What a week, right? It was a busy week of news here at Bicycling and we compiled a few stories you might have missed!
These aren’t the only news stories we published this week, just some of our favorites. Here’s a handy round up of some of the stories that had us talking this week that you may have missed.
Who Needs The Oscars? The Bicycle Film Festival is Coming to Your Living Room
The Oscars are over but you’re still craving some cinematic genius? We recommend the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF). And best of all, you don’t have to leave the comfort of your own home.
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The 2024 Men’s Tour de France Will Finish Up With a Hilly 35K Time Trial
For the first time in the long and storied history of cycling’s ultimate race, the men’s Tour de France will not finish in Paris, and for the first time since 1975, with a crit-style loop around the Champs-Élysées.
Miguel Ángel López Is Taking Astana to Court
After terminating his contract in December of last year, Colombian superstar Miguel Ángel López is taking his former team, Astana Qazaqstan, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland for breach of contract.
Bikeshares Are Usually Run By Big Business. This Family-Owned Bikeshare Startup Is Aiming to Change That.
In big cities, bikeshares are run by big business. In Youngstown, Ohio, the family-owned YoGo Bikeshare believes in the power of ‘micro-mobility.’ And that shift in thinking may be revolutionary for the bike sharing industry as a whole.
UCI-Level Cycling in Africa is Growing Fast, Especially Among Women and Juniors
Besides a few events, professional cycling in Africa has historically not gotten a lot of attention, but that seems to be changing. Over the past 10 years, a focus throughout the continent has been on youth and women’s teams.
Grieving Lotte Kopecky Exorcises Her Pain Winning Nokere Koerse
We all grieve in our own way. For Lotte Kopecky, who tragically and suddenly lost her older brother Seppe, 29, not even a week ago, this week’s edition of the Nokere Koerse in Belgium seemed to be a release valve for her pain.
Natascha Grief got her first bike shop job before she was old enough to drink. After a six-year stint as a mechanic, earning a couple pro-mechanic certifications and her USA Cycling Race Mechanics license, she became obsessed with framebuilding and decided she wanted to do that next. After Albert Eistentraut literally shooed her off his doorstep, admonishing that if she pursued framebuilding she will be poor forever, she landed an apprenticeship with framebuilder Brent Steelman in her hometown of Redwood City, CA. After that, she spent several years working for both large and not-so-large cycling brands. Somewhere in there she also became a certified bike fitter. Natascha then became a certified personal trainer and spent nine years honing her skills as a trainer and coach, while also teaching Spin. During the dumpster fire that was the year 2020, she opened a fitness studio and began contributing regularly to Runner’s World and Bicycling as a freelance writer. In 2022, she joined the staff of Bicycling as News Editor.
