The Cycling Brief
The cycling world moves fast. The Cycling Brief makes sense of it. Every day, in under 10 minutes, we break down the stories that matter — product launches, race results, tech shifts, industry trends — and connect the dots most people miss. Powered by data, delivered daily. A SEMIPRO Cycling production.
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324 episodes
[BRIEF] California's E-Bike Crackdown Changes Everything
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/253e65---California's proposed law targeting electric motos disgui...
[GT] Giro Stage 9 — Vingegaard Seizes Control
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/t3vuxe---Jonas Vingegaard's...
[BRIEF] Rim Brakes Aren't Dead — The Industry Just Wishes They Were
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/qvx562---A Reddit debate about Shimano Ultegra vs SRAM Apex rim br...
[GT] Giro Stage 8 — UAE Steals While Leaders Watch
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/ktwzug---Jhonatan Narváez p...
[SUNDAY] 55 People Aged 68 Did 4 Weeks of Cycling
The study you should read this week Researchers took 55 untrained older adults (average age 68) and tested four different cycling methods over four weeks: standard cycling, hypoxic cycling, blood flow restriction, and eccentric c...
[GT] Giro Stage 7 — Ving-uh-gore's Blockhaus Statement
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/3rf9un---Jonas Ving-uh-g...
[GT] Giro Stage 6 — Sprint Chaos Rewards the Smart
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://www.semiprocycling.com/xray---Davide Ballerini threaded ...
[BRIEF] Why Week One Gaps Will Define This Giro
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://www.youtube.com/@semiprocycling---The 2026 Giro's early aggression has already created GC g...
[GT] Giro Stage 5 — Portuguese Revolution in Pink
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/b8p98f---Afonso Eulálio tak...
[BRIEF] Giro's Phoney War — Why Nobody's Racing Yet
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/pktbmq---Igor Arrieta's breakthrough win is a great story, but the...
[GT] Giro Stage 5 — The First Real Punch
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/93xm4g---Giulio Ciccone's t...
[BRIEF] Your Aerobic Ceiling Is More Trainable Than You Think
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/5xgg3r---New research suggests VO2max and threshold power respond ...
[GT] Giro Stage 4 — The Real Race Begins
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/99b4qh---Stage 4's climb to...
[BRIEF] AI Aero Coaching Could Erase Cycling's Biggest Edge
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/4npqex---A new academic paper proposes using language models as cy...
[GT] Giro Stage 3 — Magnier Solves the Sprint Equation
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/b5yn6a---Paul Magnier takes...
[BRIEF] Cycling's Middle-Class Problem
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/x7z4cz---The Tro-Bro Léon finished to near-silence while the Giro ...
[GT] Giro Stage 2 — UAE's GC Campaign Destroyed
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/7fme4y---A massive crash 21...
[SUNDAY] 120 Grams Per Hour — What It Actually Means
The study you should read this week Morton et al. (2026) review the carbohydrate crossover point during endurance exercise — and what 120 grams per hour actually does to substrate metabolism. We break down what the research report...
