'One thing tremendous formidable' looming for US duo Michael Garrison and Cole Davis on new SpeedStudio p/b Basso alliance

Former US under-23 time trial nationwide champion Michael Garrison will be part of forces with former US junior street race winner Cole Davis for the SpeedStudio p/b Basso workforce in 2026, the duo combining for street, mountain bike and gravel competitions within the US and overseas.

Garrison launched an impartial racing programme two years in the past, MGR p/b +SpeedStudio, for competing in a number of disciplines after 4 seasons on the street with Hagens Berman Axeon improvement workforce. He had sporadic success, like second general within the 2024 SpeedWeek criterium collection with a mixture of high outcomes off-road and one-day street occasions in 2025, reminiscent of Homegrown Gravel and Spartanburg Criterium victories, and noticed the necessity for extra help in matches in opposition to robust groups.

“I will have a teammate,” Garrison exclaimed to Cyclingnews concerning the new improvement for a 3rd season in defying the standard and controlling a various path in professional biking.

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“For the final two years, frankly, we hadn’t had the assets, that depth, to assist me out. I’ve identified Cole for a extremely very long time, we type of grew up collectively, and I’ve all the time identified his skills as a racer. We have had highs collectively, lows collectively. Cole is arguably one of many solely, if not the one, rider that has talents like I do, and desires to race all the pieces.”

The Georgia and California-based riders had been teammates on the Hagens Berman Axeon improvement workforce in 2020 and 2021, and Garrison mentioned he had an ‘aha’ second once they had been roommates in Girona for combining their frequent talents for explosiveness and tactical methods in a future teamwork setting.

They parted methods, Garrison launched an impartial programme on the age of 21, and Davis break up seasons with Laboral Kutxa, Ribble Rise up and Venture Echelon Racing over three seasons. Then the epiphany to make the partnership come collectively occurred on the rostrum at US Gravel Nationals in Minnesota this previous September, Garrison ending second and Davis third.

“He was second at Bucks County, then gained The Rad Filth and was on the rostrum with me at Gravel Nationals. Figuring out he needed to do one thing completely different, it was a second [at Gravel Nationals] of constructing this dynamic duo. He matches the rider kind, matches with the manufacturers we work with and the way we current ourselves, he will be the proper match as a buddy and with the chemistry we have now.”

During the last two seasons, Davis gained the Sea Otter Circuit Race, a stage at Redlands Bicycle Traditional, two races at SpeedWeek and The Rad Filth Fest. He represented Workforce USA on the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships within the Netherlands earlier than ending his season with Garrison at Massive Sugar Gravel in Arkansas.

The 2 will be part of forces for a programme that “blends elite efficiency with artistic manufacturing”, with continued help from Georgia-based SpeedStudio, a artistic design store that manages elite athletes and creates storytelling and unites manufacturers with creators in a personal membership group. Basso Bikes is the brand new presenting sponsor for the workforce, which Garrison famous had been making a heavy push within the US marketplace for their various fleet.

“SpeedStudio is rethinking what it means to be knowledgeable biking group,” mentioned Alessandro Basso, CEO of Basso Bikes. “They’re constructing one thing that merges tradition and competitors. Their racing model conjures up creativity, and that creativity attracts new followers to biking. For us, that’s precisely the type of vitality the game wants.”

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The 2026 competitors calendar was taking form for SpeedStudio p/b Basso, and Garrison confirmed there have been daring aims for the two-rider squad.

Davis will look to earn one in every of three wildcards on the Life Time Grand Prix, a set of off-road races within the US. For Garrison, he’ll head to Europe for Santa Vall and The Traka. Each look to compete at VIA Crit in London and ZuriCrit in Zurich, together with different ‘cornerstone’ occasions reminiscent of Tulsa Powerful, USPro Highway Nationals and Massive Sugar Gravel.

“We’re planning one thing tremendous formidable for subsequent 12 months. Cole and I each come from a workforce tradition, and we did not have probably the most typical pathway in any respect. So via this program, we would like him to even have decisions, like semi-privateers.

“At Sea Otter, we’ll focus extra for him, then I can play extra of a B roll. We’re gonna go from Sea Otter to Athens Twilight, there’s 48 hours in between. We wish to win each. We wish to blow the doorways off the world,” Garrison mentioned.

The non-public membership aspect with SpeedStudio, based mostly within the Inman Park space of Atlanta, has about 50 members up to now. Garrison, who lives in close by Decatur, mentioned he would proceed to be engaged with member experiences all year long, from Wahoo Crank It Up indoor occasions to out of doors rides within the north Georgia mountains.