Shortly after the ferry leaves port, the dense sprawl of Southern California fades into the distance. Roughly an hour later, you arrive at Santa Catalina Island, a mountainous ridge rising from the Pacific. Although it has been inhabited for the better part of the past 7,000 years, the Spanish are said to have “discovered” Catalina, […]

Only a few days to go before the biggest bike race on the planet starts in Lille, and we have loads of news from the race, the riders and the teams. The National road and time trial championships were last week and we have as many of the results as we could fit in an […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Dehydration may be detrimental to your health. After all, water performs several bodily functions, such as lubricating joints, digesting nutrients, and controlling body temperature. We lose water via natural biological activities every day, but dehydration happens when you lose more bodily fluids than you take in. Because humans are primarily […]

MILWAUKEE — Aline Seitz and Ben Oliver took sprint wins on the third stop of the American Criterium Cup and the Cafe Hollander Otto Wenz Downer Classic. A full day of racing saw massive fields contest the pro women’s and pro men’s races on the tenth day of racing in Wisconsin. Adding to the excitement […]

For many amateur cyclists racing in the 1970s, the figure of Eddy Merckx dominated thoughts as an example of the ultimate professional. There was much celebration around the Cannibal’s 80th birthday as fans looked back upon an amazing career that has not been surpassed in the decades since. An entertaining YouTube video reveals what might […]

Ed Hood moves us on into the 80s with his Tour de France through the decades series. Let’s take a look back at the riders that defined the decade at the Tour de France and wonder for a moment: Who did shoot JR Ewing; Cliff Barnes? Nah! Kristin Shepard. Don’t worry if you had to […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Casting Call Opportunity for Ford Commercial A new national commercial for Ford is currently casting Latino and Latina cyclists, ages 20–39, for a professional production scheduled to take place in the Seattle, Washington area from July 15 to 18, 2025. The production is looking for 5 to 7 cyclists based […]

Gear Break: Pirelli has just launched the P ZERO Race RS, a high-performance tube-type road cycling tyre designed for racers who demand speed, reliability, and sustainability. Made in Italy using FSC®-certified natural rubber and tested by World Tour teams like Lidl-Trek and Alpecin-Deceuninck, this new clincher option brings elite-level performance to everyday riders. In this […]

In this week’s AIRmail newsletter, The Outer Line takes an in-depth look at trending cycling news: UAE continues dominance, questionable new safety guidelines, Stadiobike announces plans for new racing series, African team to race at MCC and Hincapie unveils new team …… # Catch up on pro cycling – and its context within the broader […]

We always imagine a holiday as something that should happen far away. We want to cross the ocean or a continent to a place with different trees, different people, different things. That novelty and transformation pulls our attention back to the world around us before everything becomes too much the same. Yet the world is […]

As the excitement rises for the 2025 Tour de France, we have a full EUROTRASH with all the latest news from the French behemoth. Plus video, race report, result and rider quotes from the Giro dell’Appennino. TOP STORY: Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Roglič take a look at the Col de la Loze Rider news: No National […]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – The American Criterium Cup continues on Saturday, June 27, with the 46th running of the Cafe Hollander Otto Wenz Downer Classic. The third stop on the summer-long professional series in the United States takes place during the 11 days of racing around Wisconsin at the Tour of America’s Dairyland. The Downer Avenue Classics […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Emporia, Kansas is not the likeliest home for the world’s most famous gravel bike race.  For most of the year, the sleepy college town, which lies on the Kansas Turnpike between Topeka and Wichita, is a hub for families that farm the nearby upland prairie called the Flint Hills. Asa […]

After seeing what goes on inside the Mips helmet test lab in Stockholm, I can tell you I’ve never felt better about wearing a Mips-equipped helmet. It’s one thing to understand the theory behind safety tech. It’s another to watch helmets get smashed to pieces in real-time — all in the name of protecting your […]

The Drive G45 CS wheels from Elite Wheels may change what you thought you knew about wheels from a little known brand from China.  But these carbon gravel wheels punch way above their price-class, given the production value, high quality finish, and all in-house fabrication and build.  And the price will blow you away. The […]

TOOLBOX: Pedaling may seem like the most natural motion on a bike—but when you’re turning the cranks over 5,000 times an hour, small inefficiencies can add up fast. While many cyclists focus on fit and equipment, few stop to consider how symmetrical their pedaling actually is—or whether their dominant leg is doing more work than […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Movement, like cycling, plays a powerful role in healing by boosting mental and physical recovery after trauma or hardship. Pedaling Through the Past When Movement Aids Recovery Movement has been linked with healing ever since human culture has existed, with the practice of exercise therapy spanning cultures and centuries. Simply […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: The US-registered team will reignite racing state-side and aim to inspire the next generation of talent With a shared vision of delivering performance at the top of the sport, Modern Adventure Pro Cycling athletes will ride aboard the latest Factor Bikes as a new partnership is announced A new era […]

Mallorca Fall Cycling Trip 2025: Eat, Ride, Sip & Save Big Looking for the ultimate cycling escape this fall? Join us on one of our premier Mallorca Fall Trips, running September 29–October 5, 2025, and October 15–21, 2025. Discover why Mallorca is the go-to destination for cyclists from around the globe—and how affordable it can […]

While professional cycling may not garner the same unprecedented amount of attention and worldwide coverage compared to its other sporting predecessors, there has since remained a growing interest within the profession and its involvement in sports media coverage which has since expanded immensely in recent years, which now has fans firmly enthralled as to which […]

In today’s congested urban environments, the Qronge Lava 3-wheel electric bike has emerged as the ideal transportation solution for adults and senior riders. Compared to traditional two-wheel bicycles, this electric trike (3 wheel electric bike) features 4.0-inch fat tires that deliver triple the contact area, dramatically improving traction on wet surfaces. Its 750W high-power motor […]

The Route d’Occitanie is a 2.1 category stage race with a nice mix of WorldTour, ProTeam and Continental squads that race around the hills and villages of the magnificent Occitanie region in France every year just before the Tour de France. This year our man in France, Chris Selden was on hand at the start […]

The UAE Emirates XRG team showed that they don’t need Tadej Pogačar to win the final overall in stage races. João Almeida took the Tour de Suisse and Filippo Baroncini the Baloise Belgium Tour. In a packed EUROTRASH we also have the video, race reports, results and rider quotes from the Men’s and Women’s Copenhagen […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Jordi Meeus and Lorena Wiebes Win Inaugural Copenhagen Sprint Womens Race: Lorena Wiebes Wins in Dominant Fashion A New Classic Joins the Women’s WorldTour Calendar The women’s WorldTour welcomed a new one-day race to the calendar with the debut of the Copenhagen Sprint—a 151-kilometer flat route from Roskilde to the […]

As someone who has a bookshelf groaning with volumes dedicated to a certain now-non-Tour de France-winning Texan and even three autobiographies of Mark Cavendish, it has always seemed odd to me that books dedicated to the “Greatest Cyclist of the 20th Century,” according to the UCI, are fairly scarce in English, or pretty much any […]