A former elite runner who competed in road racing and was already very strong in time trials in the 1990s and 2000s, Yann Payen has never really stopped striving for peak performance. […] Lire la suite →
Author: Jean-François Tatard
MNSTRY Product Review #2: Remco’s Nutrition, Tested During a Race This Time
During our three weeks in Portugal, we asked MNSTRY to help us put together the performance. Four- to five-hour outings, nearly twenty hours of weekly training, the heat, and enough kilometers to […] Lire la suite →
Guillaume Drouilly: The Smile We’ll Miss
There are people we meet. And then there are those who leave a mark. Guillaume Drouilly was one of those people. It was with immense sadness that we learned of his passing […] Lire la suite →
Bike Check #007 | Dany Maffeïs: The Very Special Agent
For our Issue 007, we absolutely had to feature someone a little out of the ordinary. Dany Maffeïs is one of those cyclists who can do just about anything: ride fast—on the […] Lire la suite →
Polar OS6: 9 charts, sport profiles, and charging limited to 80%
On September 23, Polar is rolling out Polar OS6, a free update for the Vantage V3, Vantage M3, Grit X2 Pro, Grit X2, Ignite 3, and Street X. This update is primarily […] Lire la suite →
Review of the Giro Empire: What if Progress Meant Taking Something Away?
We had planned to test two pairs of shoes: one road shoe and one gravel shoe—two high-end models from an almost legendary line at Giro. But then, kilometer after kilometer, the test […] Lire la suite →
Review of the BERRIA NAII BR: A Surprise from Spain
There are two ways to test a bike. The first is to analyze its spec sheet. Weigh the frame. Measure the reach. Compare the angles. Look at the components. Then explain to […] Lire la suite →
Jeff Zell: Behind PANARACER Tires Lies a Vision for Cycling
We thought we were going to talk about tires. Instead, we mostly talked about bikes. Mountain biking, Japanese culture, gravel, performance, confidence, pressure, tubeless, fun, and that strange way modern cycling sometimes […] Lire la suite →
How Romain François tells the stories of sports heroes
We thought we were talking about television. Instead, we discovered a whole new world. A world of camera bikes, helicopters, flight plans, missed shots, silences, moments captured on instinct, and decisions made […] Lire la suite →
Test of the POC Raceday or Comfort set without a demonstration
Review of the POC Raceday kit, or how POC is now applying its “quiet performance” philosophy to apparel. For a long time, POC was a brand primarily associated with protection. With helmets. […] Lire la suite →