People, Places & Things - Cycling News & Tips

Pactimo Rider: Matthew Ray

Pactimo had the opportunity to meet one of our customers up close and personal when we invited Matthew Ray to participate in our spring photoshoot in Trinidad, Colorado.

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Cycling Through Italy During COVID-19

Jim and Devon Surgent had planned a 10 week tour through Italy and Greece this year, but the world had different plans.

Tagged: Inspiration Travel

Livestream Replay: Leah Goldstein

Don't miss this livestream replay with Leah Goldstein, internationally sought-after speaker, world champion kickboxer, Israeli undercover police officer, national cycling champion, and Pactimo rider.

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For nearly 20 years, Sandy Holt of Boulder, Colorado has been an active triathlete, getting started in the sport by a brother. "An older brother. He bet me I couldn't beat him," she laughs. "So we did a spring triathlon together."

Tagged: Colorado Cycling Inspiration Rider Profile

April Virtual Ride Challenge

We've been inspired by the creative ways our global community has found to stay committed to their fitness goals while working from home. As such, we thought we'd reward these riders and invite the rest of you to join in on the fun! Ride 50 miles indoors or outside per week to earn a discount on a Mileage Plus Jersey.

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Meet Pactimo's CEO - Frank Kim

CEO Frank Kim and Pactimo's industry-leading catalog of cycling jerseys, bibs, shorts, and outerwear has even outfitted Olympians and National Champions as well as a wide group of professional athletes. "We're a cycling apparel brand," says Kim. "We're focused on what has to do with apparel on the bike."

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InTandem - Means Together

InTandem, a NYC-based group enables blind, low vision, or otherwise disabled people to experience cycling for the first time or to get back on the road by pairing them as stokers with trained volunteer captains on tandem bicycles.

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Riding With Family

"Cyclists are a tight bunch. My friends and associates are, like my social feeds, filled with people I know or have met through cycling. We look out for one another; care about what's going on in each other's lives; we congratulate, commiserate, and compete."

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2,408 miles in 12 days - TCRN06

Perhaps I’d set my sights a little high but I’d now targeted TCR as my first real venture into endurance racing. The rules are simple, the clock starts at 2200hr in Geraardsbergen, Belgium, and stops when you cross the finish line in Meteora, Greece, some 4,000km later having visited the four checkpoints.

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Learning to Suffer Saved My Life

"I finished 9,000 miles having to ride at night, in blizzard conditions and in some insane winter winds, but I succeeded and set the next goal to ride the trip of a lifetime; a 7 day bike adventure in Italy with my brother. Throughout it all I noticed I could not sustain the power I was used to easily producing, and began to get dropped on some group rides that I easily was able to handle before."

Tagged: Brand Ambassador Inspiration Motivation

What Happened at Big Frog 65

The weekend before Big Frog I was covering an attack in a road race when I had an exercise-induced asthma attack (thanks, allergies). One minute I'm doing my job, the next it felt like someone was squeezing my lungs and taking my breath away.

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A Cycling Adventure Around the World

An Austrian cycle tourist named Florian set off with a heavily loaded bike and his guitar with the aim of cycling round the world.

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The Pactimo Ambassador Experience

As a rider, I’m picky [my friends say tweaky] about my kit. If we dress sharp, we feel good…If we feel good, we go well. The proper cycling shoe color is white, because it’s Euro, and because the European continent is the Mothership of all cycling. Life is way too short to bother with bargain kit.

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