National Cycling League Raises $7.5M in Financing sports-masters December 20, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Events, Featured, Marketplace, Road Cycling, Sports 40 The National Cycling League (NCL) has closed its US$7.5 million seed financing with the amount raised seen as one of the largest private investments in U.S. professional cycling. This oversubscribed round wa...
Hell Yes, You’re an ‘Athlete’ sports-masters December 6, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Sports 51 By Chris Carmichael, CTS Founder and Chief Endurance Officer In a recent article, the New York Times presented the fact Dick’s Sporting Goods refers to customers as “athletes” as if it is something new. It’s...
Bikes Win Big at the Polls sports-masters December 2, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Featured, Health 59 By Kyler Blodgett, State and Local Policy Analyst, PeopleForBikes On November 8, voters across the U.S. approved nearly $3.6 billion dollars in local funding for new bicycle infrastructure, all of which were opportunities that PeopleForBikes tracked and rai...
Race Fuel sports-masters November 29, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Health, Sports 55 By Joel Zanatta, The Biking Lawyer The first time I rode a 122k timed road event I learned a very important lesson. No matter how well you train for a race, if you don’t diligently manage your hydration and ...
Napa Valley has a Sweet New Bike Trail and it’s Growing sports-masters October 24, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Sports 102 By Robert Isenberg, Momentum Mag Picture it: a 47-mile bike trail, smooth and flat, cutting through bucolic farmland. A full 260 sunny days per year, and four seasons of rideable weather. A string of quaint ...
Billions Required to Deliver Cycling Masterplan in England sports-masters September 7, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Uncategorized 106 By Laura Laker, Cycling Industry News Chris Boardman says England would need up to £18bn ($20.7bn USD) to grow cycling equitably between rural and urban areas, against a current pot of up to £3.8bn ($4.3bn USD). Active Travel England (ATE), of which Boar...
Reggie Miller: My 100-Mile Gravel Race Training and Racing Journal sports-masters August 25, 2022 Featured, Mountain Biking, News, Sports 131 By Reggie Miller, NBA Hall of Fame, Olympian, MTB Racer, CTS Contributing Editor I don’t mind doing things outside my comfort zone. I think that’s how you grow as a person. And that’s how I found my way to S...
RAGBRAI: Riding a bike across Iowa isn’t for the sane. Sign me up. sports-masters August 18, 2022 Cycling, Events, Featured, Road Cycling, Sports 119 By Michael Zamora Iowans might be insane. OK, let me back up. I lived in Iowa for about four years, working as a visual journalist and photo editor at the Des Moines Register. I helped share countless sto...
Ipsos: People Cycle Most Where They Feel It’s Safe sports-masters June 6, 2022 Cycling, Featured, News, Sports 152 Survey finds global consensus on bicycles’ key role to reduce carbon emissions and traffic and widespread support for giving them priority in new infrastructure projects A new Ipsos survey finds that most adults across 28 countries consider cycling plays a...
Live the Tour de France Legend Anywhere Around the World sports-masters May 11, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Events, Featured, Road Cycling, Sports 167 The organization that delivers the most popular annual grand tour cycling event has launched a series of international rides called L’Étape Tour de France which are designed to provide cyclists with a “Tour de ...