State of the Sport

Race registration trends at New York City’s last road race - the Bear Mountain Spring Classic

Assessing the state of women’s racing via the Women’s 4/5 podium in NYC

We sit down with one of the NY-tri state area’s premium junior development programs

The longstanding Tuesday night race series at FBF in Brooklyn needs your help

A detailed look at registration for the 2022 Grant’s Tomb Criterium, how it compares to pre-pandemic editions, and what it suggests about the future of bike racing

Liz reflects on her many years race directing New York City’s biggest criterium

We dive into the latest NYC race registration data to assess the State of post-pandemic Road Racing in the region

New York’s biggest road race is upon us - what does it say about road racing post-COVID?

A detailed look at 2019 year-to-date data from USA Cycling - where the news is not good for the State of the Sport

We interview the person responsible for insuring the 12-race Central Park Club Series happened this year: CRCA Vice President of Racing Kevin Hsieh.

Our three part interview and examination of the Reading Radsport Festival comes to a conclusion with a look at the lessons learned by the race directors and photographs from the 2019 edition of the race.

The part two of our interview with Reading Radsport Festival race directors Gabe and Kacey we dive into sponsorship, storytelling, spectators, and sustainability

The State of the Sport on the TBD Journal is changing gears from Red Hook Crit to a possible future formula for USAC racing as part of a multi-part interview with the team behind the Reading Radsport Festival

Our Race Director Diaries series changes gears slightly as long-time New York City based race director weighs in on the lack of diversity in the role

TBD had the opportunity to sit down with one of the few folks to truly innovate the sport of cycling as we know it over the past decade

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.

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.

Looking back at a challenging day at the Bear Mountain Classic, for reasons that had nothing to do with the actual racing

An inside look at what it is like for your first race director experience to take place in an all day downpour

Counting down the days until Bear Mountain Classic registration closes while monitoring a significant financial gap

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

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

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.

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 very challenging task of budgeting for the upcoming CRCA Bear Mountain Classic

With just a few days until the 2019 CRCA Grant’s Tomb Criterium we take a look at the people involved behind the scenes

In our latest Race Director Diaries journal entry we’re taking an updated look at Grant’s Tomb Criterium registration