This afternoon the Tour de France peloton tackles the last of three gruelling stages in the Pyrenees, the fourth and final mountain range of the race. By contrast, on Sunday Jasper Philipsen became the first bona fide sprinter to win a bona fide bunch sprint finish since the race left Denmark a fortnight and a … Read more
If you want to keep your cycling shoes feeling brand new, the Muc-Off Premium Bike Shoe Care Kit tackles dirt on the outside and whiffs on the inside. It’s quite a comprehensive bundle with the contents all working effectively, whether your shoes just need a spruce up or a thorough clean.I gave the Muc-Off Shoe … Read more
Oxford’s low-traffic neighbourhoods are to be made permanent after a vote by Oxford County Council yesterday.The scheme has been in place in various parts of the city since March 2021, but has been blighted by vandalism, described as a “civil war”, with planters rammed out the way, and even one recent incident which saw a bollard … Read more
Must get in front (or MGIF to those in the know) denotes a driver who just has to get in front of a cyclist (or any other road user, for that matter), often at truly pointless or unsafe moments, such as today’s Near Miss of the Day…Dan from Stoke-on-Trent is today’s submitter, and was cycling home … Read more
UPDATE 9/8/2022: Dorset Police have confirmed a local man aged in his 60s has attended a voluntary police interview. He has been released under investigation as officers carry out further enquiries.Police in Dorset have released a picture of a man, captured by a cyclist’s helmet camera, who is alleged to have assaulted the rider, pushing … Read more
When Neil Feakins boarded his flight home from Vienna having competed in Ironman Austria on July 3rd he had already read about a fellow Ironman athlete, Sian Hurley, whose bike and kit had not arrived in Newcastle on a connecting flight from Heathrow she and her family had boarded to complete their journey from Australia to Ironman … Read more
Thanks to spending a huge number of hours on the bike each week, riders in the pro peloton can pull off some pretty extreme positions that, of course, we mere mortals love to copy. The latest ‘in thing’ appears to be using tiny bars and angling the shifters inwards, but why? And should we be … Read more
Take a look at the Tour de France peloton this year and you’ll notice that there are a fair few teams riding very similar-looking bikes. Specialized sponsors three teams in the race and they all ride the S-Works Tarmac SL7. Here is the TotalEnergies edition.The TotalEnergies team is one with plenty of history. The origins … Read more
