Your body makes contact with the bike in just three places – your hands, backside and feet – and all your power goes through your shoes, so it’s crucial that you buy the right ones.The footwear team at Specialized works closely with professional riders, listening to issues these riders experience in the critical stages of competition … Read more
In the final two kilometres of the cobbled one-day Le Samyn road race, Alpecin-Fenix’s Mathieu van der Poel was seen tossing a part of his handlebar to the pavement. While the cause of the failure is not yet known, Van der Poel’s father says that his son hit a car in the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race a few … Read more
The SKS Veloflexx Mudguard Set is a strong, silent way to stay muck-free on a modern bike. Designed for disc-brake frames with suspension forks, they can even be adapted to gravel bike needs with a bit of fettling.At 65mm in width – that’s 2.6in in old money – these cover everything from gravel or cross-country … Read more
A cyclist who was filmed knocking over a four-year-old girl in Belgium on Christmas Day has been ordered to pay a symbolic €1 in damages claimed by the child’s family, with a judge also suspending sentencing for one year.Footage of the incident, which happened close to the popular tourist destination of the Baraque Michel inn … Read more
The Stolen Goat Men’s Palace Bodyline Gilet fits really well, is windproof and packs down small enough to forget it’s there until you need it. Pocket flaps allow easy access to your jersey, and it looks good, too.The Bodyline Gilet is a mix of 80% polyester and 20% elastane. The material is very stretchy, and … Read more
Gravel bikes are the trendy choice these days and we can see why. These bikes generally suit the needs of the everyday cyclist far better than a road bike and features like a relaxed riding position, stable handling, wide tyres, mudguard mounts and hydraulic disc brakes makes a gravel bike an easy one to recommend … Read more
Here’s an interesting entry in our Near Miss of the Day series – the driver of what we presume is an unmarked police car starting to overtake a cyclist and thinking better of it due to a couple of other riders; as well as another motor vehicle, coming in the other direction then after weaving through … Read more
