The 2024 Giro d’Italia will be the 107th edition of the so-called ‘La Corsa Rosa’ and will take place from 4-26 May. With a route featuring lots of time trialling, but lighter on climbing and distance, is there a chance for riders to challenge heavy favourite Tadej Pogačar for the illustrious maglia rosa? Join Dan for our in-depth preview of the race, where he covers all the key information about the race, including riders to watch and the key stages.
From CityofPasadena.net
PASADENA, Calif.— Rediscover the glee and excitement of riding a bike! Leave the car at home and see the city on two wheels during Pasadena Bike Month, May 5 through May 26, 2024. Pasadena Bike Month is organized by the City of Pasadena with community partners Day One and Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition. This fun annual event returns to celebrate bicycling as a safe, healthy, and sustainable way to get around town.
Organizers have planned free activities all month long for riders of all ages and abilities. Helmets (required for youth under 18), bikes in good working order, and bike lights (for night events) are strongly encouraged.
“The City is pleased to once again support Bike Month and we encourage Pasadena residents and visitors to enjoy all that Pasadena has to offer while pedaling a bicycle,” says Pasadena Department of Transportation Director Joaquin Siques. He adds, “Bike to Work Day occurring May 16th is a great way to try commuting to work by bicycle and we hope to see people at our rest-stop at City Hall that morning.”
Promos, Rides, Giveaways- stay in the know! Bike Month is a special time to celebrate all things biking across Los Angeles County. Bikes are a sustainable, healthy and integral part of making Los Angeles a greener city and Metro Bike Share is glad to be a part of that. Join us in celebrating Bike Month however you can!
Helmets, aero handlebars, new wheels and more – here’s a selection of the 🔥 hottest tech at Sea Otter in California. Take a look at what caught our eye on day one of the legendary bike festival.
Luke Lamperti is set to make his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d’Italia next month, with Soudal Quick-Step team boss Patrick Lefevere sending the neo-pro to Italy for the first three-week race of the season.
“I’m very curious to see Luke Lamperti in the Giro d’Italia. It took a long time to find an American who fits in our team and I think he’s the type of rider who can fit with us. He’s also a rider who is also for the Classics in the future,” Lefevere told GCN in a recent interview.
Lamperti, 21, signed for the Belgian squad at the start of the year, inking a two-year deal to propel himself into the WorldTour. The American made a name for himself as a U23 rider on Trinity Racing with a breakout season in 2023. He won a stage at the Giro Next Gen, the Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic in the UK, and became the US national criterium champion.
This year he picked up several impressive early season podium spots before cutting his cloth in the Spring Classics as part of the experienced Soudal squad. He scored a highly credible seventh in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne but was mainly utilized as a support rider and lead-out rider for Tim Merlier.
Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist or just starting out, these five essential tips will help you boost your cycling endurance and prepare you for more epic rides! If you want to cycle further and faster, join Hank as he gives you training strategies, fuelling advice and overall tips to help you unlock your endurance potential!
From SingleTracks.com
The relationship between e-bikes and the Tahoe National Forest (TNF) can best be described as “on again, off again.” Singletracks first reported on the allowance of eMTBs on non-motorized TNF trails in the summer of 2019. E-bike access was granted on 32 trails in five different trail networks.
While the TNF officially gave the “okay” for this new group of trail users to access trails, they made it very clear that they were not changing any policies.
However, this allowance was short-lived. Only a few months later, several equestrian groups filed lawsuits against the TNF, claiming allowing e-bikes disregarded the agency’s own policies.
From CleanTechnica.com
Plastic. It’s literally everywhere on our planet, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. And in case you missed the memo, “plastic recycling is not technically or economically viable at scale,” and is “virtually hopeless.” However, perhaps by using recycled plastics on a small scale, such as for these bicycles by mtrl.bike, this material can play more of a part in the circular economy of the future.
What began in 2014 as just an idea by Johannes Alderse Baas to make a bicycle from recycled plastic has since been developed into a prototype that will be put into small scale production, thanks to a partnership with igus motion plastics®. Formerly known as DutchFiets until 2022, mtrl.bike, along with igus:bike, is now behind the RCYL brand, which is taking pre-orders for these recycled plastic bikes, with a production run in the near future. And with the claim of being “almost maintenance-free,” requiring no oil, and being non-rusting, recycled plastic bikes might be a piece of the sustainable transportation puzzle.
It was all kicking off at Amstel Gold yesterday, with Matthieu Van Der Poel NOT winning a race, and Lorena Wiebes also NOT winning a race… Fortunately Dan is back to round up all the latest news and views from the world of bike racing, including Brabantse Pijl, the French Cup and Giro Da Bruzzo.
