Even more silly WorldTour team rumors.
Jumbo-Visma and Soudal-Quickstep are merging into one soul-crushing behemoth that will destroy pro cycling. Well, maybe. Apple CEO and cycling fan Tim Cook chit chats with Jumbo boss Richard Plugge, setting off talk of a possible Apple-Visma formation. Well, maybe. It's that time of year for the outlandish, the absurd, the improbable and the ridiculous. The rumors are mostly fabrications [...]
Ineos Genadiers: shopping for relevance
How the mighty have free-fallen. Remember how just three or four years ago, Ineos Grenadiers were the most dominant stage race team in pro cycling? They had seamlessly transitioned from Tour winner Bradley Wiggins to four time Tour winner Chris Froome and then, as Froome began his fade, in pedaled Egan Bernal to win his first Tour in 2019. It [...]
Patrick Lefevere Jumbo rider diss preview
Rumors that the world's most powerful pro cycling team Jumbo Visma might merge with Patrick Lefevere's Soudal-Quickstep squad opens up new comedy scenarios. Patrick Lefevere is well-known for belittling and dissing his riders in public if he feels they merit the abuse or if Lefevere needs some media attention. In the past he's called out former world champion Julian Alaphilippe [...]
Review: Bontrager Adventure top tube bag
I stole this from my wife. I had originally bought the Bontrager Adventure top tube bag ($42.99) for my wife's bike. It was simple, compact, easy to attach and water-resistant. However, I began borrowing it more and more and now, we're at the bickering stage of who deserves the Adventure more. Probably me -- I'm the one with the cycling blog. [...]
Review: Banjo Brothers Grocery Panniers. Score!
Once we moved part-time to a big East coast city, we decided to skip having a car. Didn't want the expense and hassles of street parking, gas and insurance, parking tickets or the dread DUI after too many cocktails. Save the planet was also in the back of our minds. So the plan was no car, period. Which meant we [...]
Major Kuss Effect on US road cycling? Doubtful
Chris Horner, first American winner of the Vuelta a Espana hopes Sepp Kuss, the second winner, will jumpstart US road cycling. We sincerely hope he's right but this seems highly unlikely. "The racing scene in the US is drowning or at best its nose is over the water. Hopefully, this brings out the exposure but it does take a few [...]