An independent survey has found that almost twice as many people who live in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) support having a protected cycle lane on Kensington High Street as those who oppose the idea – leading Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to urge the local council to reinstate the pop-up cycle … Read more
Mavic has warned customers against buying fake versions of its products from unregulated sources after its own testing showed serious safety flaws, concluding that “these counterfeit wheels are dangerous and will lead to serious injury or death.”> Buy a fake, risk death, support slavery – says bike industryIn a press release, Mavic said this: “A road … Read more
Cane Creek Cycling Components has unveiled the next generation of its eeSilk suspension seat posts, with the original aluminium seatpost refreshed as a more affordable option and a new lightweight carbon version introduced.“With the same fatigue-reducing 20mm of travel as its predecessor, the new eeSilk has been refined with accessibility in mind,” says Cane Creek. The … Read more
With a platform like Strava that has so many features built-in, it is very easy to use the few obvious and most important ones, such as the route builder, the segment leaderboards and scrolling through your activity feed kudos-ing friends’ rides, but there’s a lot more valuable functionality that you’ve probably yet to explore…Some of … Read more
Avoiding motor vehicles and poor cycling infrastructure, as well as benefiting from a smoother riding surface are identified as the three principal reasons cyclists ride on pavements, according to a recently published study.Led by Jonas Ihlström of the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) in Linköpin, the study was based on analysis of … Read more
Canyon’s Roadlite:ON hybrid e-bike, which first landed in August 2019, sports a dynamic geometry and now boasts an improved drive system with a new remote operated control for added functionality and ease-of-use.The 2021 Roadlite:ON hybrid range consists of two models, the Roadlite:ON 6 (above, £2,699) and the Roadlite:ON 7 (below, £3,399).“To unite maximum speed with … Read more
The Rotor INspider is a power meter that forms part of a modular setup that can allow fitment to almost any style of bike including road, gravel or mountain bike. It is very well made with precise tolerances and multiple options. It offers dual-sided power measurement, and a rechargeable battery with long lifetime. While the … Read more
Vitus has redesigned its Vitesse Evo race bike for 2021 and claims that the new version is lighter and much stiffer than previously. Vitus has also dropped the seatstays (they join the seat tube lower than before), the idea being to boost comfort, and tweaked the geometry. 2021 Vitus Vitesse EVO CRS eTap AXS Road … Read more
