The Stage-Winning Bikes of the Tour de France

If you're following the Tour de France, then you'll see the stage winner each day. But if you're a bike geek like me, you might be interested in what these stage winners are riding! For the duration of the Tour, I'll be keeping track of what bikes, drivetrains, wheels, and tires are winning each stage. When it's all over, we will have some fun and interesting stats that might help influence your own equipment choices. 

How Is Cycling a Team Sport?

Have you ever wondered what the different members of a cycling team do? Fortunately, we have an expert here at TPC to explain it. Our Catalog Supervisor, Johann van Zyl, is a former World Tour pro who has raced in four Grand Tours. He worked as a domestique, sacrificing himself for his team leader at Team Dimension Data. I interviewed him to find out what it's like to ride as a support rider at the highest level of the sport. 

American-Made Bike Brands at TPC Right Now

Feeling a bit patriotic after seeing Neilson Powless win the polka-dot climber's jersey at the Tour? Or maybe your bike caught the wrong end of a Roman candle during your 4th of July celebrations. Either way, I suggest checking out some of the American-made bikes available right now at TPC. These homegrown brands are working hard to keep the dream of American-made bikes alive.

The Dust-Up: Will Unchained Bring About a Road Cycling Revival?

The new Netflix Unchained series seeks to humanize the automaton-seeming athletes that make up professional road cycling’s peloton. But as the exploding gravel scene in the U.S. faces “growing pains,” Nic Morales wonders if the effects of Unchained’s inevitable popularity will remain culturally abstract, or if it will serve to usher in an era of Road 2.0 on America’s gravel roads.