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Category: Stories

October 1, 2024October 2, 2024

BEHIND THE MOTOR

“Motorpacing is the only way to truly simulate a race in training. Over the last few months, to help our son, Ashlin, train for the World Championships in Zurich Switzerland,…

Posted in History, Racing, Stories, Tour de France, Training, Video  • 
September 10, 2024September 12, 2024

The Bench

The air cooled as I ascended into the mountains. Autumn was creeping in. The aromas were changing from summer to fall: dying leaves and mushrooms growing in the woods. The…

Posted in Favourite Rides, Stories  •  1 Comment on The Bench
September 1, 2024September 1, 2024

The Group Ride

By Michael Barry The group settles into formation meters after leaving the café. Like the table manners learned as children the formation is innate to us. Two abreast, tight against…

Posted in Stories  •  41 Comments on The Group Ride
October 17, 2023December 13, 2023

In The News

Dan Bigham of Team Ineos / Great Britain debriefs on all the technology at the Glasgow World Championships on the Piste Take Podcast.  Listen now>> “Shadow of a Wheel: Once…

Posted in Equipment, Olympic Games, Podcast, Racing, Stories, World Championships  • 
October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Cappellino, Cap, Casquette….

Rain tapped against the Team Sky bus window. The eight of us sat quietly in our chairs, some with their eyes closed and headphones on, others studying the race book…

Posted in Design, History, Photos, Racing, Stories, Youth  •  2 Comments on Cappellino, Cap, Casquette….
October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Autumn (Excerpt from Le Metier: The Seasons Of A Professional Cyclist)

By Michael Barry Photography by Camille McMillan Into the sixth hour of the ride, the temperature drops as I reach the top of the Pyrenean peak. Autumn is arriving on…

Posted in Events, Photos, Racing, Stories, Training, World Championships  • 
September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

Shifting Gears: Life and Work in the Bike Lane

By Daniel Sandler Photography by Jody Wilson Last year, my annual physical revealed that I’m in the best shape of my life (since high school, anyway). Not bad, I thought,…

Posted in Favourite Rides, Health, History, Stories  •  1 Comment on Shifting Gears: Life and Work in the Bike Lane
September 11, 2021September 13, 2021

The Thrill of a Criterium

By Dede Barry Photography by Alan Moore Passing the barriers neatly placed on each corner, I walked with my Father and dog on a humid summer evening to the Lixx custard…

Posted in Events, History, Photos, Racing, Stories, Youth  •  6 Comments on The Thrill of a Criterium
June 22, 2021

The virtual 20th anniversary tour of the Bicycle Film Festival is arriving in Toronto, July 2 – 11.

BFF Toronto is presenting an international selection of the most important short films from the BFF collection. A diverse curation of filmmaking styles: narratives, documentaries, international award-winning filmmakers, and emerging…

Posted in News, Stories, Video  • 
July 7, 2020July 8, 2020

Favourite Rides: Vallter 2000

By Ashlin Barry My parents and my grandparents  taught me that a good ride becomes a great ride when you add an element of adventure to it.  Some of the…

Posted in Bike Tours, Favourite Rides, Stories  •  10 Comments on Favourite Rides: Vallter 2000
May 23, 2020

Summer Books 2020: Cycling – Wall Street Journal

By Michael Barry for the Wall Street Journal. As a young boy who dreamed of riding the Tour de France, I devoured any cycling-related book or magazine I could find.…

Posted in History, Stories  • 
April 15, 2020April 16, 2020

Stagiaire.

An excerpt from the book Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs by Michael Blann. This chapter was written by Michael Barry, about his experience on the Cormet de Roselend, in the French Alps.  They chatted as…

Posted in Events, History, Stories  •  1 Comment on Stagiaire.

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