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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389 episodes
[GT] Tour 2026 — Who Wins? The Bus Briefing
Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/fqhpza---The 2026 Tour de F...
[TECH] The XTR Di2 Wait Is Over. Was It Worth It?
The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters today — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.Shimano XTR M9200 Di2 enters real-world circulation — a year of waiting, now in shops and on trails — Mon...
[BRIEF] Why Peak Power Is Cycling's Most Overrated Number
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/544n96---New sprint physiology research reveals that peak power is...
[TECH] The Garmin Beta That Finally Stops Random Resets
Replacement Tech Brief: cycling tech that matters today, with the repeated TrainingPeaks story removed.Garmin Vivoactive 6 / Venu 4 Beta 18.12: Voice Wake Word, Dozens of Reset Fixes, and Workout UX Overhaul — Beta ...
[BRIEF] Lotto's Tour Implosion Started Before the Start Line
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[TECH] The TrainingPeaks Dashboard Hiding Your Fitness Numbers
The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters today — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.TrainingPeaks Launches Athlete Home: A Single-Screen Daily Training Dashboard for Premium Users — If you'...
[BRIEF] Zipp's 404 S Is a Market Bomb, Not Just a Wheel
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/9ky6d2---Zipp's new 404 S wheelset costs just €1,100 — and that's ...
[TECH] The Zwift Crash Windows Won't Let You Fix
The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters today — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.Zwift PC app fails to launch after update — crashes on startup with error code 0xc0000005 — Hold off on f...
[BRIEF] Shimano's CUES Problem: Wrong Groupset, Wrong Bike
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[BRIEF] Moots' Secret Menu and the Sneakerification of Bikes
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[TECH] The Wilier Zwift Never Had (Until Now)
The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters today — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.Zwift 1.116 drops four new bikes and four new wheelsets into the Drop Shop — including the platform's first-ever W...
[BRIEF] Nationals Weekend: The Absences That Matter Most
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[SUNDAY] What a new durability study just proved
Your FTP is measured fresh. You race tired. A new study shows the tired version of you predicts race performance far better, and that the fade under fatigue is what separates stronger riders from weaker ones. Here is what it means for how you t...
[DEBRIEF] Tour Injury Chaos, Pogačar's Suisse Statement, Seixas Bidding War
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/t34abp---The Saturday debrief tackles the Tour de France injury cr...
[TECH] The Ridstar Front Wheel That Leaves Without Warning
The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters today — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.CPSC issues second Ridstar warning in three months — this time front wheels are detaching mid-ride — If y...
[BRIEF] Power Data as Anti-Doping Tool: Promise or Pandora's Box?
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[BRIEF] Gravel's 55mm Problem: When a Tyre Kills a Category
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[TECH] The Wahoo Biometric Sensors Nobody Can Afford Yet
The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters this week — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.Wahoo ELEMNT V3 firmware WG77-302533 (June 16) adds live CORE, FLOWBIO, hDrop, and Tymewear biometric data fie...