Cycling Blog

At the Cascade Cycling Classic's final stage, Holowesko-Citadel's Robin Carpenter achieved the lead on the final day by achieving a time bonus at the finish.Alex Howes (US National Team) took the final-stage victory in Bend and Oregon, but Carpenter in the second place while the six-second time bonus made Alex become past overnight leader. Rally Cycling's Evan Huffman went to the final podium as the second runner-up."The last day is hard. It's a good day to take it, a good day to save your bullets. It was definitely stressful. I have to say I was pretty relieved afterwards, but I'm...

Now, more and more cycling apps are constantly flooding the market. There are loads of advantages the app brings to us. You can use the app for recording your ride, monitoring your training, or detecting the road condition. What’s more, there is a large vast range of cycling information through your smartphone, allowing taking place by a bike computer or GPS. The app will collect the data from your rides which can be saved and uploaded to websites so you can observe your progress and compare your rides with others. Smartphones have exerted a huge impact on the cycling industry....

Sara Poidevin took the final stage at the Cascade Cycling Classic Sunday, but the Rally Cycling rider failed to overcome the gap to race leader Allie Dragoo (Sho-Air Twenty20), who took an emotional overall win for the team she just lately re-joined.Dragoo ended the third on the stage behind Poidevan and Emma Grant (Colavita-Bianchi), suitable enough to seal her general classification victory by seven seconds over Poidevin and one minute over her teammate Jasmin Duehring in third. After the race, the tearful Dragoo expressed her gratitude to her team for the effort throughout the week after she took yellow on...

V-brakes, also called the linear pull brakes, are lightweight and easy to use on bikes. On the mechanical aspect, they made up of a lever, a cable and a brake caliper. The system is similar to the cantilever brake, but it adds a spring enhances and increases braking power and progressiveness. In addition, the cost of these brakes is quite low and much lower than the disc brake system.However, it is usually seen that some of the road bikes use the disc brake system instead of a V-brake. Disc brakes are popular on road bikes, even racing road bikes in...

No matter you are a beginner or a regular cyclist, do you really know the rights and responsibilities that you have on the road as a rider? As a near 10-year rider by now, I nearly spend all of my spare and commuting time on my beloved bicycle. Indeed, cycling benefits me a lot for these years. It is an excellent tool no matter for recreation, exercise or relaxing. However, when it comes to the exact rights that I actually have, I completely have no idea. When I riding on the road, I always hold the idea that as long...