Stan Portus
@stanportus.bsky.social
Writer and editor @BikeRadar https://linktr.ee/stanportus
A few weeks ago I headed to Rapha’s headquarter to hear from Fran Millar about the future of the company, as it reveals a new partnership with USA Cycling and reports a net loss for the eighth consecutive year. You can read my feature here 👇🏼 www.bikeradar.com/features/rap...
Rapha CEO Fran Millar: “We are the originals, we started this” | BikeRadar
As Rapha reveals its latest financial results and a new partnership with USA Cycling, Fran Millar explains why the lauded cycling brand needs to get back to doing what it does best
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October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A few weeks ago I headed to Rapha’s headquarter to hear from Fran Millar about the future of the company, as it reveals a new partnership with USA Cycling and reports a net loss for the eighth consecutive year. You can read my feature here 👇🏼 www.bikeradar.com/features/rap...
Looking forward to this. New Fosse is a real treat
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Looking forward to this. New Fosse is a real treat
How it started vs how it’s going.
I’ve been following this story since the BDS Movement first called for protests back in April.
Now, after riders spoke out, protests disrupted La Vuelta and sponsors threatened to leave the team, Israel-Premier Tech is changing its name and nationality...
I’ve been following this story since the BDS Movement first called for protests back in April.
Now, after riders spoke out, protests disrupted La Vuelta and sponsors threatened to leave the team, Israel-Premier Tech is changing its name and nationality...
October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How it started vs how it’s going.
I’ve been following this story since the BDS Movement first called for protests back in April.
Now, after riders spoke out, protests disrupted La Vuelta and sponsors threatened to leave the team, Israel-Premier Tech is changing its name and nationality...
I’ve been following this story since the BDS Movement first called for protests back in April.
Now, after riders spoke out, protests disrupted La Vuelta and sponsors threatened to leave the team, Israel-Premier Tech is changing its name and nationality...
Following the news that the US is blocking some Giant Bicycles imports, I spoke to Peter Bengtsen about his investigations in Taiwan which uncovered debt bonadge and he calls “the rule, not the exception” www.bikeradar.com/news/debt-bo...
Journalist warns of widespread debt bondage risks in Taiwan’s bicycle industry following forced labour allegations | BikeRadar
Peter Bengtsen’s investigations in Taiwan uncovered debt bondage which he calls “the rule, not the exception”
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September 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Following the news that the US is blocking some Giant Bicycles imports, I spoke to Peter Bengtsen about his investigations in Taiwan which uncovered debt bonadge and he calls “the rule, not the exception” www.bikeradar.com/news/debt-bo...
Quite an unbelievable statement from the UCI regarding the Vuelta a España pro-Palestine protests, saying it “condemns the exploitation of sport for political purposes” www.bikeradar.com/news/uci-que...
UCI criticises Spanish government following Vuelta a España pro-Palestine protests | BikeRadar
The UCI says Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s position on the protests is “contradictory” to Olympic values
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September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Quite an unbelievable statement from the UCI regarding the Vuelta a España pro-Palestine protests, saying it “condemns the exploitation of sport for political purposes” www.bikeradar.com/news/uci-que...
What’s behind the protests at the Vuelta a España? I spoke to organisers to find out www.bikeradar.com/news/pro-pal...
“Sportswashing pure and simple”: pro-Palestine organisers at La Vuelta explain why they’re disrupting the race | BikeRadar
We speak to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and BDS Deportivo about why they are protesting against the participation of Israel–Premier Tech at the Vuelta a Es...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What’s behind the protests at the Vuelta a España? I spoke to organisers to find out www.bikeradar.com/news/pro-pal...
The Tour de France organisers threatened @procyclingstats.com with legal action. I spoke to them to find out more www.bikeradar.com/news/tour-de...
Tour de France threatens Pro Cycling Stats with legal action: “We’re getting too popular” | BikeRadar
The cycling results website’s campervan has become a staple of bike races, but the organisers of the Tour de France aren’t happy about its presence at this year’s race
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July 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Tour de France organisers threatened @procyclingstats.com with legal action. I spoke to them to find out more www.bikeradar.com/news/tour-de...
The biggest groupset news at Eurobike wasn’t from Shimano or SRAM. Here’s my analysis www.bikeradar.com/features/tec...
Eurobike’s biggest groupset news wasn’t from SRAM or Shimano – it was everyone else | BikeRadar
Challenger brands set out their stall
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July 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The biggest groupset news at Eurobike wasn’t from Shimano or SRAM. Here’s my analysis www.bikeradar.com/features/tec...
Rotor has a new electronic groupset coming 👀 www.bikeradar.com/news/rotor-t...
Rotor to release electronic groupset later this year – here’s what we know so far | BikeRadar
The groupset revives the Uno name and was developed in collaboration with Wheeltop
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June 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Rotor has a new electronic groupset coming 👀 www.bikeradar.com/news/rotor-t...
We spotted an unreleased (and electronic!) Microshift groupset www.bikeradar.com/news/microsh...
