A traffic marshal at the UCI World Championships has been jailed for ‘peddling’ cocaine and ketamine at the event. Monique Shiels was marshalling at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Harrogate, Yorkshire when she was caught red-handed trying to sell class A drugs to spectators. The Harrogate Advertiser reports the 25-year-old was arrested on the fourth day of the competition – … Read more
The CGR 725 has won gravel bike of the year and placed third in the overall bike of the year. If that wasn’t enough, the CGR Al e also landed in the top ten for the gravel category.The CGR is a bike that really can do a bit of everything and it does it very … Read more
A 14-year-old schoolgirl who was killed while out cycling with her mother ‘died doing something she loved’, an inquest heard. Caitlin Swan was riding her bike down a hill near Stithians in Cornwall when she crashed into the back of a van and was ‘flung’ into the path of an oncoming vehicle.The inquest at New County … Read more
The Revvies Starter Pack contains a selection of caffeine energy strips which are easy to take and give a big enough jolt to prepare you for exercise – or keep you going while you’re training or competing.I’ve used caffeine on the bike for many years, whether that be before my fasted commute to work every … Read more
Paris has quite rightly won plaudits for some of the pop-up cycling infrastructure put in place over the past year or so, such as the protected bike lane on the Rue de Rivoli which is used by thousands of cyclists a day – which adds to the shock of watching this video shot this week … Read more
A US patent granted to Specialized this week (16th February 2021) suggests that full suspension could be added to the Roubaix road bike range. Bikeradar first picked up on this one. 2022 Specialized Roubaix full suspension patent – 5 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Like many other bike and component brands, Specialized is granted numerous patents every year. Some … Read more
Nine months ago, I wrote here about how going cycling with my Miniature Schnauzer Elodie in the basket of my bike was helping me get through the first COVID-19 national lockdown in England; now, with the country in another lockdown, it’s cycling – with the help of a new bike I couldn’t have had before – that … Read more
A councillor in Newcastle Upon Tyne has slammed a “malicious attempt” to skew the results of a consultation into the closure of five bridges to motor traffic in the Jesmond and Gosforth areas of the city, after bogus online accounts were set up to register opposition to the proposals.The news has raised concerns among campaigners for … Read more
If things are looking a bit bleak right now – lockdowns, short days, questionable weather – then at least we can all look forward to brighter days ahead, in all senses. If you had to gather your riding buddies and do your one favourite ride, what would it be? We want to know, and we’ve teamed … Read more
Ministers in Jersey are considering whether to adopt the principle of presumed liability in civil law in relation to road traffic collisions, as well as possibly bringing the island’s criminal law for road traffic offences more into line with laws in England and Wales.Presumed liability in road traffic collisions has been adopted by all EU member … Read more
