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Trailforks GPX Export

The Trailforks GPX Export Feature You Always Wanted Is Here

Posted on 21 September 202221 September 2022 by cosmo

Use this Trailforks GPX Export bookmarklet tool to export GPX files of routes and rides from Trailforks.com in your personal route planning.

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Velonews 404 Page not found. Also, why is a cycling website's 404 page a picture of exhausted runners?

Fixing VeloNews’ Dead Links: 2021 Edition

Posted on 24 July 202111 May 2023 by cosmo

As part of the Cyclocosm revamp earlier this month, I’ve been working on a small JavaScript project. It scans whatever page it’s on for old, likely-broken VeloNews links, and fixes them on the fly. You can learn more about it here: If this feels at all familiar, you’re right! Back in 2011, I put together…

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Cycling Organization Press Release Generator

Posted on 30 January 20137 July 2021 by cosmo

This form broke a few years after publication, and in July 2021 I disabled it completely. May it serve as a reminder producing spoofed content was once considered funny. I had some thoughts on cycling—on the honest-to-goodness racing of bicycles—earlier this week. But dang if I didn’t get a little distracted by the bellowing and…

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Introducing Strava Club Leaderboards

Posted on 3 February 20128 July 2021 by cosmo

Club Leaderboards was disabled by a Strava API change in 2014 As you might have gleaned from my review, I’m a pretty big fan of Strava. But I’ve always been a little disappointed in the Clubs pages. After all, since I’m already following most of the people in my clubs, a listing of the club…

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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