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Are barefoot cycling shoes the next step in cycling shoe design?
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Are barefoot cycling shoes the next step in cycling shoe design?

A step beyond wide shoes lands us at a controversial point. Barefoot shoes look to have some benefits, but not for everyone.

by Alex Hunt

Tech features cycling shoes Bike fit
The Critérium du Dauphiné is getting a new name and it's a mouthful
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The Critérium du Dauphiné is getting a new name and it's a mouthful

Out: history. In: a geographically correct but uninspiring re-brand.

by Dane Cash

News & Racing Critérium du Dauphiné
Spin Cycle: Bye bye Bardet, Bardet goodbye
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Spin Cycle: Bye bye Bardet, Bardet goodbye

There's a new star coming out of Colombia ...

by Jonny Long

News & Racing regowall Spin Cycle #post-format-standard
Riders say the UCI's new handlebar rule is bad for women's racing
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Riders say the UCI's new handlebar rule is bad for women's racing

Pros and industry leaders alike react to the UCI's adjusted handlebar width rule.

by Abby Mickey

News & Racing women's cycling UCI
Joy Rides: A Wove and Rodeo Labs TD4.2 custom gravel bike collab
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Joy Rides: A Wove and Rodeo Labs TD4.2 custom gravel bike collab

Rethinking gravel bike geometry through a collaborative build between Wove, Rodeo Labs, Rise Bikes, Speeco, Sabo, and 9point8.

by Escape Collective

Tech features Joy Rides Tech Wove Rodeo Labs Sabo Speeco Rise Bikes
Bonne retraite, Romain Bardet
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Bonne retraite, Romain Bardet

A retrospective on the career of Romain Bardet, who climbed his last mountain at the 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné, the home race he chose for his curtain call.

by Kit Nicholson

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Dauphiné wrap: Visma vibes wilt as Pogačar reigns supreme
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Dauphiné wrap: Visma vibes wilt as Pogačar reigns supreme

What have we learned about the upcoming Tour de France from the Critérium du Dauphiné?

by Kit Nicholson

News & Racing Critérium du Dauphiné Jonas Vingegaard Tadej Pogačar Remco Evenepoel Florian Lipowitz Mathieu van der Poel
Six takeaways from the women's Tour de Suisse
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Six takeaways from the women's Tour de Suisse

Marlen Reusser continues her meteoric rise while the second-best team in the world slips, and the four-day stage race leaves fans wanting more.

by Abby Mickey

News & Racing women's cycling Tour de Suisse Women Marlen Reusser
Watching the dots: Ultracycling's slow cinema
Culture

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Watching the dots: Ultracycling's slow cinema

For spectators of ultra-endurance cycling, the omissions and gaps in coverage are a way of seeing that invites viewers into an experience of excess and unknowing.

by Austin Killips

Culture ultra cycling Tour Divide
Father's Day
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On the bike, a dad and his seven-year-old son become something else: equals, just two racers talking shop between heats.

by Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

Culture
Pogačar flips the script on Dauphiné doubts
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Pogačar flips the script on Dauphiné doubts

The three-time Tour de France winner demolished his rivals on the race's first summit finish and quieted concerns after Wednesday's time trial.

by Dane Cash

News & Racing Tadej Pogačar Critérium du Dauphiné
Spin Cycle: Pogačar on (time) trial
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Spin Cycle: Pogačar on (time) trial

Quick-Step are having fun with their abacus.

by Jonny Long

News & Racing Spin Cycle #post-format-standard
UCI quietly announces swathe of equipment changes, and hoo boy
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge UCI quietly announces swathe of equipment changes, and hoo boy

As of January 1, there will be new limits on bar width and rim depth, new frame design regulations, and a helmet review.

by Iain Treloar

Tech news UCI Rider Safety SafeR pro tech
UCI releases 2026 WorldTour calendars, decisively rejecting One Cycling
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge UCI releases 2026 WorldTour calendars, decisively rejecting One Cycling

A unanimous vote puts cycling's ambitious reform project firmly on the outside looking in, with no quick prospects to overhaul the sport.

by Joe Lindsey

News & Racing WorldTour Women's WorldTour One Cycling
Cycling rear radars tested: Garmin, Trek, Wahoo and more
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Cycling rear radars tested: Garmin, Trek, Wahoo and more

Which ones work, which ones don't – and which might be worth your money.

by Suvi Loponen

Tech reviews Tech Rear radars Group test Garmin Wahoo MagicShine Giant Bryton Trek

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The cycling industry's most cursed office park
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The cycling industry's most cursed office park

How one industrial park in Colorado became a microcosm of the boom and bust of the bike world.

