectations we have for Brandon McNulty and just one (very) significant win; and where Primož […]

2026 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Photo Gallery: The World Championships were in Canada this year and our man with a camera, John Thomson, was there. But first he made his yearly visit to the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, here is his first ‘Special Canadian Photo Gallery’. […]

Here is a booklet of the auction items for the Braveheart charity dinner. The silent auction will go live on Friday. The QR code will take you to GalaBid so they can register and bid from afar! The post Braveheart Cycling Fund 2026 Auction appeared first on PezCycling News.

Paul Seixas lit up Il Lombardia with a climbing performance that raises big questions for 2027. But beyond the Frenchman’s breakthrough, cycling faces familiar challenges: an overcrowded calendar, competing championships and riders with limited influence over the sport’s future. This week’s AIRmail from The Outer Line connects the racing headlines with the business and governance […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: After six days, 21 hours and 15 minutes and 3,217 kilometers on the trail, Lachlan Morton rode into Sacramento, California, at 11:19 p.m. local time this evening, 19 hours and 45 minutes ahead of the record pace set on horseback by the riders who delivered Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address from […]

Just because you’re an endurance athlete, doesn’t mean you’re healthy. You may ride fast, eat well, and look super fit and healthy to all around you, but regular health checkups are so important to make sure. Get your health checkup Perhaps it’s because we don’t like thinking about our mortality, or maybe it’s because we […]

Surely none of us is wishing for anything but a speedy recovery for Tadej Pogačar. But man…this Pogi-less stretch of racing sure is fun. We had McNulty’s out-of-nowhere Worlds win, Remco’s hair’s-breadth Euros victory over Ciccone, and now Paul Seixas’ true debut on the World(Tour) stage: an emphatic Monumental victory at Il Lombardia, a fitting […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Watch the 2026 XTERRA World Championship Race Replay Alizée Patiès and Sullivan Middaugh earn their first Full Distance world titles as XTERRA’s 30th World Championship brings athletes, families and friends to New Mexico, continuing a journey that began in Maui in 1996. France’s Alizée Patiès and the United States’ Sullivan […]