Cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger was a relative unknown in Europe's 2,485-mile Transcontinental Race that took 265 cyclists from Burgas, Bulgaria to Brest, France. That changed, however, when she dominated the entire field to win the event in 10 days, two hours and 48 minutes. The second-fastest rider? Ben Davies, from the U.K., who was still roughly 11 hours behind the [...]
Bo knows baseball. Bo knows football. And, it turns out, Bo knows cycling, too. Bo Jackson, the only former MLB and NFL player to be named an All-Star in both leagues, has been leading the proverbial peloton when it comes to helping his home state of Alabama. For the past seven years, Jackson has hosted Bo Bikes Bama, a charity [...]
No, it's not a bird or a plane. It's Denise Mueller-Korenek on a bicycle. The 45-year-old cyclist and mother of three became the fastest human to ride a bike over open ground in mid-September. Her speed: 183.932 mph, or the same acceleration a Boeing 747 needs to takeoff. Mueller-Korenek's record-setting feat eclipsed the 167 mph mark set by Fred Rompelberg [...]
James Beard award-winning chef and restaurateur Daniel Humm, 41, is used to working in front of a flame, but glance down at his running shoes as he's cooling off from the kitchen and lapping Central Park, and you just might see sparks. Need proof? How about a 3:12:10 finish at the 2017 New York City Marathon, or a 2:51:14 personal [...]
And the winner of the Tour de France is.......Peter Thompson! Okay, not quite, but the British man did cross the finish line first after covering 2,082 miles through the Alps and Pyrenees mountain ranges. However, he didn't do it on two thin wheels. He did it on foot. Thompson began his 68-day run, that included 45,000 meters of climbing, on [...]
The DoD Warrior Games are nearly upon us, so what better way to celebrate the annual competition that pits 300 wounded, ill and injured service men and women against each other in 11 sports than by highlighting two of its participants? Thanks to Dove Men+Care Deodorant, which is sponsoring the competition, we're able to get to know former National Guard [...]
A group of homeless women in London ride bikes regularly to add life to their days. Thanks to a special cycling club started by Sustrans, a non-profit that makes it easier for people to walk and cycle the city, the residents from Queen Mary homeless women’s hostel are taking part in a more "holistic" approach to mental health treatment in [...]
After three weeks and 2,220 miles, Tour de France winner Chris Froome immediately looked for Channel 4 reporter Tom Calverley upon dismounting the bike on the Champs-Élysées. It wasn't for an interview, however. Froome reached into his pocket and pulled out an engagement ring for Calverley, who then promptly got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend. "I've been [...]
Andy Engert had been at odds with a group of cyclists for a while. They would ride and park their bikes in the fire lane down the road from where he works at Tiajana Flats in Florida. It drove him up the wall to the point where he would yell in anger as they passed by and complain to his [...]
Popeye had his spinach. Competitive cyclist Hannah Jordan has her "Super Juice." Jordan, a 15-year-old from Tulsa, Okla. wears a special backpack under her kit carrying sugar water. It's not to gain some sort of competitive edge either. She totes it to keep her alive. Jordan was born with a metabolic disorder which prevents her from storing glycogen and from [...]
