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Features, Spinergy, Tech, Tech news - June 30, 2020

Spinergy releases GXX carbon gravel wheels for under US$1,000

With innovative designs and space-age materials, Spinergy wheels were objects of lust through the 1990s and early 2000s. And while little has been seen of the brand in cycling over the past decade, it’s very much still going (and doing particularly well in the wheelchair market). In 2019, Spinergy made ripples in the gravel cycling …

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What it takes to ride 280 km a day indoors: Rupert Guinness on his VRAAM

Late this past Sunday night, cycling journalist (and friend of CyclingTips) Rupert Guinness stepped off his bike in a Sydney car showroom and called an end to one incredible ride. He’d just spent the past 12 days riding on a stationary trainer as part of the Virtual Race Across America (VRAAM), the online version of …

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Daily News Digest, Features, News - June 30, 2020

Virtual Tour details, Worlds TT talk, Froome rumor update: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello CyclingTips readers, Welcome to a new week, which comes with newly unveiled details of the upcoming virtual Tour de France, as well as another update from the always-churning rumor mill of Chris Froome transfer talk. On the e-racing front, the headliners for …

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Freewheeling: Directing during a pandemic

Loren Rowney returns in this week’s episide for a chat about the recent news in women’s cycling. Will Americans make it to Europe to race this year? Where will Annemiek, arguably the best female cyclist currently racing, transfer if Mitchelton-Scott is no more? These questions are discussed, along with a few other topics. Ina Tuetenberg, …

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The Tour de France will be raced on Zwift this July

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The postponement of the 2020 Tour de France has left a gaping void in the viewing schedules of cycling fans worldwide, but it’s not a complete write-off. After the first trials of televised e-racing early in the pandemic, the format is ready for its biggest showcase yet: there’s a virtual Tour de France being raced …

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