It’s an email sure to ruin your day: Uh oh! So-and-so just stole your Strava KOM! Cue frantic analysis of their ride, segment effort and previous achievements to double (and triple) check if you’ve got grounds for a flag… or, more often than not, to find out that you just need to be a bit fitter … Read more
The Triban Men’s Road Cycling Bib Tights RC500 are designed for ‘discerning cyclists who want a comfortable solution for spring and autumn’. As you can see from the photos, they are in fact 3/4s and, in my book, all the better for it. Not that I don’t like full-length tights, but I find 3/4s incredibly … Read more
A Yorkshire cyclist has warned he could have been killed when a passenger in an overtaking car opened one of the vehicle’s rear doors, hitting him on the hand.Fortunately, Trev Walker escaped relatively physically unscathed, suffering swelling and bruising to his right hand, but said it “could easily have ended with serious injury or fatality” after a passenger … Read more
Rides are getting colder, wetter and darker, so this week’s five cool things takes a look at some of the latest products to counteract autumnal misery. There’s a Ravemen light to help get you seen, a jacket for crisp mornings (and/or evenings), a stress-free cargo bike, fancy chain preparation and a floor pump for dealing … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is expected to add the powerful painkiller tramadol to its World Anti-Doping Code prohibited list, the Telegraph newspaper reports.The painkiller has long since been a talking point within the world of professional cycling, with the UCI ultimately banning use of it ‘in competition’ back in March 2019 amongst concerns about dangerous side … Read more
More magpie misery for the pro riders hanging out near Wollongong’s splendid sandy beaches ahead of this weekend’s elite UCI Road World Championships road races, with Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown both reporting being attacked.Last week, a vet in Australia sounded the warning over potential attacks on riders and spectators by magpies defending their territory during … Read more
Cycling activists in Somerset have criticised the local council’s decision to scale back a new cycle route through Taunton by removing from the plans a key roundabout in the town centre, which cyclists in the area have described as “unsafe”.Somerset West and Taunton Council announced in June that work would soon begin on a £3.5 … Read more
