Katie Archibald has revealed how she desperately tried to save the life of her partner Rab Wardell, who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest in bed yesterday morning, just 48 hours after he had won the Scottish MTB XC Championship, and has also spoken of her devastation at his death.> XCO racer Rab Wardell dies two … Read more
The cycling market has been moving towards disc brakes and electronic groupsets for some time now, but Shimano was lacking an ‘entry-level’ option to rival…errr…Rival. With the new Shimano 105 Di2 now appearing on bikes, we thought we’d take a look at which one is better by digging down into the facts and figures. WeightIt is … Read more
Scott’s Addict 10 is a well-priced endurance bike with a high-performance ride. It has a firm feel to it, but the carbon layup helps keep the comfort levels up, and the SRAM Rival AXS groupset adds to the efficiency.RideScott describes the Addict as being designed from the ground up, with long days in the saddle … Read more
Brompton Bikes has been in the news recently with James Houston completing the Transcontinental ride on one and a new book about the company having been released last week, so let’s take a look at the classic British folder.Ride of the year? Cyclist completes Transcontinental on Brompton folding bike best folding bikes (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) … Read more
A cyclist in France was rushed to hospital on Sunday after being stung around 50 times by a swarm of hornets while he was mountain biking with a group of friends.The rider, aged 58, was taken to hospital in Roanne in the Loire department, around 90km northwest of Lyon after he entered anaphylactic shock following … Read more
A cyclist whose bike was stolen says that data protection rules are letting the thief get away with the crime, even though security staff identified the perpetrator through CCTV footage.Kerry Barratt had cycled into Navan town centre in County Meath on the afternoon of Tuesday 16 last week to buy school uniform for her son … Read more
As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, it’s clear that bikes can play a large part in reducing our emissions; but just because they’re part of the solution, it doesn’t mean they don’t have any carbon footprint at all. We talked to some industry experts in an attempt to find out how just large that footprint is, and whether the bike industry … Read more
