Road Culture

Mind-reading in wine country

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Chris takes a new look at Louisville

Judy Freeman says the largest single-day mountain bike race in the U.S isn't only a race but a force for change.

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Food on the road: Chris reports on culinary finds from Morocco to Cincinnati.

It's a torn Ted King that visits home in October. Some time away from the bike would be welcome, but the roads in New Hampshire in October pass through 'a seemingly impossible explosion of colors.'

Chris Jones stays on target and on plan, and finds mud and rain in Southern California

From road to 'cross, from Sin City to Wisconsin to Gloucester, Jeremy Powers checks in on his recent travel and successes on the road and the dirt.

Team Rapha-Focus' Chris Jones' first cyclocross journal for VeloNews.com

A grateful Ted King, winding down his season, gives a final push toward the finish line and the world championships.

Coming back from an injury or a layoff is a very challenging task.

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From the competition, to the course and even registration, Singletrack.com columnist Judy Freeman says what's different about racing a World Cup or the world championships versus a national event is, well, pretty much everything.

Final Approach. Something about flying into a town stirs nostalgia and excitement for pro cyclist Ted King.

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A knot of pro men are vying for the lead in the six-day, lung-busting event known as the Breck Epic in Colorado. Read some of the mental wanderings of Sarah Uhl, someone not vying for the lead but busting butt nonetheless at the Epic.

The gravity of an injury takes a back seat to the importance of the race.

Dave Wiens says he's feeling "pretty good" about his fitness for the Leadville Trail 100 on August 14; at least as fit as he has the last few years at this point leading up to the race.

Here's a taste of a Dave Wiens training ride: Hancock Pass summits at just over 12,000 feet and then plunges down through a minefield of rocks. Now just add a few more high-elevation passes.

Jelly Belly's pro rider helps organize a Grand FUNdo in Massachusetts to support developing riders — and have fun.

Intervals and weight training are just another day's work for Dave Wiens as he prepares for the Leadville Trail 100.

A recovering Amber Neben spends some time on the stationary trainer, watching the Tour and imagining what if...

VeloNews columnist Jennifer Caudill answers some FAQs about the life of a podium girl, and gives her opinion of the Tour de France podium wardrobe.

Whether it's on the mountain bike or road rig, Dave Wiens works in the climbing as he trains for the Leadville Trail 100.

The RadioShack rider checks in with VeloNews following the stage 19 time trial

Summer camp pro-cyclist style involves long days in the saddle, the Tour on TV and ... chocolate bananas?

Looking at stage 15 and ahead with the RadioShack rider

The middle of a grand tour is like 'being halfway in crossing the Sahara Desert ... stranded in the middle of a giant abyss that has already consumed you.'

The RadioShack rider looks back at stage 10 and assesses the strengths of Saxo Bank and Astana

The RadioShack rider gives an inside view of the team's tactics on the Col de Madeleine

"We have our work cut out for us, but there couldn’t be a better inspiration than having your team leader at the top of the standings in the biggest bike race in the world."

The popular RadioShack rider checks in with Neal Rogers on Tuesday

A race like no other

Making the Tour team and dealing with the 'mind tornado' of pre-Tour madness

Junior racer Dean Haas reports on his journey to the national road championships in Bend, Oregon, this week.

Ted returns to the U.S. for some post-Giro R&R and reports on how he found the state of domestic cycling

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski goes long at Colorado's Bailey 100 in preparation for the Leadville Trail 100 in August.

The first check in with Dean Haas, a junior aiming for a national road race championship this week.

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Neben looks at the coach-athlete relationship

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Jelly Belly's Jeremy Powers tells his Amgen Tour of California stories, from the big breaks to the 'dots.'

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On the Giro's second rest day Cervelo's Ted King takes some time to define some new additions to the Giro d'Italia vocabulary.

The latest journal from writer, photographer and Amgen Tour of California podium girl Jen Caudill, about life as the significant other of a pro cyclist, Garmin-Transitions' Steven Cozza.

Along with her well-chronicled success on a cyclocross bike, Katie Compton is no slouch when it comes to fat tires. What's her mountain bike plan for 2010 and beyond?

If there's a single lesson to be gleaned from the Giro d'Italia, it is to expect the unexpected.

Having the Giro begin in Amsterdam was like mixing opera with Ska.

A rushed European trip and a borrowed race bike leads to predictable results

A look at the risks inherent in a sport contested at high speeds on narrow and often dangerous roads.

For Singletrack.com columnist and pro XC racer Judy Freeman, the Sea Otter Classic is all about the bike — with some racing thrown into the Monterey mix.

It's not the volcano that's making Ted's ears ring, it's the church.

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After thinking her days in Holland were over, Neben finds herself back — and actually enjoying the racing this time.

It's been more than a month since I arrived in Spain and since Steven is now mostly healed from his collarbone surgery, my nursing skills are minimally required. Now my energy can be directed toward other things such as forming friendships, finding a routine that involves "me time" and getting to know my way around a kitchen. For me, the latter of these objectives is absolutely the most challenging.

With the domestic pro cross-country season openers under his belt in California, Subaru-Gary Fisher's Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski has a few more trips ahead of him this spring.

You may not know who the hell Freddy Nietzsche is, but if you've ever raced mountain bikes you know what the philosopher meant when he said "That which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." Allow Judy Freeman, pro XC racer and Singletrack.com columnist, to explain…

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Sky's Michael Barry heads into the classics season knowing that victory takes a full effort by every member of the team.

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How men and women experience the same stretch of technical singletrack is different. Hopefully, understanding this could help some gals progress further on the bike. And if it saves a relationship or two, well, that'd also be sweet.

Pacific plunges in February, SEALS training and DJ AM. It's all good.

In a report from a grueling Paris-Nice, Ted says he's proving Albert Einstein's theory about repetition and insanity.

Amber reflects on her team's recent win at the Tour of New Zealand and the relationship between success and opportunity.

The first in a series of columns by Jennifer Caudill: writer, fashion model, photographer and girlfriend of Garmin-Transitions pro Steven Cozza. First column: dealing with Steven's broken collar bone.

Judy Freeman, pro XC racer and Singletrack.com columnist, put on her teacher hat for Women's Weekend 2010 at Ray's Indoor MTB Park in Cleveland.

Another foggy winter day in Girona, and Cervelo TestTeam's Ted King contemplates why so many cyclists migrate to the Spanish town.

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Endurance champ Rebecca Rusch gives the blow-by-blow of her South American race adventure with teammate Heidi Volpe.

Judy Freeman, Kenda-Felt pro and Singletrack.com columnist, hit the road to find more temperate climes to train in compared to wintry Colorado. What'd she discover? Clingy cacti and a Smith&Wesson cyclist.

24-hour solo world champ Rebecca Rusch reports from her South American winter training camp: Next up is the Tour de la Patagonia.

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In Michael Barry's first column of the new year, he talks about his new team, Sky, and the sharp transition from winter training to racing.

Two trips in the race ambulance help Amber Neben find growth in embracing adversity.

Singletrack.com columnist and XC pro Judy Freeman has a new team for 2010. Figuring out the season is now about being pragmatic and pursuing possibilities.

Cervelo's Ted King rejoins his second family at a team training camp in Portugal.

Jelly Belly roadie Jeremy Powers kicks off 2010 with a quick look back at 2009.

Guest columnist and recent national masters champion Pete Webber checks in from the motherland of ’cross.