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Best of 2019: The lost and the saved

VeloClub member Lauren Giles reflects on the death of a friend and the importance of community in supporting us all through the tough times.

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As Australia burns, bike racing doesn’t feel all that pressing

GEELONG, Australia (CT) – There are some days that sport doesn’t feel all that important. Days when the sporting contest, as engaging as it might be, feels secondary to far more pressing matters. The opening day of the Bay Crits was one of those days. It was the first day of Australia’s summer racing season, …

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Cycling Kits, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing, WorldTour teams -

Hot or not? The kits of the 2020 WorldTour, ranked

Each new season is pregnant with possibility – a story with pages unwritten, a blank canvas ready to be painted, an Adobe Illustrator file called ‘2020 Jersey Template.ai’ waiting to be filled out by a cycling team’s graphic designer. Some team kits become iconic – just look to Mapei or anything Eddy Merckx wore for …

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Best of 2019: The case for wearing pro team kit

"Only posers and real pros wear team kit." Let’s open our minds. Support not just the clothing brands whose designs you appreciate, but the pro teams you cheer for, or once cheered for, loved or hated.

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Best of 2019: What it’s like to ride illegally as a woman in Iran

The freedom to ride a bicycle is a simple pleasure most of us take for granted. For some women, though, it isn’t quite so simple. This is a story about what it's like to ride as a woman in Iran.

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