by Iain Treloar

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Dispatches from the Tour de Lunsar, ‘West Africa’s noisiest bike race’
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Dispatches from the Tour de Lunsar, ‘West Africa’s noisiest bike race’

The proudly independent Tour de Lunsar operates outside the UCI system on a shoestring budget. It has its struggles, but its successes know almost no bounds...

by Tom Owen

News & Racing #post-format-gallery Tour de Lunsar Editors Picks
A winning Trek that suggests full-suspension gravel bikes are coming (back)
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge A winning Trek that suggests full-suspension gravel bikes are coming (back)

It looks production-ready, too.

by Dave Rome

Tech news Trek Justinas Leveika Tech Gravel Trans Balkan Race Editors Picks
Behind the lens: Shooting the Finestre
Culture

Behind the lens: Shooting the Finestre

One of the greatest mountains in cycling had a dramatic impact on one of the sport's photographers.

by Harry Talbot

Culture #post-format-gallery Giro d'Italia Editors Picks
Is SRAM quietly reinventing the chain?
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Is SRAM quietly reinventing the chain?

Exclusive: A recent patent filing suggests the brand could be preparing to make a shift in chain design.

by Alex Hunt, Alan Cote

Tech new SRAM Chain Bike Industry Patent watch Tech Editors Picks

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The cycling industry's most cursed office park
Industry

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The cycling industry's most cursed office park

How one industrial park in Colorado became a microcosm of the boom and bust of the bike world.

by Iain Treloar

Industry Tech features Specialized Pearl Izumi Shimano The Pro's Closet Outside Editors Picks
Geek Warning: Factory tours and fresh tech
Geek Warning

Geek Warning: Factory tours and fresh tech

We’re back in tradeshow season, and there’s a whole lot of new tech coming.

by Escape Collective

Geek Warning Tech Podcasts
Are those bicycle pizza cutters any good?
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Are those bicycle pizza cutters any good?

Time for some Very Important Science.

by Iain Treloar

Culture nutrition Tech reviews
Behind the Curtain: SRAM’s Coimbra chain factory
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Behind the Curtain: SRAM’s Coimbra chain factory

A look inside a vital SRAM production facility and how chains are made there - plus assembly of Zipp wheels and Time pedals.

by Suvi Loponen

Tech features Behind the Curtain Tech SRAM Factory Tour Zipp Time #post-format-gallery
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How, when, and why to use sodium bicarbonate for performance
Performance

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge How, when, and why to use sodium bicarbonate for performance

A guide to using this cheap and effective training aid, including benefits, protocols, and pitfalls.

by Ronan Mc Laughlin

Performance Performance Process sodium bicarbonate nutrition
The power of patience: How Derek Gee climbed into Giro contention
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The power of patience: How Derek Gee climbed into Giro contention

With unprecedented power data from a GC rider, we can take a look at Gee’s performances across the Italian Grand Tour.

by Alex Hunt

Performance Power analysis Giro d'Italia Derek Gee Israel-Premier Tech
Ronan Mc Laughlin is riding around Ireland
Culture

Ronan Mc Laughlin is riding around Ireland

My latest challenge is a personal one, with a bigger purpose.

by Ronan Mc Laughlin

Culture Performance Natasha Allergy Research Foundation
Beyond the Bonk 2.0: How fuelling is supercharging the women of Lidl-Trek
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Beyond the Bonk 2.0: How fuelling is supercharging the women of Lidl-Trek

How a new approach to nutrition has helped create the fastest Women's WorldTour peloton, ever.

by Georgie Howe

Performance nutrition Lidl-Trek

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Gallery: Mud and grit as Cink and Pieterse triumph in wild Leogang XCO battles
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Gallery: Mud and grit as Cink and Pieterse triumph in wild Leogang XCO battles

An emotional first win and a dominant run in the mud.

by Caley Fretz

News & Racing #post-format-gallery Cross Country Mountain Bike World Cup Mountain Bike
Shimano XTR Di2 M9200 MTB group: A complete hands-on guide and early review
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Shimano XTR Di2 M9200 MTB group: A complete hands-on guide and early review

Ari Bikes Signal Peak 3.0 review: DTC XC evolved
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Ari Bikes Signal Peak 3.0 review: DTC XC evolved

Review: WRP Zero Drag Kit, a silent upgrade for DT Swiss hubs
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Review: WRP Zero Drag Kit, a silent upgrade for DT Swiss hubs

Revel Bikes is back in the hands of its founder
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Revel Bikes is back in the hands of its founder

Maxxis Aspen vs. Vittoria Peyote review, battle of the nearly-slicks
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Maxxis Aspen vs. Vittoria Peyote review, battle of the nearly-slicks

Rocky Mountain Bicycles has a new owner
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Rocky Mountain Bicycles has a new owner

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