Todd Aalgaard

This weekend, on Saturday, Jan. 9, the growing appeal of fat biking is coming to Ontario with a new competition—and one that’s the first in a series.

Israeli pro cycling squad Team Cycling Academy, it was announced this week, has new backing from one of the most prestigious names in global cycling going into its sophomore season.

In Windsor, Ont., it seems, cycling is in the air these days.

In 1939, British cyclist Tommy Godwin raised the cycling bar to a position that nobody thought could be surmounted.

Remember those glorious, mild, spring-like days of late 2015, Toronto riders? That beautifully innocent time when you thought winter would never arrive?

Scott-3 Rox racing is extending an invitation to get to know the team up close and personal in the new year, and to support the squad’s efforts going into the 2016 season.

You may already think you’ve seen it all when it comes to competitions involving fat bikes. An event on its way to Edmonton this February, though, may change your mind on that front.

Cyclists, no doubt, find any number of ways to combine their passion with other, less related pursuits.

Castelli has released its highly-anticipated Linea Pelle range of embrocation creams, a product dveloped to the standards of cyclists at the highest level of their game.

On the cyclocross terrain of Belgium, 2016 has been off to a roaring, dirt-eating start so far—and that was certainly the case at Sunday’s Cyclocross Leuven.

In Germany, authorities have given the green light to a project that, for many Canadian riders—not to mention cyclists throughout the world—is going to be a matter of serious envy.

In Canada’s largest city, 2016 is going to be a big year for cycling. And it’s earned a local advocate some national-level recognition.

Luna Pro Team has announced 2016’s returning riders, and with particular interest for Canadian fans, the lineup of the coming season includes the athletes who made 2015 a bar-raising, commanding year for the U.S.-based squad.

For Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies, 2015 ended on a particularly high note, with the team topping the ranks of the UCI America Tour.

Looking back on a pretty good year in the saddle? If so, Strava is giving you the opportunity to prove it.

If you’re a cyclist in Toronto, you might be feeling a little bit spoiled this winter. Still, there’s reason not to get too comfortable.

For some, the idea of retirement and an empty nest brings to mind quiet, serene thoughts of one’s twilight years, the greatest challenges of life long past. But that’s clearly not the case for everyone.

Competing in the colours of Ride for the Planet Cycling Project, the 30-year-old Canadian rider recently finished the Vuelta Kolbi a Costa Rica in the top 10 of points classification, after a dramatic second stage win.

On the international cyclocross circuit, Canada’s Michael van den Ham continues to pull steadily ahead in the ranks, finishing Sunday’s Superprestige-Diegem with a solid position in 34th place.

This holiday season, the cycling scene in Hamilton, Ont. is also celebrating a success story that the CBC describes as “surprising.”

For more than 50 riders in Whitehorse, the shortest day of the year, the CBC reported, was celebrated in the saddle of a fat bike.

There’s nothing quite like the joy on Christmas Eve of touring your own neighbourhood, looking at the glowing, twinkling creations that people have made of their homes for the holidays.

As announced today, the full fleet will soon be outfitted with Blaze Laserlights, their installation beginning in early 2016. How about in Canada?

For Joseph Robichaud, the loss of a leg during his childhood to cancer taught him the inestimable value of mobility.

In the international touring scene, the route of the 2016 Tirreno-Adriatico—the 51st edition of the race—has been unveiled in Camaiore, Italy.

The rising star in the Canadian cyclocross and mountain bike scenes talks about how she stays in top form during the colder months, both indoors and out.

When it comes to training indoors over the winter, B.C.’s Geoff Kabush has a simple philosophy: whenever possible, he avoids it, favouring other, more mobile ways to stay in shape during the colder, darker months.

After 3,000 riders participated in the 2015 Gran Fondo Garneau-Quebecor, many others are going to have a very warm holiday season.

With the holiday season upon us, one bike shop in Whitby, Ont. has a special kind of giving in mind.

This film gives a glowing, free-rolling testament to just how much fat bikers love their preferred winter discipline in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

It goes without saying that the official kit of Canyon//SRAM in 2016, designed and developed by Rapha, won’t have any problems grabbing eyeballs.

Amid the Mantova doping trial, former Giro d’Italia winner Damiano Cunego and 2008 world champion Alessandro Ballan were cleared of any wrongdoing on Friday, Dec. 18.

As reported by the CBC, children at Regina’s Albert Community School were rewarded for their faithful attendance and punctuality recently—with the gift of a brand new set of wheels for each of them.

As he rolls into his final year of competition, Fabian Cancellara is intent on making a statement with his races of 2016.

The Gastown BIA of Vancouver, B.C. has a “cheeky” way of inviting cyclists to ride to the area, and by all accounts, it’s working.

For some riders, slow, persistent leaks can be annoying, especially when they flat you out halfway to work or school and you don’t have tools. If a particular inventor’s newest gadget works out, though, that might be less of an issue.

A new, limited edition line of bike helmets released by Bell demonstrates that it’s not just at the movies where you’ll see the Star Wars legacy.

