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The Zwift we dreamed of: You can now ride your bike in Grand Theft Auto
Step aside Zwift, there’s a new contender in the virtual cycling space. Why do your indoor workouts in Watopia and other upstart virtual worlds when you can saddle up and train in perhaps the most immersive virtual world ever created, Los Santos? “Los Santos?” I hear you ask. Yes: Los Santos. It’s a fictionalised version …
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A Dutchman and his (man-made) mountain
In 2011, a Dutch cycling journalist’s tongue-in-cheek proposal for an artificial mountain in his homeland sparked a flurry of proposals and feasibility studies, eventually growing to be the biggest innovation platform in the Netherlands.
This is the story of Die Berg Komt Er – of a project, a man and a (man-made) mountain.
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In a child’s first bike ride, life rolls on
The week before everything changed, on a primary school athletics track a few blocks from our house, my daughter rode a bike for the first time. Like a lot of moments in parenthood seem to be, it felt like it was a long time coming and was simultaneously a total surprise. One moment, I was …
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The engineer who built a massive cyclocross flyover in his backyard
Here at CyclingTips we’re pretty fond of our VeloClub members. Not just because their support allows us to do what we do, but because they’re a clever, passionate and friendly bunch of fellow cyclists who have a lot to offer. The VeloClub Slack community is brimming with interesting stories, informative takes on the latest tech, …
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Hope rolls in: The aid workers using bikes for disaster relief
They call themselves the Bike Scouts, a group of volunteer bicycle messengers dotted around the Philippines that aid those in need. When natural disasters strike, the Bike Scouts deliver medicine and other supplies to those affected, often getting into the worst-hit regions before aircraft and trucks are able to. As founder Myles Delfin writes, Bike …
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