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Editor of @CanadianCycling and @CanadianMTB Also over at @mpioro@newsie.social

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Mostly bikes because bikes mean sport, technology, history, environment, fitness, culture, transportation, adventure, urbanism and, of course, fun. Bikes take an editor a lot of places.

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How Alex Stieda caught the Tour de France peloton off guard and snagged yellow, 40 years ago

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By Matthew Pioro Verified
| Canadian Cycling Verified
July 5, 2026 is a special date. It will mark 40 years since a Canadian, Coquitlam, B.C.’s Alex Stieda, went on an audacious breakaway and secured the yellow jersey. For a brief moment, Stieda led the Tour de France. He was the first Canadian as well as the first male North American to do so. This episode of the Canadian Cycling Magazine Podcast features a close look at Stieda’s historic ride. The discussion starts with his early years in cycling. (“What?
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Gravel racing tips from champion Benjamin Perry

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By Matthew Pioro Verified
| Canadian Cycling Verified
Sometimes, a gravel champion of multiple nations simply finds himself without a floor pump. A few weeks ago, Benjamin Perry was in need of such a tool at Unbound Gravel, the premier gravel race on the calendar. Perry, who’s based in Girona, wasn’t able to pack a pump for his North American trip. “Then, I was going around the hotel waiting for somebody to come out of a room who looked like a cyclist,” he said.
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Long-term test of the Shimano S-Phyre RX910 gravel shoes

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By Matthew Pioro Verified
| Canadian Cycling Verified
Recently, I took my pair of Shimano S-Phyre RX910 gravel shoes on a 164 km ride that mixed rail trail, paved country roads of various quality and logging roads that are also the playgrounds for ATVs and side-by-sides. It was the perfect route for versatile shoes that I had taken on many short rides, but needed to test along a longer distance. Shimano released its top-end gravel shoe, the S-Phyre RX910, in August 2025.
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