Cycling News

TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021 Cycling Plus magazine and its affiliate website BikeRadar.com revealed the winners of its 2021 Bike of the Year awards, and top honors went to the TCR Advanced SL Disc 0. This reengineered, pro-level road racing bike was named "Superbike of the Year," with editors calling it a “dream machine with exquisite handling and brutally fast acceleration.” Cycling Plus and BikeRadar editors combed through the top 2021 road bikes to select 32 finalists representing the year’s best offerings. Of those, the TCR Advanced SL Disc stood above all others, impressing testers as “the most complete race bike on sale today...

21 MAY 2021 Thousands of riders around the world joined Giant Group, parent company of the Giant, Liv, Momentum and CADEX brands, along with partners Zwift and World Bicycle Relief, to celebrate the 13th annual Ride Like King event. First held in 2009, Ride Like King honors Giant Group founder King Liu and his ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the benefits of cycling. This year’s event included three days of virtual and outdoor rides that generated bike donations for people and communities in need through World Bicycle Relief. Nearly 5000 riders, close to double the number from last year, completed...

20 MAY 2021 Cycling Plus published its 2021 Bike of the Year awards in the new July issue, and editors named the TCR Advanced Pro Disc 1 "Performance Bike of the Year." The lightweight composite all-rounder earned a perfect 5-star rating, inspiring editors to label it “awesome,” claiming it “encompasses everything a fast bike should be.” In its review of the TCR Advanced Pro Disc in the magazine, and also on Cycling Plus’s website BikeRadar.com, editors wrote: “On the road it’s just stunning—an exhilarating and exciting ride that gives you everything a high-quality race bike should. It feels efficient, accelerates rapidly and rewards strong...

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Celebrate World Bicycle Day by joining us for Pedal to Empower this June 5! No matter where you are, whether you’re on two wheels or training wheels, join us as we ride to empower women and girls in need around the world with life-changing bicycles. Our friends at World Bicycle Relief are hosting their annual Pedal to Empower ride on Saturday, June 5 to empower women and girls to break down barriers with bikes. Everyone is invited you to join this movement and celebrate World Bicycle Day and the Power of Bicycles! This is an all-ages ride for anyone, any...

Friday, May 14, 2021 Linda Indergand of Liv Factory Racing once again came out swinging at round two of the UCI World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. After a hard battle in challenging conditions, Indergand finished fifth. The rain set in as practice began in Nové Město, creating muddy, slick conditions for Friday’s short track cross country race. With a few changes to the course over previous years, riders were in for more climbing and an additional technical rock garden on the descent. After finishing second in the first XCC race in Albstadt and seventh in XCO on Sunday, Liv...