Microshift's first electronic groupset spotted on new Giant kids' bike | BikeRadar
The unreleased groupset is on display at Eurobike
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June 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We spotted an unreleased (and electronic!) Microshift groupset www.bikeradar.com/news/microsh...
Tram lines with grass is peak infrastructure
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tram lines with grass is peak infrastructure
Why did reading this make me think of *this*
June 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Why did reading this make me think of *this*
Tom Pidcock’s at it again www.bikeradar.com/news/tom-pid...
Pro cyclist Tom Pidcock hits 95kph in breathtaking descent video | BikeRadar
Sweaty palms guaranteed as Q.365 rider takes on the Rossfeld Panaorama mountain pass
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June 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tom Pidcock’s at it again www.bikeradar.com/news/tom-pid...
The Afghanistan Women’s Road Championships are back after three years www.bikeradar.com/news/afghani...
Afghanistan Women’s Road Championships to return this month in show of solidarity | BikeRadar
Following a three-year hiatus, the Championships will take place in Les Herbiers, France, with Fariba Hashimi returning to defend her title
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June 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Afghanistan Women’s Road Championships are back after three years www.bikeradar.com/news/afghani...
Is it over for One Cycling? www.bikeradar.com/news/uci-rej...
UCI rejects One Cycling with damning description of proposed racing reforms | BikeRadar
The scheme’s future is now up for debate with the racing schedule finalised through to 2028
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June 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Is it over for One Cycling? www.bikeradar.com/news/uci-rej...
Active travel is associated with a lower dementia risk and maintaining brain health, according to a new study www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling...
Good news: cycling in midlife is linked to lower dementia risk | BikeRadar
Active travel is also associated with maintaining brain health, according to a new study
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June 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Active travel is associated with a lower dementia risk and maintaining brain health, according to a new study www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling...
A few weeks back I wrote about a battle over ebike regulations which could devastating effects, according to one source www.bikeradar.com/features/tec...
A battle over ebike regulations is causing havoc in the cycling industry | BikeRadar
Zweirad Industrie Verband's position paper on the future of ebikes could 'devastate' the market, according to one industry insider
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June 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A few weeks back I wrote about a battle over ebike regulations which could devastating effects, according to one source www.bikeradar.com/features/tec...
Pleased to have an essay in the catalogue for Fotomuseum’s new exhibition The Lure of Image, opening today www.fotomuseum.ch/en/product/t...
Fotomuseum Winterthur | Museum for Photography and Visual Culture | The Lure of the Image
Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum for contemporary photography. The works of young as well as established international photographers and artists are shown in changing group and solo exhibitions. In t...
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May 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Pleased to have an essay in the catalogue for Fotomuseum’s new exhibition The Lure of Image, opening today www.fotomuseum.ch/en/product/t...
This is something that others have remarked upon so it’s interesting to see a study on the matter… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more
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May 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is something that others have remarked upon so it’s interesting to see a study on the matter… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
An incredible book. The depth of research, the mindblowing activities, the wit
April 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
An incredible book. The depth of research, the mindblowing activities, the wit
“The point is any true cycle network needs to cater for the least risk-averse of us, and the most vulnerable, to be truly accessible – to be, in fact, equitable.”
Great to publish this piece today by @lauralaker.bsky.social
www.bikeradar.com/features/opi...
Great to publish this piece today by @lauralaker.bsky.social
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Cycle paths are pointless if women don't feel safe using them at night
Nearly a quarter of Transport for London cycleways are deemed socially unsafe after dark
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February 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“The point is any true cycle network needs to cater for the least risk-averse of us, and the most vulnerable, to be truly accessible – to be, in fact, equitable.”
Great to publish this piece today by @lauralaker.bsky.social
www.bikeradar.com/features/opi...
Great to publish this piece today by @lauralaker.bsky.social
www.bikeradar.com/features/opi...
Peter Hujar at Raven Row. So good
February 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Peter Hujar at Raven Row. So good
This coming weekend is your last weekend to see The Call at Serpentine. Here are my thoughts on the show open.substack.com/pub/stanport...
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst: The Call review
Succumbing to computation
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January 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This coming weekend is your last weekend to see The Call at Serpentine. Here are my thoughts on the show open.substack.com/pub/stanport...
Great to publish this piece on how pro cycling is responding to climate change (just don’t read the denialist comments) www.bikeradar.com/features/lon...
Weathering the storm: how professional cycling is grappling with the climate crisis
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January 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Great to publish this piece on how pro cycling is responding to climate change (just don’t read the denialist comments) www.bikeradar.com/features/lon...
I wrote about how cycling is a boy’s club www.bikeradar.com/features/opi...
Stan Portus: Cycling is overwhelmingly male – and I wish that wasn’t the case
Cycling trade shows are dominated by men, and recent reports show how deep the gender imbalance goes
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January 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I wrote about how cycling is a boy’s club www.bikeradar.com/features/opi...