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Features, Podcast, Podcasts - May 13, 2020

The Roadmap Episodes: Bikes are booming, can pro cycling boom, too?

Bikes are booming. Countries are paying for bike repairs; cities are shutting down roads to cars, making them safer for cyclists and pedestrians; in some places, bike sales are reaching holiday-volume levels. One of cycling’s greatest strengths, and most confounding weaknesses, is the gulf between participants and fans. Can pro cycling take advantage of the …

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From the Top: How Strava was built

Strava has become ubiquitous in the lives of over 50 million athletes, and is arguably the most relevant social network to anyone who loves to sweat. The co-founders of Strava, Michael Horvath and Mark Gainey, have been lifelong friends and have quite literally changed how we interact with our cycling in both real life and …

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The Roadmap Episodes: How lockdown is shaping the future of cycling

In unprecedented times for the sport, when every race on the calendar is postponed or cancelled and WorldTour teams face extraordinary challenges, we’re partnering with Rapha to create a podcast series to consider the future of professional cycling. This first episode includes insight from Ineos’ Dave Brailsford, EF’s Jonathan Vaughters, and Rapha’s Simon Mottram. We …

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Features, Podcast, Podcasts - April 25, 2020

CyclingTips Podcast: Is there virus in the slipstream?

This week’s episode includes a chat with Dirty Kanza founder Jim Cummins regarding the petition to change his race’s name, plus reporter Joe Lindsey joins us to discuss a study by an aerodynamicist looking into how long a potentially virus-filled slipstream might be. In this week’s Nerd Alert, James yells at the bike industry …

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From the Top Podcast: Building Canyon Bicycles

In my latest episode of From the Top, I’m thrilled to be able to tell the remarkable story of how fellow VeloClub member, Roman Arnold, founded and built Canyon Bikes out of nothing to where it is today. To most of us it would seem inconceivable to build one of the biggest bike brands in …

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