It’s officially summer north of the equator, so it’s that time of year for your warm weather riding wardrobe. The Q36.5 Dolomites Extreme and Gregarius collections offer a wide array of choices to stay cool and look cool. The pieces in the collections are engineered to excel in the uniquely extreme and volatile conditions found […]

Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France was a stark reminder of just how extreme the race has become. With over 5,600 meters of climbing and a brutal summit finish at Courchevel, even the world’s best riders were pushed to the edge of collapse. As gaunt faces crossed the line in ones and twos, […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Bike Temecula Valley, in partnership with the City of Temecula, is proud to announce the return of Ride the Vines on Sunday, October 19, 2025—a premier cycling event showcasing the natural beauty, vibrant community, and award-winning vineyards of the Temecula Valley. Now in its fourth year, Ride the Vines has grown into a highly […]

In today’s health-conscious world, nutrition books are a go-to resource for training and diet advice—but how credible are their authors? With the explosion of diet fads and self-published health gurus, it’s more important than ever to critically assess who’s behind the claims. From conflicts of interest to questionable qualifications, this article breaks down a recent […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: 2025 Tour de France – Final Week Recap Pogacar Seals Fourth Title as Big Names Shine in Alps and Paris The final week of the 2025 Tour de France delivered unforgettable moments, from decisive mountain attacks to a dramatic Champs-Élysées finale. As the race moved through the Alps and toward […]

Race Wrap: The 2025 Tour de France must be considered as one of the most difficult in history. From the opening nine-days of Northern Classic themed stages, all raced at astonishing speed, to the extraordinarily mountainous second half where even the transition stages went through the Massif Central and the Jura Mountains, the racers were […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 21 Report: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates XRG) has won the 2025 Tour de France. The Slovenian World champion knew he had won 50 kilometres before the finish in Paris, when the times were neutralised due to wet, slippery conditions. Pogačar joined Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) and Florian […]

Our bookshelves are groaning with volumes devoted to the Tour de France, the world’s preeminent cycling road race. Books about the Tour in 1903; great climbs of the Tour; famous stages of the Tour; the Tour de France seen from above; the France of the Tour de France; biographies of pros who won it five […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: The Top Women’s Stage Race Returns for an Epic Edition from Brest to Hautacam The 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift returns with another powerful display of endurance, strategy, and high-level women’s racing. Running from July 26 to August 3, 2025, the race will feature nine stages across western […]

We’re now down to the second last stage of the Tour’25 and this was THE day that the breakaway specialists had highlighted before the race as one for them. 184km and up and down most of the day – perfect for a break? In form riders and breakaway specialists like Jonas Abrahamsen, Victor Campenaerts, Mauro […]

Roadside Tour’15: As the 2018 Tour de France gets ready to hammer round Paris for the final stage 21 we look back at Ed Hood’s 2015 trip to the French capital city. The rain fell heavily on the Champs Élesées on that Sunday in 2015, but that didn’t dampen Ed and Callum’s enthusiasm. The big […]

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SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Cycling is a physically grueling sport, but it’s the mental demands that often separate podium finishers from the pack. A 2021 article published by Bicycling noted that athletes who are mentally tough are more likely to train harder, push through plateaus, and ultimately experience superior performance outcomes. Yet the mental […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 19 Report: Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers) won the shortened nineteenth stage of the 2025 Tour de France in La Plagna. The Dutchman attacked early on the final climb, leaving Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates XRG) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) to look at each other. The two top […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Want to explore your destination like a local instead of a tourist? The global bike rental market was worth USD 3.51 billion in 2023 and it’s exploding for one simple reason. Travelers have figured out something that tour companies don’t want you to know. Bike rentals give you complete freedom […]

Gear Break: From clever tools that make bike maintenance easier to groundbreaking gear that pushes the limits of performance, this roundup dives into some of the latest innovations in the cycling world. We take a look at Arch Design Works’ practical problem-solvers from inventor Dave Archer, Alpitude’s beautifully engineered Tonale seatpost, Continental’s accessible new Grand […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Explore the CicLAvia – Culver City Meets Venice Route On Sunday, August 17, CicLAvia returns for its 61st open streets event with 6.75 miles of car-free streets linking Culver City, Mar Vista, and Venice at CicLAvia Culver City to Venice. Participants of all ages and abilities can walk, jog, bike, […]

The Queen stage of Le Tour is finally here – 171km with a massive 5,450m of vertical gain. A scary profile for the peloton today – 3 HC climbs Today’s queen stage started with a relatively easy 24km ride to the intermediate sprint which the Lidl-Trek boys were treating as their finish line. There were […]

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Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France is another beastly day in the mountains – this day kicking off the French Alps portion of the race.  Almost 172km in length, featuring three hors categories climbs – the Col du Glandon at 1924m high, the Madeleine to 2000m , and finally summiting the Col de […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 17 Report: The last chance for a stage win for the sprinters in the 2025 Tour de France, went to the green jersey wearer, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in Valence. In a very wet final kilometres, the Italian sprinter was faster than Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic […]

Electric bicycles have revolutionized cycling by making previously challenging terrains accessible to riders of all fitness levels. One of the most common questions potential e-bike owners ask is whether these electric-powered machines can handle steep inclines effectively. The answer is definitively yes, but the performance depends on several critical factors that determine how well your […]

In a sport where tactics, terrain, weather, and timing all merge into one fluid contest, predicting the outcome of a cycling race can seem like guesswork. Yet, as machine learning becomes more accessible to fans, punters, and analysts alike, there’s a growing push to apply data-driven models to a sport that has long thrived on […]

The most famous and difficult bike race, the Tour de France, has changed significantly since its inception in 1903. Technology, science, and planning have changed an endurance test on a bumpy road and poor roads to high-speed spectacles. Recently, the race’s faster pace has become a more heated topic of discussion. We now know that […]

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