EMPORIA, Kansas (May 30, 2026) — Mads Würtz Schmidt and Sofía Gómez Villafañe conquered mud, mechanicals and late-race pressure Saturday to win the Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200 presented by Shimano. Gómez Villafañe won the women’s race from a five-rider sprint on Commercial Street and retained her lead in the Life Time Grand Prix Series. In […]

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EMPORIA, Kansas (MAY 30, 2026) — Robin Gemperle does not race gravel so much as absorb it. On Saturday, across 356 miles of Flint Hills limestone and storm-wrecked mud, the Swiss ultra-cyclist absorbed more than most riders ever will — and came out the other side in 21 hours and 16 minutes, nearly an hour […]

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By John Woeste — This story begins with two photographs taken 34 years apart—images that reveal how both bike technology and the rider have changed. I started mountain biking in the spring of 1986 and quickly fell in love with Moab’s now-famous Slickrock Trail. As Slickrock’s popularity grew, my friends and I searched for another […]

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Bike Prom is an annual event put on by the Bicycle Collective, a non-profit community bicycle organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event began in 2011, started by Bicycle Collective member Agnes Robl. This year’s event will take place on May 30, 2026. Jonathan Morrison, former Executive Director of the Bicycle Collective recounts […]

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By Dave Campbell — Paul Willerton stands as a remarkable figure in American cycling history who has seemingly done it all. He raced all over the world as both an amateur and a professional road cyclist, and later as a mountain biker. He is a partner in a successful cycling apparel company and a filmmaker. […]

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The 2026 Giro d’Italia returned from its second rest day with Afonso Eulálio still in pink and Jonas Vingegaard closing fast. Filippo Ganna blew apart the Viareggio–Massa time trial, Jhonatan Narváez collected his third stage victory, Alec Segaert and Alberto Bettiol delivered opportunistic wins, and Fredrik Dversnes rewarded Uno-X Mobility with a breakthrough victory in […]

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By Charles Pekow — Nearly 80 miles of trail will soon open to bicycles in the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. The National Park Service announced it will allow bikes on approximately 79.8 miles of trails in the Whiskeytown Unit beginning March 11. Until now, riders could use bicycles — including pedal-assist e-bikes capable of speeds […]

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By Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD — Sweat contains more than just water; it has electrically charged particles (electrolytes, commonly called minerals such as sodium) that help keep water in the right balance inside and outside of cells. You’ve likely seen ads for electrolyte supplements that highlight sodium. Sodium gets lost with sweat, so it […]

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By Charles Pekow — Looking for one more reason to grind to the top of the climb? Your bike may be safer there. Most research on bicycle theft has examined infrastructure — racks, lighting, transit proximity — but largely ignored topography and street location. Researchers at Florida International University decided to test whether elevation plays […]

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By Tom Jow — The prospect of owning an E-MTB has been slowly creeping up on me. First one friend, then another. Let’s face it though, none of us are getting any younger. When they first came out, I was as disgusted as anyone that’s been around since the beginning of the sport. Gradually my […]

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Name of artist:  Mohssin Amghar About the artist:  I am Belgian artist living in Brussels. I am self-taught and I love minimalist art in which I work; I like to seek the minimum of strokes to convey an idea or an situation or an emotion. Artistic philosophy: Less is more. Title of piece: “Roule” or “Ride” […]

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The second week of the 2026 Giro d’Italia arrived with chaos, attrition, and the first true mountain battles of the race. Jhonatan Narváez continued his remarkable comeback with two stage victories for UAE Team Emirates XRG, while Jonas Vingegaard finally unleashed his climbing legs on the slopes of Blockhaus and Corno alle Scale. Yet despite […]

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Professional endurance cyclist Hannah Otto has built a career on pushing beyond the edge of what most riders consider possible. This October, the Salt Lake City-based cyclist plans to take on her biggest challenge yet: a single-day bicycle ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. If successful, Otto will become the first known […]

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Bikepacking Roots has announced the recipients of its 2026 BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant program, continuing an effort to reduce barriers to bikepacking and outdoor adventure for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities across the United States and Canada. Now in its fourth funding cycle, the grant program supports community leaders and grassroots organizations that […]

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By Charles Pekow — How can planners figure out the best ways to close gaps in bicycle networks? A new guide from the National Highway Cooperative Research Program urges transportation agencies to replace traditional methods with approaches that reflect the rapid growth of e-bikes and scooters. For years, planners have evaluated topography, mapped network gaps, […]

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Longtime Utah climate advocate Bill Barron is cycling 700+ miles through Utah’s Mighty Five National Parks to bring people together around a shared goal: protecting the places we love while building the political will for effective climate solutions. Along the route, he’ll host conversations on Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s policy commitments to reduce emissions, remove climate […]

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By Peter Abraham — This week I attended my fifth Bicycle Leadership Conference, an annual gathering of the bike industry organized by People for Bikes. I’m currently in my third career, and I’ve attended events like this in every phase of my professional life. When I produced tv commercials, I attended the AICP Award Show in New York every […]

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By Charles Pekow — Not all federal support for bicycling has disappeared under the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced nearly $1 billion in Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants, funding 521 projects nationwide — including several in Mountain West states that aim to improve bicycle safety in high-crash corridors. […]

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