If you want the feel of steel when riding gravel, Ribble Cycles has introduced the Ribble Gravel 725 – available in three flavours and with the ability to customise specs – made from Reynolds 725 tubing. Prices start at £2,099.Stu Kerton has been riding the Ribble Gravel 725 for us over the past few weeks … Read more
The Campagnolo Shamal Carbon Disc Brake wheels are beautiful looking, fast, and stable. They spin up quickly, corner confidently, and are a cinch to set up tubeless. Compared with the best road bike and gravel bike wheels at the same price, they’re carrying a bit of extra weight, but the tyre levers they come with … Read more
BBC Politics Midlands presenter Elizabeth Glinka opened the Sunday morning show’s segment on cycling infrastructure by calling it “this week’s hot topic”. Mind you, cycle lanes, the Highway Code and rules for cyclists seem to be just about every week’s “hot topic” this year, with increasing numbers of radio phone-ins, TV talk shows and even BBC Panorama regularly tackling the ‘big issues’ … Read more
What do you buy the cyclist who already owns a Pinarello Dogma F, Lightweight Obermayer Evo wheels, an entire wardrobe of Rapha clothing, and hand-painted shoes? Luckily, Campagnolo has the answer: its Big Corkscrew in a limited edition with gold plating.Campagnolo has been making corkscrews for years; Tullio Campagnolo drew up the original design back … Read more
Three wise men Five cool things. This weeks Christmas crackers include a limited-edition helmet (not suitable for sleigh riding), thermal bib-shorts to keep your ball balls warm, water-resistant overshoes and waterproof winter shoes to ward off Frosty the Snowman and a red nose short nose saddle… Rapha and POC Ventral Lite Helmet £2402022 Rapha and POC Ventral Lite helmet – side (Image Credit: Farrelly … Read more
You’ve probably heard a ‘cyclists must wear hi-vis’ argument before, whether from a morning talk show ranter, anonymous Twitter account or even a UK police force, but today’s Near Miss of the Day perfectly demonstrates how sometimes even when you’ve taken every reasonable step to make yourself visible you can still be on the receiving end of dangerous driving…This … Read more
*This competition is now closed. Thanks for all your entries and best of luck next time if you aren’t one of our winners!Congratulations to our three winners: 1st: Andy Webber, 2nd: Mark Maleham & 3rd: Matt ThorneA representative from Occhio.cc will be in contact with you to arrange your prize.*Winter has taken hold and the colder … Read more
The Kask Sintesi is one of the best cycling helmets out there. It’s light, comfortable, looks good, and is suitable for all styles of riding, from urban commuting and road cycling to gravel. It includes a number of useful features for an attractive price, and there are plenty of colours to choose from.Its construction is … Read more
Is public opinion on the new Manchester cycling roundabout still slightly on the negative side? Short story: yep, pretty much. HLaB says: “With that cycleabout or whatever they want to call it, do they honestly think abled bodied Folks won’t follow their desire lines and cross to the middle or go round it clockwise? All the … Read more
For this evening’s Bike at Bedtime we’re heading back in time to check out Lance Armstrong’s Trek Madone, designed by British artist Damien Hirst and ridden by Armstrong on the Champs Elysées at the 2009 Tour de France. This bike eventually sold for half a million dollars. 2022 Trek Madone Lance Armstrong Damien Hirst (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) The original idea … Read more