Succeeding outgoing director Richard Wooles, Jim Richards, a press release said, will guide the direction of cycling in B.C.

With the sophomore season for B.C.-based U23 squad Giant Langley/SmartSavvy+ on the horizon, officials have announced the roster of incoming riders, both new and returning, who will steer the team’s fortunes in 2016.

In some Canadian cities, it may not exactly feel like winter—unseasonably, even startlingly mild temperatures have been reported in cities across the country—but in just a week, it will be upon us officially.

Mark Barfield, the UCI’s technical manager, admitted to Australian journalists that mechanical doping may have been a problem at the global level in past years.

Have you ever thought about making your passion for two wheels—and sharing that passion with others—your job? Of course you have.

From noon on Dec. 12th until noon on Dec. 13th, an army of volunteer bike mechanics in Winnipeg gathered for the ultimate mechanical marathon. Their mission: to build over 300 bikes in that 24-hour period, from the ground up.

At the end of December, when many Canadians are reflecting on the holidays and preparing themselves—or their livers—for New Year’s Eve, seven riders from across the country will be winging their way east, across the Atlantic.

Late last week, sentence was passed in the case of a Winnipeg driver who, while intoxicated, struck and killed a cyclist on Regent Avenue two years ago, the Winnipeg Sun reported.

After finishing the sandy, tricky course of yesterday’s Zilvermeercross cyclocross competition, the host country was strongly represented on the Elite men’s podium, as Belgium’s Wout Van Aert and Laurens Sweeck took the first and third spots, respectively.

Following in the footsteps of Canada’s Michael Woods, who went from a stellar career as a runner to one of the country’s top cyclists, two Guelph-based athletes have traded in their running shoes for the saddle.

Many have long said that the bike should be given more recognition than it typically receives, given what it represents in the world of the 21st century.

There’s been a good deal of talk recently about new bike lanes and bike routes, especially those introduced in the Vancouver and Lower Mainland areas of British Columbia.

Calgary recently became one of the latest Canadian cities to introduce bike lanes to its infrastructure, and as the CBC reports, the response to them has been warmer than anticipated.

After their proposal met with a bit of controversy, Vancouver’s plan to introduce 12 new bike lanes to the city, a place where dedicated bike infrastructure is already enshrined, has jumped its last hurdles at city hall.

Speaking to reporters at the team’s training camp, Lotto Soudal’s Kris Boeckmans illuminated some uncomfortable realities about his harrowing crash at the 2015 Vuelta.

In 2014, Montreal’s Bixi bike-sharing service implemented a new pricing structure and other features, part of a five-year business plan intended to boost the number of riders using the system.

Trek Factory Racing team’s first training camp ended with a bit of calamity for riders, including Fabian Cancellara and Riccardo Zoidi, after a crash less than thirty minutes into Wednesday’s first ride as the squad prepares for the season in Spain.

The rolling out of 12 new bike lanes through the heart of Vancouver, CNKW reports, has been well received by many businesses, but it isn’t going especially smoothly where Commercial Drive is concerned.

The team, which will compete for both Downhill World Cup and Enduro World Series podiums in 2016, is a roster known for their successes both in and out of the saddle.

Construction will start in stages in 2016, with plans for the significant upgrades and improvements to be completed within eight years.

In 2015, 38 individual events across Canada saw 1,500 kids and 1,800 adults attend, with events hosted by everything from clubs to bike shops to land management agencies from coast to coast.

By the measure of the cycling world’s observance of Global Fat Bike Day on Saturday, Dec. 5, more fat bikers than ever are taking a day out of the calendar year to celebrate their big-rubber, all-terrain steeds

After a powerful 2015, the team has announced its roster for 2016—the Canadian UCI Continental squad’s third official year of competition.

Velo Select Cycling Team, based in Quebec, has turned to a new source of potential funding as the elite Canadian squad prepares for 2016: the cycling community itself.

While Saskatoon takes steps to factor cycling more significantly into its urban planning, members of the bike scene in Regina, on the other hand, are saying that there’s a troubling indifference to cyclists in the city’s municipal budget.

If there’s one thing about cycling in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia that’s strikingly clear, it’s this: where bike theft is concerned, people take it very, very seriously on the west coast—but so do the thieves themselves.

Since 2010, Team Sky’s website says, Pinarello has been the supplier of the squad’s fleet of rides, helping propel Chris Froome to victory at the 2015 Tour de France.

On the streets of Toronto—as is the case in any major city, Canadian or otherwise—there’s always one type of traffic that cyclists say poses the biggest threat, whether it’s buses or cars or delivery vehicles.

Perhaps nowhere is the ascendance of fat biking as a discipline more evident than in outreach material published by Travel Yukon.

Quebec squad Sante Universelle/Marin Bikes is welcoming back a few of its star riders for the 2016 season, after many of them enjoyed a stellar 2015—the first year for the Gatineau-based team— riding in its colours.

The skis and snowboards of the winter 2015-16 season have barely been out of storage for weeks, but already, plans are coming together for next year’s Gran Fondo Mont-Tremblant.

