Rollers Instinct

James Robertson captures Björn Lenhard dealing with his saddle sores at checkpoint 2 from Nick Van Mead’s account of riding the Transcontinental Race in The Guardian.

This year’s Silk Road Mountain Race kicks off today and to give you a taste of what’s to come, check out this documentary from last year’s race.

Now your bike can potentially go for a ride without you...

Jered and Ashley Gruber catch riders on the horizon from a gallery of photos taken at E3 BinckBank Classic over on CyclingTips.

A man transports a statue of a cow on the back of his bike as he passes the banks of the Ganges during the Kumbh Mela festival from The Guardian’s Best photographs of the day.

La Mitica by Riccardo Guasco

The Rough-Stuff Fellowship were doing off road touring long before it became fashionable and the club is being celebrated with an upcoming book. The crowdfunding campaign for the book ends this Sunday so if you want a piece of this cycling history, get in quick.

The Chicago magazine has a great longform piece about a cyclist who goes on a bank robbing spree...

Why It's Almost Impossible to Ride a Bike 60 Kilometers in One Hour 

Wilco Dragt captures a rider descending Mont Ventoux in France in an entry for the Mark Gunter Photographer of the Year Awards.

Chris Auld captures a Team Sunweb rider looking like a creature from the Black Lagoon at the Strade Bianche for Soigneur. 

The Heat Wave (waiting for climate change) in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France by Australian artist Fintan Magee and found on Barbara Picci's blog.

Montanus heads to Iceland for an otherworldly adventure. You can find out more information about the route here and photos from the trip here.

Fall Trail by Ellen Schofield

Vendors carry candy floss in Lahore, Pakistan from The Guardian’s Best Photographs of the Day.