By Maynard Hershon — Because your legs, like your car engine, have a happy, efficient operating range, your bike is equipped with a number of gears. The gears allow your legs to find a cadence or pedaling speed that pleases them. We’re not talking about bike speed here; we mean leg speed. We’re also not […]

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By Charles Pekow — New legislation would earmark at least five percent of two federal transportation grant programs for “active transportation,” including planning and building bicycle infrastructure. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) introduced the Active Transportation for Public Lands Act (H.R. 8514), which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is now considering (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8514?hl=hr8514&s=1&r=1). The provision would […]

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By Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD — Most research related to sports performance and nutrition is studied from the perspective of (male) athletes who have gotten sick or injured and want to know: Why did I get a stress fracture? Why do I take longer than others to recover from hard workouts? Why was I […]

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By Charles Pekow — Earn income as a bicycle courier or bike taxi driver? If your clients pay you anything above the agreed-upon fee, you won’t have to pay taxes on the difference. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final rules governing the no-taxes-on-tips legislation, which includes these categories of workers among those qualifying for […]

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On the Baker City Cycling Classic as a Proving Ground By Sean Benesh — Last year, I stood on the side of a wide Eastern Oregon highway and watched a field slowly come apart with the snow-capped Wallowa Mountains in the background. Not explode. Not some dramatic highlight-reel moment. Just … come apart. It was late […]

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One 31-year old’s mission to tackle her impossible ride By Clara Hatcher — Hear me out: It’s okay to come in last place. I rolled in at a slow, steady pace at the end of my first gravel race in northern Minnesota in November 2021. I didn’t train. I rode on vibes alone and had fun […]

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Cycling West and Cycling Utah Magazine’s Late Spring 2026 Issue is now available as a free download (10 MB download). Pick up a copy at your favorite Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Northern California bike shop or other location. Or join to get a copy of […]

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By Dave Campbell — I recently had the opportunity to interview Norman Alvis, a legend of American cycling in the 1980s and 1990s who continues to race at a high level at age 62. He won his first national title in the Junior Time Trial in 1981, then captured senior national titles in both the […]

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By Charles Pekow — Securing adequate resources for bicycling infrastructure in Complete Streets programs has challenged many communities. Once built, maintaining those facilities often creates additional problems. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine notes, “Roadway maintenance equipment is often incompatible with bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and additional funding for […]

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By Charles Pekow — Leaders of downtowns across America must step up and lead local transportation initiatives — and they must put bicycling at the center of those efforts. To support that work, Main Street America, which focuses on energizing and revitalizing traditional downtowns, has developed a Thriving Communities Transportation Kit. The organization says the […]

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By Dan Shryock — Discover why this Willamette National Forest road is considered one of the state’s premier places to ride. We’re only 10 miles into our ride and I already know this will be a day to remember. We’re following Forest Road 19 through the Willamette National Forest. It’s peaceful here, almost serene; the sounds […]

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Jonas Vingegaard completes cycling’s Grand Tour collection in Rome, becoming only the eighth rider in history to win the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. His third week in Italy produces two more stage victories for a total of, a queen-stage triumph for Sepp Kuss, a hat-trick completion for Paul […]

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“What the Eiger and the Matterhorn were to the climbers of the 19th century, the Galibier and Mount Ventoux have now become to cyclists; to reach the summit is to defy nature and gravity while flirting with the limits of human endurance. The experience is visual, even spiritual, inspiring heroic deeds that in turn inspire […]

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By Steven Sheffield — Every June, the race calendar offers a pair of Alpine examinations so closely linked in purpose and prestige that they function almost as a matched set. Separated only by a week or two on the calendar, the Critérium du Dauphiné — now rebranded as the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes beginning with its 2026 […]

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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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