Rick Hoyt: Triathlon Icon and Disabilities Trailblazer Dies at 61 sports-masters May 24, 2023 Athlete Profiles, Breaking News, Featured, News, Sports, Triathlon 17 Rick Hoyt, who finished the Boston Marathon 36 times using his wheelchair and became an icon of the world-famous race, has died at the age of 61. Over three decades, Rick and Dick Hoyt paved the way for the ...
Identity Crisis: Gravel Biking and Getting Older sports-masters March 19, 2023 Cycling, Featured, Health, Sports 50 By Graham Averill Gravel isn’t sexy. At least, not at first glance. You’re just riding bikes on dirt roads. People have been doing that since 1817, which is when some German dude invented the bicycle. And...
National Cycling League Raises $7.5M in Financing sports-masters December 20, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Events, Featured, Marketplace, Road Cycling, Sports 110 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 114 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...
Billions Required to Deliver Cycling Masterplan in England sports-masters September 7, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Featured, Health, News, Uncategorized 162 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 U...
Reggie Miller: My 100-Mile Gravel Race Training and Racing Journal sports-masters August 25, 2022 Featured, Mountain Biking, News, Sports 211 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 170 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 205 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 a...
Live the Tour de France Legend Anywhere Around the World sports-masters May 11, 2022 Breaking News, Cycling, Events, Featured, Road Cycling, Sports 221 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 ...
Ireland Announces Massive 3,500-kilometre Cycling Network sports-masters May 6, 2022 Cycling, Featured, Mountain Biking, Road Cycling 205 By Ron Johnson, Momentum It is wonderful to see cities and countries across Europe making aggressive climate action plans and including cycling as an important component. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TI...
