Mengoni Grand Prix 2019: Perfect is the Enemy of Good
The CRCA Open Race calendar comes to a conclusion with a day of fast - and longer than expected - day of racing at the Mengoni Grand Prix, reminding us that even when things don’t go to plan they can still be pretty great.
Castelli Cycling to power expanded analysis and coverage on the State of the Sport
We're excited to announce Castelli Cycling as the title sponsor for the TBD State of the Sport series. This partnership helps us deliver better content, more thorough analysis, and allow important voices and data to be discussed in the cycling community—something that we hope, ultimately, drives positive growth for the sport.
Trying to balance the books at the Bear Mountain Classic
Looking back at a challenging day at the Bear Mountain Classic, for reasons that had nothing to do with the actual racing
Race Director Diaries: First RD experience at Orchard Beach 2019
An inside look at what it is like for your first race director experience to take place in an all day downpour
5 days and $16,000 at the Bear Mountain Classic
Counting down the days until Bear Mountain Classic registration closes while monitoring a significant financial gap
Race Director Diaries: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Before signing off from Journal entries to focus on final prep for this weekend’s race, we take one last look at registration trends for the Zach Koop Memorial Crit at Orchard Beach
Fear and Loathing on Bear Mountain
The CRCA Bear Mountain Classic presents the opportunity for multiple approaches to a bike race. We look at three of them from the 2018 edition.
Bike Race Budgeting: A Look Inside the Numbers
A detailed look at the budgeting process for one of New York City’s largest cycling events, the upcoming Zach Koop Memorial Criterium at Orchard Beach
Ginger Boyd: Racing For All Women
We chatted with LA based Cat 2 road & fixed gear racer, Ginger Boyd, about the very common struggle that Women’s license holders face: finding races that make space for us, while simultaneously shouldering the burden of participation to ensure those races don’t take that space away from us.
The USAC Upgrade System is Broken
After a frustrating day interrupts the Grant’s Tomb Criterium afterglow, TBD’s Matthew Vandivort argues that the USAC upgrade system needs to be changed.
The Bear Mountain Classic Pricing Conundrum
The very challenging task of budgeting for the upcoming CRCA Bear Mountain Classic
Race Directing Isn't Easy (it Takes a Village)
With just a few days until the 2019 CRCA Grant’s Tomb Criterium we take a look at the people involved behind the scenes
Grant's Tomb Criterium: The Latest Registration Trends
In our latest Race Director Diaries journal entry we’re taking an updated look at Grant’s Tomb Criterium registration
Road Is Losing. Gravel Is Winning. Here Are the Numbers.
TBD analyzed 123,000 race registrations from Rasputitsa to analyze its riders and their registration trends over time. Among other things, we learned that when riders start racing gravel, their days on the road are numbered.
The Abbreviated Lifecycle of a Bike Racer
Two years later we circle back to our original ‘Demographics of Cycling’ piece and look at the latest data on the abbreviated lifecycle of a NYC bike racer.
An Early Look at Grant's Tomb Criterium Registration Trends
Registration is now open for the biggest race in New York City and we have a peak at some of the early registration trends
The NYC Race Official Shortage: The Update
Has the shortage of USAC officials that we warned was threatening to cancel races way back in 2017 improved?
State of the Sport: What Happens When Gravel and Road Racing Collide?
What happens when two of our favorite races/race organizations overlap on one of the biggest weekends of racing? In 2019 we are about to find out