The Backpedal alternatives: newsletters like it
11 newsletters in the NewsletterFIT index cover the same topics as The Backpedal (Cycling history, Tour de France and pub quizzes). The closest matches are Rockets Cycling 🚀, Tour de Tietema and The Fitzwilliam. They are ranked by how many topics they share with it, then by publicly shown subscribers.
Updated Nov 12, 2026 · ranked by shared topics, then publicly shown subscribers · methodology
About The Backpedal
Articles on cycling facts, cycling stats and cycling history. All the best things. Do a bit of shouting at clouds too.
- Cycling history
- Tour de France
- pub quizzes
- Irish culture
- 1Rockets Cycling 🚀60K subscribers
SubstackMonthly or less · last post Aug 18, 2026
Come aboard on our journey! We'll send you exclusive updates from Bas, Jose & Devin, news about the team and content you won't even see on Youtube!
Likely audience: Professional cyclists
1 shared topic
- 2Tour de Tietema34K subscribers
Substacklast post Jul 28, 2026
From recent posts: Tour de Tietema publishes a mix of cycling news, team updates, and lifestyle features including sports challenges and interviews. It serves fans of endurance sports and the Tietema cycling team with content ranging from…
Likely audience: Cycling fans
1 shared topic
- 3The Fitzwilliam3K subscribers
SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 38 days ago
From recent posts: The Fitzwilliam publishes opinion pieces on Irish education policy, fiscal strategy, and technology infrastructure alongside community announcements for its Boston, Belfast, and other regional meetups. It serves an…
Likely audience: Fitzwilliam readers
1 shared topic
- 4
SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 6 days ago
Likely audience: Book lovers
1 shared topic
- 5Mia’s Queue1K subscribers
SubstackMonthly or less · last post 52 days ago
From recent posts: Mia's Queue publishes a mix of music analysis, spoken word poetry, consumer psychology, and personal essays. The content targets readers interested in cultural critique, grief, and the intersection of art with everyday…
Likely audience: Music enthusiasts and fans of indie/alternative genres
1 shared topic
- 6
SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 6 days ago
From recent posts: Newport Buzz Substack publishes a mix of local news, community event coverage, and municipal litigation updates for residents and visitors in Newport, Rhode Island. Content ranges from infrastructure policy and maritime…
Likely audience: Newport residents
1 shared topic
- 7
SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 6 days ago
This Substack will bring together race analysis, transfer news exclusives, features, interviews and more from men's and women's professional cycling
Likely audience: Cycling enthusiasts
1 shared topic
- 8IN DE WAAIER—
SubstackWeekly · last post 4 days ago
De koers, de koers, niets dan de koers. Hidde en Thijs nemen je mee van de voorjaarsklassiekers naar de grote rondes en het WK - en alles wat er tussen zit. Analyses, interviews, reacties, nieuws, hoofdzaken en…
Likely audience: Cycling enthusiasts
1 shared topic
- 9
LinkedInEvery two weeks · last post 18 days ago
Musings on Irish tourism
Likely audience: Tourism professionals
1 shared topic
- 10Sunwise—
SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 18 days ago
A newsletter and gathering place for storytellers and solutionaries, with reflections on landscape, literature, travel, and food from Kate McCabe of Bog & Thunder.
Likely audience: Food enthusiasts
1 shared topic
- 11
SubstackMonthly or less · last post 50 days ago
Writer, freelance journalist and aspiring novelist, posting about pro cycling, France, and French cyclists. Stuff I'd chat to my mates about at the pub. Except I don't have any mates who like cycling, and can go to the…
Likely audience: Cycling fans
1 shared topic
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