Category: kolo
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How Bike Shops Survive
While brick-and-mortar retail has enjoyed a resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic finally wanes, bike shops face the same challenges in the years ahead as they battled in the previous two decades. Giant online retailers, more D2C brands and shrinking margins make your local bike shop’s survival far from guaranteed. Some shops will make it. Some…
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Skarda, Vermeulen Win 2022 Iceman
Scroll through the 2022 Iceman Cometh Challenge results and you’ll see plenty of tight finishes, but few were closer than Alexis Skarda’s first-ever Iceman win. Alexey Vermeulen pocketed his second Iceman on what turned out to be a beautiful day, despite the ominous forecast. Women’s Iceman Pro Race Results The 33 year old from Grand…
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Making an Iceman Part Three: The Epic Conclusion
Last week, I was riding on Zwift with a rather tame Pace Partner. The pace should’ve been easy; the watts I was putting out should’ve been moderate, and my heart rate well within a comfortable range. Instead, I was on my knees. My HR was through the roof, sweat was pouring out of me like…