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Major cycling retailer warns customers of fake website scam

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 Vivosmart 5

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

“We shall never see his like again”: Remembering Mike Burrows

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 announces retirement with immediate effect

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

RideLondon-Essex sportive date reportedly confirmed for 2023

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