In 2013 Podia’s Max Burgess cycled to Switzerland with a friend to visit a building that they had studied about. The text below is an article he wrote about the adventure for issue IX of The Ride Journal, a published collection of short cycling stories accompanied by beautiful illustrations.

Words by Max Burgess It’s always nice when a company such as Campagnolo proposes a product to test and review, so when I was asked to try their Bora One 35 wheels on behalf of Podia, I couldn’t say no.

On a trip to London, Podia decided to pay a visit to titanium specialist Pretorius who have featured in Podia Machines galleries before.

Podia recently went stateside and driving through Boulder, Colorado we were rather impressed by the healthy and thriving bike scene. We decided to try and find out more and this search brought us to Vecchio’s Bicicletteria.

Podia has teamed up with Czech frame maker Festka to build a team of riders interested in exploring the lesser travelled parts of Europe. Called ‘Riding Behind the Curtain’ the team will be discovering parts of Eastern Europe and documenting the rides in a series of articles and films, but first…

With attentions now fully on the Giro d’Italia and soon the other grand tours, Podia takes a look back at a race that crowned another great Spring Classics season.

The cycling season ‘officially’ started this weekend with Ian Stannard taking the top spot on the podium of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Watching the closing kilometres of the Omloop, once again reminded us of what an amazing time of the year it is in the cycling calendar.

The idea is simple. Take a cyclist and see how far he can cycle around a velodrome track in an hour. So how did such a simple thing become so complicated?

A few months ago Podia travelled to Italy to meet with Italian cycling legend Francesco Moser at his vineyard in the Trentino region in the North.

The end of a season is often a stressful time for riders. Unless you are a captain or an established rider, it is rare you have anything longer than a one-year contract. As a result October means a hard fight to find a new home.