A yet-to-be-released Orbea aero road bike has made an appearance at the Vuelta a España with two Euskaltel-Euskadi riders racing on the new design. We imagine that this is an updated Orca Aero, although it could be an entirely new model.Orbea has given the Euskaltel-Euskadi bike a finish that combines orange spots and stripes, but many … Read more
Hundreds of cyclists are expected to protest outside Camden Council’s offices this Friday before riding to the junction in Holborn where cyclist Marta Krawiec was killed earlier this month.The 41-year-old paediatrician is the seventh cyclist to have been killed on the Holborn Gyratory system since 2008, with lorries involved in all but one of those fatal … Read more
Your brakes are a pretty crucial part of your bicycle. They are the only thing that will slow you down when you start moving and so making sure that they’re working is a rather good idea. There are also performance aspects to these checks. Good brakes allow you to slow later into a corner and if … Read more
Gore’s Fade jersey is a good quality summer top that’s well constructed and nicely designed. It’s a fairly straightforward jersey and performance is good, but it doesn’t really stand out, for good reasons or bad.The Fade jersey is a 92% polyester, 8% elastane mix, and while the large size was certainly a bit roomier than … Read more
The Grail AL is Canyon’s gravel bike that keeps the stable, agile handling and all-terrain speed of the Grail CF SLX but with the robustness of an alloy construction. 2021 Canyon Grail AL 2 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) > 19 of the best 2021 gravel bikes & adventure road bikesThe frame is sturdy and lightweight … Read more
Jasper Philipsen narrowly beat Fabio Jakobsen to win stage two of the Vuelta a España.The Belgian pipped Jakobsen on the line and his win means Alpecin-Fenix have now won a stage of all three Grand Tours this year. Michael Matthews and Juan Sebastian Molano kicked first but struggled with the headwind on the finish straight and had to settle for third and fourth … Read more
Prime’s RR-50 V3 Carbon Clincher wheelset is an accessible way into the world of deep carbon wheels. They look brilliant, are a massive upgrade over stock aluminium wheels, and they perform really well too. At this price, they’re hard to beat.If you are looking for cheap carbon clincher wheels, you’ve got a whole host of … Read more
University of Cardiff student Illi Gardner has smashed the women’s Everesting record by almost 20 minutes.The CAMS-Basso rider completed a leg-shredding 72 ascents of the steepest 500m section of the infamous Welsh climb Bwlch y Groes, averaging roughly 4:30 for each slog up the 18 per cent brute. Impressively, only five of the 72 took longer than five … Read more
