Mont Ventoux, “the Giant of Provence,” is an isolated mountain that has featured in the Tour de France 19 times since 1951.  Noted for its relentless slopes and often harsh weather, it attracts some 100,000 cyclists each year willing to test themselves on its iconic roads. A new YouTube short documentary, “Six Ways Home,” tells […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Pick a same day ride using Trailforks, MTB Project, and Strava heatmaps plus local rider beta. Set a 40 mile radius, download the GPX, check recent… The post Plan a Ride Within 40 Miles: Mountain Bike Trails With App Checks appeared first on SoCalCycling.com.

VUELTA’26 STAGE 14: Marco Brenner delivered Tudor Pro Cycling its first-ever Grand Tour stage victory with a perfectly judged win atop the Sierra de la Pandera. The German was the only rider able to match Santiago Buitrago’s final attack before beating the Colombian over the last uphill metres. Behind them, red jersey Enric Mas and […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Use a pro style DIY workflow to dial in the three bike fit contact points, saddle, bars, cleats, using a trainer, level, and video checks. The post Dial In 3 Bike Fit Contact Points Using a Trainer, Level, and Video appeared first on SoCalCycling.com.

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: The 2026 Philadelphia Cycling Classic brought professional road racing back to Philadelphia on August 30, marking the highly anticipated return of one of the most historic events on the American cycling calendar. After a decade-long absence, the Classic once again showcased elite international and American riders on a demanding urban […]

VUELTA’26 STAGE 13: Wout van Aert claimed his first victory of this Vuelta a España with a perfectly timed late attack and a commanding two-up sprint against Valentin Paret-Peintre. Matthew Brennan did a mountain of work to set up his Visma | Lease a Bike leader, then still had enough left to win the chase-group […]

Gear Break is back, even though the GOAT’s out of la Vuelta. Tadej had to abandon, so we worked extra hard to bring you good news on the gear front. Out of the gate, Scott just released their next generation Addict Gravel bike, and right behind that comes the newest gravel wheels from Miche with […]

VUELTA’26 STAGE 12: Jakob Omrzel scored the biggest victory of his young career at the Calar Alto Observatory, surviving a massive breakaway before riding everyone off his wheel on the final climb. Behind the young Slovenian, race leader Enric Mas once again proved the strongest of the GC contenders, taking another chunk of time from […]

POVEC C1 REVIEW: Photochromic cycling glasses change tint automatically, but they can take time to react. The $249 POVEC C1 takes a different approach, letting the rider switch between lighter and darker tint in about one second with a swipe of a finger. After group rides, a 117-mile day and Bend singletrack, we found the […]

This week’s EuroTrash opens with a hard look at cycling’s habit of romanticizing crashes and recoveries, arguing the sport’s rising injury toll — laid bare by the Vuelta’s brutal eighth stage — deserves a culture shift, not more thumbs-up-from-the-hospital-bed photos. On the racing side: Lewis Askey wins Tour of Britain’s opening stage in Lincoln; Enric […]

Tadej Pogačar’s Vuelta crash completely upended the 2026 race, forcing the overwhelming favourite to abandon with a fractured collarbone, a stable C7 vertebra fracture and a concussion. In a single moment, the Vuelta lost its global superstar, Enric Mas inherited the red jersey and what had looked like a Pogačar coronation became one of the […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: For many cyclists, getting faster seems to have an obvious solution: ride more. Add another training day, extend the weekend ride, or squeeze a few extra miles into an already busy week. More volume can certainly improve fitness, but it is not always the most effective answer. For cyclists balancing […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Get race day facts for the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: registration, 1.3 mile course details, schedule, safety, and local reporting for racers and spectators. The post 63rd Manhattan Beach Grand Prix: Race Day Info for Racers & Spectators appeared first on SoCalCycling.com.

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Get Ready!  SkyPark Bike Fest 12 Arrives to the San Bernardino Mountains Sept 12–13! Bike Fest 12 presented by BOSCH returns to SkyPark for a full weekend celebrating mountain biking, eBikes and the broader cycling community. The two-day event brings riders of all levels together for riding, hands-on product demos, […]

SINGAPORE, August 21, 2026. Released in May 2026, CYBERSIGHT Zenith Pro is a pair of HUD sports glasses for cyclists who want access to ride data without repeatedly looking down at a bike computer or watch. Recently featured in GEAR Break, they display ride data, navigation guidance and compatible radar alerts in the rider’s line […]

VUELTA’26 STAGE 10: Bastien Tronchon pulled off the biggest win of his career in Elche de la Sierra, beating some of the fastest—and most fancied—men in the race. The 24-year-old Frenchman survived a wildly aggressive finale, kept his cool as attacks flew in every direction, then blasted past Magnus Cort, Thibau Nys and Wout van […]

The Leadville Trail 100 MTB presents a challenge few mountain bike races can match: 100 miles of demanding terrain at elevations reaching more than 12,000 feet. Successful Leadville 100 preparation requires more than training and race-day fueling—it also means understanding how altitude affects hydration, iron requirements and exercise performance. After supporting athletes earlier this season […]

The Wahoo ELEMNT ACE is big, and it’s relatively heavy (208g), but for that arguably negligible weight difference, you get genuine usability. Setup is fast and intuitive, and having both physical buttons and a responsive touchscreen means you’re never stuck fumbling with one input method in bad conditions. Navigation shines on the large screen, with […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: 2026 Red Bull Rampage Men’s Lineup Revealed Red Bull Rampage 2026 Returns to Utah for 25th Anniversary 18 of the world’s top freeride mountain bike athletes confirmed for Red Bull Rampage as it celebrates 25 years of progression. Red Bull Rampage has confirmed 18 of the world’s top big-mountain freeride […]

The Cataraqui Trail between Smiths Falls and Chaffeys Lock is a stretch that offers one of Eastern Ontario’s most memorable rail-trail rides. Following a former railway corridor through farmland, forest and wetlands, this point-to-point ride begins in a town shaped by railways and the Rideau Canal and finishes beside one of the canal’s prettiest lockstations. […]

This summer, six new gravel cycling loops launched in Hastings County’s Tyendinaga Township: signed, mapped, and ready to ride straight from the Recreation Hall. The south end of Hastings County is a gravel rider’s fairy tale: fields are crisscrossed at regular intervals with backroads named for the families that farm them, all the better for […]

Tour’26 Photo Gallery: John Thomson’s Tour de France 2026 Photo Gallery Part 2 takes us from the decisive Stage 16 time trial in Thonon-les-Bains to the packed streets of Montmartre for the Tour’s Paris finale. Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogačar, Mathieu van der Poel, Tom Pidcock and the rest of the Tour peloton share the spotlight […]

Where you at, cycling fan-friend? Are you lost without your Tadej North Star, or relishing following races that are actually…races? (Without, of course, actually relishing Pogačar’s crash?) This sport is lousy with crashes, injuries, accidents, incidents, but roll on we must: To a Vuelta that will always have an asterisk, but that indeed now actually […]

VUELTA’26 STAGE 9: Enric Mas started the day in red following Tadej Pogačar’s shock exit from the race, then finished it looking every bit like the man to beat at this Vuelta. The Spaniard attacked the favourites on the Alto de Aitana, cracked Primož Roglič and then beat Oscar Onley in a two-man sprint to […]

In 2021 author and bike fitter Phil Cavell wrote a book examining the physiological aspects of cycling.  We reviewed “The Midlife Cyclist” here and this excellent book has now been followed by a kind-of-sequel.  “The Cycling Addiction” is about the psychological elements behind this athletic activity we all love so much.  The subtitle,  “Suffering, Speed […]