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A $44 Bicycle Just Survived 9,500 Miles Across 10 Countries. Cycling's Gear Obsession Has a Real Problem

Yungcheeezy rode a scrapyard drivetrain for 4,000 miles and pedaled 3,000 miles in sandals held together by three screws and a nail. His trip is a receipt cycling didn't want.

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Crank Length Is the Bike-Fit Number Nobody Talks About: Why Pogačar Went to 165 mm and What It Costs Your Knees

Peer-reviewed data on 165 mm cranks shows reduced perceived fatigue and lower knee-joint loading. The pro peloton has been quietly migrating for two years while amateur bikes still ship with 172.5 mm.

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Major Taylor: The First Black American World Champion, 10 Years Before Jack Johnson

Marshall Major Taylor set seven world records before he turned 21. He was choked unconscious by a rival, banned from tracks in his home state, and paid to ride under police protection.

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A Mysterious Illness Left Him Bedridden At 51. Now He Is Riding An E-Bike Across America For The Second Time.

Gregory Maassen spent nearly a year unable to walk. Two coast-to-coast e-bike tours later, a Johns Hopkins neurologist calls his story a live demonstration of the only known way to regenerate small nerve fibers.

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Buried in the CPA's Statement This Week: Pro Cyclists Are the Only Athletes on Earth Who Fund the Tests That Catch Them

Nowhere else in Olympic sport do the athletes contribute to their own testing budget. In cycling, they do, they always have, and it changes what the current reform fight is really about.

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1926 vs 2026 Tour de France: The Longest Tour in History, and Why Stage 16 From Evian Is a 100-Year Reckoning

Stage 16 rolls out of Evian today, exactly 100 years after the town hosted the longest Grand Départ in Tour history: 5,745km, 17 stages, and a survival rate of 33%.

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Smell of Rot, Water Running Down the Walls: Why the Modern Tour Hotel Wrecks Rider Recovery More Than the Racing Does

Uno-X, Alpecin-Premier Tech, and Picnic PostNL riders slept on hotel balconies during the 2026 Tour rest day. The recovery cost is not just uncomfortable, it is measurable in HRV and deep sleep.

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Tour de France Salary Cap 2026: Prudhomme Backs Cycling Financial Reform

The Tour de France race director just told The Athletic he backs a salary cap. Coming from the man who runs the sport's biggest race, that is not a small statement. It is a match to a very old fuse.

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98% of Cyclists Are Wrecking Their Tubeless Setup With One Rookie Mistake. Here Are the 7 Errors Costing You Flats and Watts.

The tire holds air, sure. It also loses 2 to 4 watts, seals slowly, and can eject explosively on a hot descent. Here is the honest fix list.

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Tour de France Riders Are Now Drinking 28 Water Bottles a Stage. A Decade Ago It Was Six

Picnic-PostNL soigneurs are handing out 28 bidons per rider on hot 2026 Tour stages. The number is not an outlier. It is what happens when cycling finally stops pretending heat is optional.