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Is a bike from AliExpress a bargain hunter's delight, or a disaster waiting to happen? We ordered a frameset to find out.
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I bought a frame from AliExpress. It didn’t go very well.
A haven for the bargain-hunter or a disaster waiting to happen? Time to investigate.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Is a bike from AliExpress a bargain hunter's delight, or a disaster waiting to happen? We ordered a frameset to find out.
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This from @iaintreloar.bsky.social is well worth your time
After a glittering career, it's the end of an era for Alexander Kristoff.
In this exclusive interview, the Norwegian veteran and his wife, Maren, reflect on the passage of time, life in the pro-cycling bubble, and what’s coming next.
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In this exclusive interview, the Norwegian veteran and his wife, Maren, reflect on the passage of time, life in the pro-cycling bubble, and what’s coming next.
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After 15 years and 98 wins, Alexander Kristoff is finally coming home
In an exclusive interview, the Norwegian veteran and his wife, Maren, reflect on the passage of time, life in the pro-cycling bubble, and what’s coming next.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This from @iaintreloar.bsky.social is well worth your time
One last chat with The Stavanger Stallion.
After a glittering career, it's the end of an era for Alexander Kristoff.
In this exclusive interview, the Norwegian veteran and his wife, Maren, reflect on the passage of time, life in the pro-cycling bubble, and what’s coming next.
escapecollective.com/after-15-yea...
In this exclusive interview, the Norwegian veteran and his wife, Maren, reflect on the passage of time, life in the pro-cycling bubble, and what’s coming next.
escapecollective.com/after-15-yea...
After 15 years and 98 wins, Alexander Kristoff is finally coming home
In an exclusive interview, the Norwegian veteran and his wife, Maren, reflect on the passage of time, life in the pro-cycling bubble, and what’s coming next.
escapecollective.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
One last chat with The Stavanger Stallion.
Waka Waka hey hey.
Did an unlicensed Shakira song get the UCI Congress taken offline? 🕵️
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You can’t watch the UCI Congress
... and we think we know why.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Waka Waka hey hey.
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In a world of embargoes, only one marketer has the courage – and very particular set of skills – for an impossible job.
Chad from Marketing returns in 'The Wheel Bag Ultimatum'. Only at Escape Collective now.
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Chad from Marketing returns in 'The Wheel Bag Ultimatum'. Only at Escape Collective now.
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How to sell a set of luxury limited-edition wheel bags
Chad is reeled back in for One Last Job.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
In a world of embargoes, only one marketer has the courage – and very particular set of skills – for an impossible job.
Chad from Marketing returns in 'The Wheel Bag Ultimatum'. Only at Escape Collective now.
escapecollective.com/how-to-sell-...
Chad from Marketing returns in 'The Wheel Bag Ultimatum'. Only at Escape Collective now.
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Went for a bike ride. Was good. You should do it, too.
September 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Went for a bike ride. Was good. You should do it, too.
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A big bendy road penis is not supposed to be on the tarmac of the Vuelta a España.
And yet, there it is.
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And yet, there it is.
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My god, it’s magnificent
Nature is healing at the Vuelta.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A big bendy road penis is not supposed to be on the tarmac of the Vuelta a España.
And yet, there it is.
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And yet, there it is.
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Who's the Vuelta's sleepiest boy? A Very Important Photo Gallery for @escapecollective.bsky.social.
Send help, the Vuelta's Big Comfy Sofa is a vortex sucking riders into it.
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The Vuelta sofa is making riders melt
Do you want to see a bunch of pro cyclists in a state of deep relaxation? Of course you do.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Who's the Vuelta's sleepiest boy? A Very Important Photo Gallery for @escapecollective.bsky.social.
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We're answering all the big questions for you. escapecollective.com/michael-stor...
Michael Storer and the mystery of the stolen egg
For months, TV commentator Carlton Kirby has claimed that the Australian rider once stole his boiled egg at a breakfast buffet. Did he?
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August 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We're answering all the big questions for you. escapecollective.com/michael-stor...
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Ranking the Tour's police officers from cute to scary 👮
How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths? 🛀
These are just some of the stories @iaintreloar.bsky.social and @jonnylong.bsky.social didn't get around to this Tour de France
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How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths? 🛀
These are just some of the stories @iaintreloar.bsky.social and @jonnylong.bsky.social didn't get around to this Tour de France
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The stories we didn't get around to writing at the Tour de France 2025
Including: How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths?
