The Santini Redux Vigor Men’s Wind Vest offers a little more protection than many, thanks to the addition of insulation. It’s warm, fits really well and packs down small, although the price is steep.This windproof has the extra benefit of a Polartec Alpha thermodynamic lining on the chest, over the shoulders, on the neck and … Read more
Forget Jonas Vingegaard’s duel with Tadej Pogačar, or Wout van Aert’s stab at world domination, the real – and most impressive – story of this year’s Tour de France belongs to an item of clothing that shouldn’t have even made it to the start line.I am of course talking about the gilet. Geraint Thomas’ Tour may … Read more
A female cyclist was left “petrified” and “visibly shaking” after a man confronted her while she was riding on a cycle lane. The man, who appears to have attended a nearby concert, grabbed the woman’s bike and told her to ‘get off and walk’. After a steward at the event intervened to fend off the … Read more
The Sundried Drop Men’s Training Bib Shorts offer really solid performance at an attractive price. The padding is fairly thin but proves comfortable anyway, the panel shaping and stitching is good, and they even look decent. So long as you’re not planning loads of three-hour-plus training rides they’re ideal.These are good shorts, especially given the … Read more
Old and new will come together on Sunday afternoon, as the women’s peloton thunders up and down the Champs Élysées, ahead of the final stage of the men’s Tour de France.Cycling’s most famous avenue is a familiar sight for the leading female pros – it was used three times during the mid-2010s for the first … Read more
The MAAP Alt_Road Jersey is the priciest in the women’s range perhaps thanks to its merino wool blend. It’s made for ‘alternate paths,’ by which they presumably mean gravel riding, with robust ripstop panels and earthy tones. It doesn’t look out of place on the road either. It’s very breathable for hot rides with a … Read more
A Met cycling officer has been heavily criticised online after a video was posted on Twitter showing the officer pointing out to a cyclist – who had just narrowly avoided being struck by a red light-jumping taxi driver – “how many cyclists go through red lights”.In the video below, shared online by the Twitter account … Read more
Keep today’s Near Miss handy for the next time a red-faced motorist scolds your group ride for cycling two abreast. In the above clip, a cycling club experienced two frighteningly similar overtakes on the same group ride – one while two abreast, the other while in the supposedly ‘safer’ single file formation.The cyclists, members of the … Read more
Warm down rollers, ice baths, ultrasound therapy, shots of Jack Daniel’s, fridges full of blood bags… Pro cyclists down the years have used an impressive variety of recovery methods to ensure they’re at their very best (or even beyond their best) at the grand tours.Ahead of this afternoon’s penultimate Tour de France stage, a 40-kilometre … Read more
Cycling instructors have accused Transport for London of ‘breaking promises’ after it quietly suspended funding for councils to deliver cycle training.TfL’s decision to immediately and indefinitely cut the funding – a result of the body’s ongoing financial crisis and reliance on short-term government bailouts – may affect the jobs of around 300 cycling instructors, who … Read more
