# \#bicycling-cycling **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/bicycling-cycling/61.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Tour de France 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2026/1031427)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2026/1031427 "2026-08-30T13:28:30Z")
Consensus is either Vingegaard or Pogacar will win it, which is is one reason why I tend to follow the polka-dot (climbing) jersey – at least there is some variation on that. Green (sprinting) also, but that doesn’t inte… --- ## [Tour de France 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2025/1020630)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2025/1020630 "2025-07-27T20:55:20Z")
Since @Gorsnak hasn’t started it, I will create the 2025 TdF thread. I’m behind, just finished watching stage 2 highlights. Interesting wipeout on the cobblestones on stage 1. Brian --- ## [Tour de France 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2024/1003454 "2025-02-14T22:39:39Z")
This Saturday marks the beginning of this year’s edition of the big bicycle race in France. I haven’t been following racing as closely this year as I have in the past several since GCN+ shuttered their streaming service,… --- ## [Horror crash at the Basque Tour, Vingegaard, Evenepoel and Roglic involved and injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-crash-at-the-basque-tour-vingegaard-evenepoel-and-roglic-involved-and-injured/999823)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-crash-at-the-basque-tour-vingegaard-evenepoel-and-roglic-involved-and-injured/999823 "2024-04-04T18:43:50Z")
About an hour ago, on the 4th stage of the Basque Tour, a horrible mass crash happened in a downhill curve at the head of the peloton. I’m reporting this watching Eurosport and only have their information. The curve look… --- ## [Tour de France 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2023/986374)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2023/986374 "2023-09-18T07:48:33Z")
The Tour de France starts tomorrow (Saturday). I don’t really follow professional cycling, but I enjoy reading updates and analysis in the annual TdF thread from the knowledgeable posters here. So I’m hoping if I start i… --- ## [Women's cycling and giving birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-cycling-and-giving-birth/968883)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-cycling-and-giving-birth/968883 "2022-08-02T05:51:32Z")
Anybody knowledgable of body mechanics out there? For women that are competitive in road cycling, does having given birth change a women’s body mechanics such that it affects their cycling? Does it affect anything in a… --- ## [Tour de France 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2022/967688)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2022/967688 "2022-08-02T01:15:12Z")
Didn’t see a thread for 2022, which is odd because we have (or had) some hardcore fans. I’m more of a casual fan myself. What I’ve found interesting so far (I’m a bit behind). Is M. Cort Nielsen’s record number of mounta… --- ## [Wins cycling stage of Giro d'Italia - Then Loses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wins-cycling-stage-of-giro-ditalia-then-loses/964629)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wins-cycling-stage-of-giro-ditalia-then-loses/964629 "2022-05-18T20:25:37Z")
Tuesday proved to be an eventful day for Biniam Girmay, who made cycling history at the Giro d’Italia but later had to go to the hospital with an eye injury sustained during his podium celebrations. Eritrean Girmay be… --- ## [Cheapo or expensive bike - 10 year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapo-or-expensive-bike-10-year-old/953697)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapo-or-expensive-bike-10-year-old/953697 "2021-11-15T01:18:40Z")
So my older son (10 yo / 5’ tall) has outgrown his 20" bike, and needs a new one. As best I can tell, he’s kind of in between 24 and 26" bikes- there are models in each wheel size that will fit a person his height. The… --- ## [A very l-o-n-g and angry yet embarrassing tale of a bicycle tire which you may find amusing at my expense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-l-o-n-g-and-angry-yet-embarrassing-tale-of-a-bicycle-tire-which-you-may-find-amusing-at-my-expense/947451)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-l-o-n-g-and-angry-yet-embarrassing-tale-of-a-bicycle-tire-which-you-may-find-amusing-at-my-expense/947451 "2021-07-29T01:55:53Z")
I got a flat on my bike just a few minutes into my ride. I ride about 40-45 miles a week. I’m not a competitive rider, but I prefer riding a bike outdoors to any other form of cardio exercise. I average 15 MPH, so not bl… --- ## [TdF2021 - ALLEZ!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2021-allez/944839)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2021-allez/944839 "2021-07-21T05:27:09Z")
Welcome back cycling sport fans to the annual follow along thread of premier grand tour, Le Tour de France, 2021 edition. Looks like the subtitle of this year’s tour can fairly be named ‘Tour de Slovénie’. It’s Pogacar… --- ## [2021 UCI World Tour Bicycle Racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-uci-world-tour-bicycle-racing/937300)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-uci-world-tour-bicycle-racing/937300 "2021-05-08T23:26:15Z")
There’s traditionally an annual Tour de France thread in this forum, and last year with the topsy turvy schedule we ended up using that thread for the Tour, the Giro, the Vuelta, the World Championships, and various of t… --- ## [Anybody use Zwift or similar indoor cycling apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-zwift-or-similar-indoor-cycling-apps/933056)
**Author:** [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-zwift-or-similar-indoor-cycling-apps/933056 "2021-02-16T21:19:43Z")
I’ve got a standard turbotrainer but riding indoors is very boring. It looks like Zwift “gamifies” the exercise and might make it more fun. I’d need a new “smart” turbotrainer and it looks like they start at £500 and go … --- ## [TdF2020 - Allez!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2020-allez/918985)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2020-allez/918985 "2020-11-08T21:39:21Z")
With just four days to go before the start, here’s a good write up about this years favorites: Notably missing are Froome and Thomas. Back in is Bernal, however not ranked as the top favorite due to a recent back inju… --- ## [Bicycle people...help me pick out a bike!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-people-help-me-pick-out-a-bike/817623)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-people-help-me-pick-out-a-bike/817623 "2020-07-21T23:04:06Z")
Some things to know up front: Everything I know about bikes I have learned in the last 36 hours or so. The last time I really rode a bike was a Murray 10-speed from Wal-Mart, 1985 vintage. I ain’t made of money, but un… --- ## [Cycling people: Help be work out/find a training plan for a 50-mile ride the last weekend of August](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-people-help-be-work-out-find-a-training-plan-for-a-50-mile-ride-the-last-weekend-of-august/855260)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-people-help-be-work-out-find-a-training-plan-for-a-50-mile-ride-the-last-weekend-of-august/855260 "2020-07-11T23:15:01Z")
I signed up for a 50-mile gravel race on August 29. I’ve been letting myself go a bit, but this week I did an 11-mile hike and an 18-mile ride. I wanted to hit 20 miles but I was having a lot of chain slip and decided to…