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Documentary: The Inaugural Pan Celtic Race 2019

On July 7th 2019, 84 riders set out from Inverness to race across three Celtic nations – Scotland, Ireland and Wales – in the inaugural edition of the Pan Celtic Race. This was the first race in a planned five-year Race Series which will take riders on roads less travelled, tracing ancient paths and eventually …

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The lost and the saved

Ten minutes before the start of the Gravel Giro last weekend I learned that a friend had died by suicide.

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Record ride: From the north of Europe to the south of Africa in 72 days

On September 8, 2019, ultra-endurance riders Jonas Deichmann and Philipp Hympendahl set off from the North Cape of Norway — Europe’s northermost point — and started riding south. Their goal: to reach Cape Town in South Africa in under 75 days and break the previous world record (102 days) for the fastest unsupported continental crossing …

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A deep dive into Team GBs radical new track bike: All in for 2%

British Cycling debuted a groundbreaking track bike a couple of weeks ago in its bid for Olympic glory in Tokyo, Japan. Without a doubt, the bike is visually striking, and a clear departure from conventional design, with its unusually widely-spaced fork blades and seatstays. This was all done in the name of aerodynamic efficiency, we …

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Crickets, cold brew, and climbing 5k in a day: Tales from the 2019 VeloClub Summit

Had we made the VeloClub Summit in Northern Thailand too tough? I looked at the profile again. There was certainly a bit of saw-toothing on the itinerary, however we’d been pretty careful to lay out the trip as similarly as possible to our well-received 2018 VC Summit in Japan. That course seemed to exist in …

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