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Bike at Bedtime – 2021 Specialized Diverge Expert Carbon Gravel Bike
The Specialized Diverge comes in quite a few interesting designs and we absolutely love the look of this, the Expert model that is currently in for testing. Let’s have a closer look at this carbon gravel bike. 2021 Specialized Diverge Expert Carbon – stem (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) At about this time last year, Specialized … Read more
Sports director thrown off Giro d’Italia after rear-ending rider in team car
Team BikeExchange sports director Gene Bates has been thrown out of the Giro d’Italia after he rear-ended Deceuninck-Quick Step rider Pieter Serry on the final climb of today’s sixth stage of the race.Team manager Matt White was also fined 2,000 Swiss Francs (£1,570) as a result of the incident, which happened as he retrieved jackets … Read more
Jail for thug who repeatedly punched cyclist – then friended him on Facebook
A Northamptonshire man who repeatedly punched a cyclist and put him in a chokehold, then added him as a friend on Facebook once he realised that footage of the incident would be sent to police, has been sent to jail.Danny Walsh, aged 26, was jailed for one year and nine months this week for grievous … Read more
Pirelli launches 35g ‘superlight, reinforced and space-saving’ SmarTUBE inner tubes
Pirelli has released its new SmarTUBE inner tubes for road and gravel, with huge weight and space savings promised. The lightest tube is the 23mm narrow P Zero SmarTUBE that comes in at a claimed weight of 35g, which if accurate is lighter than both Tubolito’s Tubo Road 700c at 38g and the Schwalbe Aerothan at 43g. 2021 Pirelli SmarTUBE 4 … Read more
Salsa Cowchipper Drop Bar
Salsa’s Cowchipper drop bar is a great way to increase your bike’s practicality, with ample room to mount accessories and luggage, and a wide grip stance for enhanced control and stability.The Cowchipper has been around for years in Salsa’s extensive range of gravel and adventure-ready drop bars. These include the Cowchipper Deluxe, in 7050-T6 aluminium … Read more
Controversial Richmond Park Code of Conduct for cyclists cannot address “real hazard” of motor traffic, says campaign group co-ordinator
A Code of Conduct published by Richmond Park Cyclists (RPC) reflects mostly “the common sense and legal approach to cycling anywhere” according to one local campaigner, but cannot address the “real hazard” facing visitors to the Royal Park – namely, motor traffic.> Richmond Park Cyclists’ co-founder responds to critics of controversial Code of ConductDrawn up over … Read more
Patent applications confirm Shimano Dura-Ace is 12-speed and semi-wireless
New US patent applications seem to confirm rumours that the much-anticipated Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 9200 groupset is a semi-wireless 12-speed system, or at least make this a whole lot more likely.> New Dura-Ace shifter spotted? Plus what we want to see on new Dura-Ace‘Semi-wireless’ means that the dual-control shifters communicate wirelessly with derailleurs that are wired to … Read more
Ineos Grenadiers’ Tom Pidcock shares photo of possible new Princeton CarbonWorks wheels and Continental tyres
The multi-talented Ineos Grenadiers rider Tom Pidcock has shared – and then swiftly deleted – a post on Instagram that showed a shallower Princeton Works design. The wheels look like clinchers, which could mean that the Ineos Grenadiers line up for the Tour de France without their tubular wheels for the first time.> Tour de France … Read more