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Men’s race leader Keegan Swenson and Luis Mejia climb during the grueling ascent of the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of August 2019’s fifth stage of the six-day Breck Epic mountain bike race. This year’s race has been replaced with the Epic in Place virtual challenge.Devon Balet / Breck Epic BRECKENRIDGE — After canceling the six-day, multistage Breck Epic mountain bike event due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, event director and founder Mike McCormack has launched Epic in Place. It’s a virtual way of keeping the Breck Epic race community together with a social element that also encourages...

You may have heard of Beijing’s biking highway – the bicycle-only road that opened in 2019, running from the northern neighborhoods Huilongguan to Shangdi and soon to be expanded from 6.5 kilometers to 13 kilometers, reaching all the way to Xizhimen – but you may not know of its Dutch origins. Five years ago this month, we reported on an effort to restore Beijing’s bicycle culture to its former glory. In our report, damning statistics revealed just how badly bicycle traffic share had declined – from a 68 percent share of all Beijing traffic in 1986, the mighty bicycle plummeted to just 14...

In addition, the Vienna-based company is spotlighting its original lightweight folding Vello Bike and a model with racing-bike handlebars designed for a speedy commute. The bicycles are now live at the VDF products fair, which has been developed as an affordable way for designers and brands to launch products. Vello is showcasing three of its bicycles at VDF including the original Vello Bike (above) and electric Vello Bike+ (top) Led by industrial designer Valentin Vodev, Vello develops bicycles specifically for city dwellers to offer solutions for the challenges of cycling in urban environments. The brand is showcasing its original Vello...

Kettlebells are a key component of a solid home gym. (Diego Lozano/Unsplash/) I love the gym and never thought a time would come when I’d need to… (gasp!) work out at home. The problem is there’s only so much you can do without equipment. Burpees, pushups, air squats, and situps get old—fast. You really do need to invest a bit if you want to do a hard, full-body strength workout. But stuffing a squat rack, an exercise bench, and a complete set of free weights into your home is expensive—both in money and space. Thankfully, you don’t need all that....

Written by ATRA executive director Nancy Hobbs. Nancy founded the American Trail Running Association (ATRA) in 1996 and is chairperson of USA Track & Field’s (USATF) Mountain, Ultra & Trail Running Council. She is also treasurer of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Sidelined by injuries — or not — rest and recovery is important. Over the past few months I have had three somewhat serious injuries each requiring a doctor’s visit and two requiring imaging studies. I call them my trifecta of pain. ONE The first injury was in late February. I was scheduled to have my annual eye...