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August 16, 2021
Retailer R&A Cycles institutes $150 shipping and handling charge on bikes
R&A Cycles, which operates brick-and-mortar stores in Brooklyn and Walnut Creek, California, as well as a well-known e-commerce business, has introduced a $150 charge on bikes sold at its stores, to cover shipping, handling, and assembly. Bicycle Retailer
August 11, 2021
Katie Compton banned for four years by USADA
Katie Compton has accepted a four-year suspension after testing positive for an anabolic agent following an out-of-competition test on Sept. 16, 2020, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced. The 44-year-old had planned to retire after the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Arkansas, scheduled for January 29-30, 2022, but was incredibly...
July 29, 2021
Cyclist’s Olympic Dream Becomes $200,000 Medical Bill Nightmare
It was a race in Pennsylvania that could have sent cyclist Phil Gaimon to the Tokyo Olympics; instead, a serious crash landed the Californian in two hospitals on the East Coast. NPR
July 29, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: German sport director temporarily suspended by UCI for racist comments during men’s time trial
Patrick Moster, the Sport Director for the German Cycling Federation, has been relieved of his duties and sent home from the Olympic Games after he was heard on camera using racist language. VeloNews
July 28, 2021
A Self-Professed Sweater Explores the Science Behind Stink
In her new book, ‘The Joy of Sweat,’ Sarah Everts answers all of our writer’s questions about perspiration. Outside
July 28, 2021
Organizer mishaps continue to plague cycling at Tokyo Games
World time trial champion Anna van der Breggen was pulled from her bike by security, former BMX world champion Niek Kimmann collided at full speed with a race steward who had wandered onto the course, and more. Read why Tokyo officials have been criticized for their work at several cycling...
July 27, 2021
Shimano earnings up; bike division not impacted by part shortages
Shimano only briefly mentioned the global bicycle part shortages in a typically terse first-half financial results announcement, which reported that sales in its bicycle product division were up 73.4% in the first half of its fiscal year, compared to the same period in 2020. Operating income in the bicycle division...
July 25, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Confused Van Vleuten’s joy shortlived in bizarre finish
When Annemiek Van Vleuten crossed the line with her arms in the air at the Fuji International Speedway, the Dutchwoman thought she had won the women's Olympic road cycling race on Sunday. Then she realized she had finished second behind Austrian Anna Keisenhofer by a healthy margin of one minute and...
July 22, 2021
Sea Otter Australia postponed to 2022 due to COVID
Is this 2020 all over again? Sea Otter Australia has been postponed from its 2021 dates to September 29, 2021 to October 3 2022 due to the current COVID threat. Note from Sea Otter: Unfortunately, after carefully monitoring the evolution of the current coronavirus threat, it has become clear that...
July 22, 2021
SEC Halts Alleged Ongoing Offering Fraud Involving Cycling Companies
Arrested: Samuel Mancini managed and controlled Outdoor Capital Partners LLC (OCP), which he purported to be a venture capital and private equity firm, and promised investors that he was raising $20 million, including $5 million of his own money, for OCP Italia to invest solely in acquiring controlling interests in...