In Squamish, B.C., the B.C. cyclocross provincial championships rolled out on Sunday, drawing Elite, Masters, Junior and U13, U15 and U17 classifications from across Canada’s westernmost province.

H&R Block Pro Cycling Team has announced another addition to its 2016 roster, welcoming Danick Vandale to its ranks. The young rider joins H&R Block after competing in Russ Hay’s Cycling Team colours last season.

As announced recently, a modification of the Dogma F8 has taken its design to yet another level, with the introduction of components that represent some of the most interesting technological leaps in cycling.

Starting Jan. 1, 2016, pro squads will be free to ride disc brake-equipped bikes at competitions across all professional divisions, the Union Cycliste Internationale announced in a press release on Monday.

A couple from Australia, Gary and Rachel Corbett, have biked 12,000 kilometres throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, and they’re still on their way.

For years, the idea of bike lanes on Bloor Street, one of the longest east-west strips through the city of Toronto, has been little more than a fervently-shouted rallying cry.

Fat bikers won’t be permitted to ride on groomed trails this year, but they also won’t have to pay fees for winter riding.

Ah, fat bikes. They’re gaining in popularity, and more than likely, you’ve probably seen one or two of them on the streets of your town or city, even over the winter months.

It’s more or less academic that a switch to cycling would have viable, sustainable effects in creating healthier cities, for example, or in serving to reduce overall pollution levels. The environmental benefits of riding are plain, the case all but open-and-shut.

As Canadian Cycling Magazine reported back in September, Halifax has long been slated to be the recipient of a new bike lane, to be installed on Rainnie Drive in the city’s north end. This week, that bike lane is officially open.

When it comes to freeriding, Vancouver, B.C.’s Jay Hoots is the original article. Which is another way of referring to him as “the legend,” really—as many do.

On July 12, 2016, the city of Port Coquitlam, BC will be the latest west coast municipality to join BC Superweek—and it will be an event with an affectionately familiar name for Lower Mainland residents.

For The Cyclery-Opus, one of the top Canadian women’s road teams, the leadup to the 2016 season has officially begun.

Recently, Zipp announced a its new lineup of accessories to complement the brand’s carbon wheelsets. Right down to the smallest detail, everything from valve extenders to bottle cages has been given the same sophisticated, lightweight treatment.

Rest easy, Saskatoon winter riders. Throughout the winter, protected bike lanes across the city will be regularly maintained, reports say, with snow routinely blown and trucked away.

Per 100,000 trips, Vancouver saw the lowest incidence of crashes with one. Montreal and Toronto, meanwhile, ranked as the two most dangerous Canadian cities in which to ride.

Jacob Zurl, no doubt, is no stranger to a tough challenge. In 2014, the Austrian rider chalked up the distinction of clocking a record time in crossing the Himalayas, traversing over 530 kilometres in only 38 hours and 40 minutes.

Recently, the idea of reviving once-mandated licenses for cyclists was floated in the city of Saskatoon, but in the city’s halls of power, there’s little interest in resurrecting the former policy.

A town in Italy has figured out an easy way to convince residents to commute to work by bike, rather than by car: by paying them.

Since its opening in 1966, Whistler has gone from being the site of several earlier resorts to the singular, definitive name in winter sports on Canada’s west coast — at least until the last twenty years.

This weekend brought all the madness, intensity and rough-riding hilarity, and definitely all the booze of the Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships to Victoria, B.C.

According to reports, the International Association of Cycling Race Organizers (AIOCC) has rejected the UCI’s proposed WorldTour reforms — and not by a narrow margin.

There’s no denying that in the American ‘cross scene, Jeremy Powers is at the top of his game — or, for the rest of his country, *the* game.

National Sports Day in Canada is a good time to reflect on the roles played by organizations and venues from coast to coast to coast, both big and small alike, in building the legacy of athletics in this country.

Time to gear up! Take a look at these three glove picks to keep your fingers warm and shifting throughout the coldest months of the year.

As Canadian Cycling Magazine reported last month, it didn’t take long for the city’s “bait bike” program — in which police set out rides to tempt would-be thieves — to start yielding results.

This weekend, Nov. 21 and 22, Victoria, B.C will serve as host. And as ever, there are only two rules: everyone must qualify to race on a bike with one gear, and if you win, you have to get inked.

#P2A16 and @STJOESHAMILTON officially launch the “Ride for Research” pic.twitter.com/PhuIk43Yg1 — Paris to Ancaster (@Paris2Ancaster) November 19, 2015 Ten years […]

Earlier this fall, the city of Ottawa imposed a six-month limit for roadside “ghost bike” memorials. Originally, the idea was to require that such memorials be removed after three months.

Yet another installation of Cross on the Rock, the 10th year of the event, officially came to a close yesterday afternoon in Shawnigan Lake, B.C., when Ronde van Hogwarts — the culminating race of the Vancouver Island-based cyclocross series — rolled to a finish.

There’s no denying that there’s a real joy inherent in winter cycling. You set out, saddle up, and get a new lease on the year’s most otherwise dreaded season, enjoying the crisp fresh air in ways that only those on two wheels can truly appreciate.