Major Irish cycling retailer Cycle SuperStore has warned its customers of a sophisticated scam replicating a genuine competition.Scammers pretending to be Cycle SuperStore have contacted customers to say they have won the competition and offer a link to a website imitating the retailer’s own page, where they are asked to provide personal information, including credit card … Read more
Garmin’s Vivosmart 5 isn’t cycling specific, but if you want an all-round fitness tracker that will record rides and your general daily well-being, in a smart but discreet package that looks just as at home with Lycra or your civvies, then it’s a good choice. Its monochrome screen and lack of GPS is a compromise … Read more
I first came into contact with Mike Burrows in 2013 when his friend Richard Ballantine died. The publication I was working for at the time wanted an obituary and hadn’t had a particularly good relationship with Mike, partly because of its reluctance to feature laid back recumbent cycles. As the least unacceptable face of the … Read more
Tom Dumoulin has announced that he has “decided to quit professional cycling” with immediate effect, rather than continue racing until the end of the season, when he had planned to try and regain the World Time Trial championship he previously won in 2017.The 31 year old Team Jumbo-Visma rider, who took the overall at the … Read more
Next year’s RideLondon-Essex sportive will take place on Sunday 28 May 2023, according to local newspaper reports.The hugely popular event returned this year following a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, switching from its previous late July/early August slot to late May.A new slimmed-down format saw events in London, including the family-friendly FreeCycle ride … Read more
Cadex has today released a high-end 50mm deep tubeless wheelset that aims to take on the fastest in the business and tubeless tyres that are said to be “shaped for speed”.Cadex 50 Ultra Disc2022 Cadex 50 Ultra hookless rim profile wheels (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)As the name suggests, this is a 50mm deep wheelset and if you’re eagle-eyed … Read more
Normal service resumes with the end of another heatwave and the latest dose of five cool things. In this week’s edition, we’ve got a very expensive smartwatch that we’ve been desperately trying to discharge, a helmet for the youngsters that’s got a plant on the top of it…some carbon deeps, arm warmers, and the new 105 … Read more
