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Modern track positions have moved beyond what many road-derived components were built to handle. The Elite Track Stem began with a simple problem: if a rider needs more reach, the stem cannot just be longer. It has to be strong enough, clean enough and specific enough to make that position feel normal.
A track stem is not usually the part that gets much attention.
It sits low on the bike, half-hidden between the bars and the head tube, doing a job most riders only notice when it is wrong. Too short. Too tall. Too flexible. Too ordinary for the position being asked of it.
For a long time, that was fine. Track positions had their own demands, but the stem was still treated as a fairly simple fit item. Pick the reach, clamp the bars, tighten the bolts, move on.
Colnago T1RS Track Frame
The Colnago T1Rs has not yet become a familiar sight in elite track cycling. In the run up to Los Angeles, the sport is looking for equipment that is fast, legal, available and credible. Colnago may have arrived at precisely the right moment.
The Colnago T1Rs is not yet everywhere.
Track Frame Design
A new dimensional regulation will reshape how track bikes are designed for the Los Angeles Olympic cycle. But the real change is not the shape of the frame — it is how the entire rider–bike system is optimised. A five-part deep technical series examining how Olympic track bike design evolves under the 2027 UCI width regulations.
Positional Engineering
Spend enough time around domestic track racing and you start to notice patterns in setup. Across many clubs and race environments,
similar themes begin to emerge: a large number of amateur riders are on frames that are technically the wrong size for modern track geometry,
and are then trying to correct that mismatch at the front end.
Behind the Research
A clear-eyed look at what supplement stacking does (and does not) tell us about the velodrome. We use one repeated sprint study as a lens, then apply it honestly to sprint and bunch racing realities. In elite track cycling, supplement strategies are rarely accidental
Equipment Trends
During the 2026 UEC European Track Cycling Championships you may have seen Harrie Lavreysen and Steffie van der Peet of the Netherlands using face masks connected to small hand-held devices that generate a visible mist. These devices are Portable Ultrasonic Nebulizers from Ortorex.
They are not oxygen masks and they are not delivering medication in most sporting contexts. Instead, they are used as a respiratory comfort and airway hydration tool between maximal sprint efforts
