Cycling campaigners in Las Vegas are hopeful that penalties for motorists who injure or kill cyclists will be toughened in the wake of last month’s crash that resulted in five deaths. The driver involved, Jordan Barson, was reported to have had an “extremely high” level of methamphetamine in his system at the time of the … Read more
The Stolen Goat Men’s Voltage Mesh Base Layer is light, comfortable and great at wicking away sweat. I found that the taped neck and arm holes help with comfort whether worn under a jersey in the summer, a jacket in autumn or spring, or by itself during hot turbo sessions.At 64g the Voltage baselayer is … Read more
A Croydon shopping centre has rewritten its rules on bikes after a cyclist wrote to complain that he had been stopped by security staff while only pushing his along. Both the Whitgift and adjacent Centrale shopping centres accepted this was unreasonable and will now allow people to bring bikes in as long as they are … Read more
Back from the festive hols, the bike industry has been up against it dealing with the latest Brexit implications. The free trade deal between the UK and the EU, which was announced on Christmas Eve, took effect from 1st January. Since then… paperwork. There’s been a lot of that. And there will continue to be.> Brexit: … Read more
Buckinghamshire Council prioritised “knee-jerk” public responses when it abandoned a pop-up cycle lane, according to a local cyclist. The council argue that “a clear majority” objected to the measures between Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St Peter, but Robert Smith says that those waiting to see the scheme in its entirety never got a chance to … Read more
The end of the Brexit transition period is already impacting the cycling industry – and while the dust is likely to be settling on the UK’s new relationship with the EU for some time to come, and what the implications of that might be, we’re beginning to get an idea of a few of the … Read more
2020 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has become one of the first professional cyclists to be vaccinated against Covid-19. He and his UAE Team Emirates team-mates – including Fernando Gaviria, who contracted the disease twice – were given a vaccine developed by Sinopharm CNBG at a training camp in Abu Dhabi. The team said … Read more
The Rapha Men’s 3/4 Bib Shorts are supremely warm and comfortable – they have been one of the first items out of my kit drawer throughout autumn and winter, and I’m sure spring will be exactly the same. The quality is top notch, but that comes at a price, and some water resistance would make … Read more