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August 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ranking the Tour's police officers from cute to scary 👮
How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths? 🛀
These are just some of the stories @iaintreloar.bsky.social and @jonnylong.bsky.social didn't get around to this Tour de France
escapecollective.com/the-stories-...
How much of a yummy boy soup are the team ice baths? 🛀
These are just some of the stories @iaintreloar.bsky.social and @jonnylong.bsky.social didn't get around to this Tour de France
escapecollective.com/the-stories-...
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In the chaos at the top of Mont Ventoux, Urška Žigart and Tadej Pogačar were a bubble of calm. We spoke to her about the search for such moments in the whirlwind.
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A moment on Mont Ventoux with Urška Žigart
At the summit of one of the Tour's most brutal climbs, we spoke to Tadej Pogačar's partner about seeking joy and companionship in the here and now.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
In the chaos at the top of Mont Ventoux, Urška Žigart and Tadej Pogačar were a bubble of calm. We spoke to her about the search for such moments in the whirlwind.
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What a stage. Maybe my favourite ever day at a bike race. Here's my latest for @escapecollective.bsky.social from #TDF2025:
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Inside an Uno-X Tour stage win, three years in the making
One of the Tour's breakout stars finally got the breakaway win his team, Uno-X Mobility, has been chasing. And then things got teary.
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July 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What a stage. Maybe my favourite ever day at a bike race. Here's my latest for @escapecollective.bsky.social from #TDF2025:
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The two-rider TotalEnergies breakaway today was never going to pay off – but that wasn't the point.
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What it’s like inside a doomed breakaway
Their move today was never going to pay off – but that wasn't the point.
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July 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The two-rider TotalEnergies breakaway today was never going to pay off – but that wasn't the point.
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“How does it make you feel to run?”, I asked her in a lull, trying to get her to join the dots between input and outcome. She paused. “I feel relaxed,” she said. “And calm.”
This one's about – and for – my beautiful daughter.
This one's about – and for – my beautiful daughter.
A father, a daughter, and a spark of clarity in the swirl of neurodiversity.
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The way we move through the world
A father, a daughter, and a spark of clarity in the swirl of neurodiversity.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“How does it make you feel to run?”, I asked her in a lull, trying to get her to join the dots between input and outcome. She paused. “I feel relaxed,” she said. “And calm.”
This one's about – and for – my beautiful daughter.
This one's about – and for – my beautiful daughter.
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Your antidote to the world today: this wholesome little showcase of kids' drawings of bikes.
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Welcome to the inaugural Escape Collective Bicycle Art Show
Things are about to get cute.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Your antidote to the world today: this wholesome little showcase of kids' drawings of bikes.
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Inspiration, or imitation? We investigate the curious tale of two lookalike bike racks.
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A tale of two bike racks
Two Kickstarter racks, three years apart, ask the question: where does inspiration end and imitation begin?
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June 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Inspiration, or imitation? We investigate the curious tale of two lookalike bike racks.
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@sgalpin.bsky.social shares her side of the story about that contentious Afghanistan evacuation. A brutal but important read:
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The Audacity of Men in Cycling
Rich white men in sport using white saviorism as a shield for accountability? So last century.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
@sgalpin.bsky.social shares her side of the story about that contentious Afghanistan evacuation. A brutal but important read:
shannongalpin.substack.com/p/the-audaci...
shannongalpin.substack.com/p/the-audaci...
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We've been cooking up something new, and I couldn't be happier with how this first ep turned out. Get it in your ears wherever you get your podcasts.
Welcome to Rabbit Holes, a new podcast presented by Escape Collective. Each episode, we'll be diving into a fascinating story from the world of cycling, telling it in a way you may never have heard it before.
The first episode: Who shot Greg LeMond?
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The first episode: Who shot Greg LeMond?
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Rabbit Holes
Sports News Podcast · Welcome to Rabbit Holes, a podcast presented by Escape Collective. Each episode, we'll be diving into a fascinating story from the world of cycling, telling it in a way you may n...
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May 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We've been cooking up something new, and I couldn't be happier with how this first ep turned out. Get it in your ears wherever you get your podcasts.