MET has given its best-selling Rivale a makeover for 2021, upping the style, comfort and safety features to deliver a competitive mid-priced helmet that, if you choose the right colour option, will have you standing out from the crowd.Italian brand MET provides the helmets for 2020 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates … Read more
It’s an ultra-short clip in today’s Near Miss of the Day video, coming in at just 12 seconds, but it manages to pack in two pieces of shockingly poor driving from one driver who first makes a very close pass on a cyclist then immediately turns left across him into a supermarket car park.John, the … Read more
Sensitivus and THM have joined forces to create what is claimed to be the lightest power meter crankset on the market, weighing in at a claimed 320g for the 110BCD model and costing €1,975. Power meters: 7 hidden hassles to avoidThe THM Clavicula SE Road power meter crankset uses a 30mm axle, has a claimed power range of 0-1999 watts, connects … Read more
Brooks England’s UK distributor has confirmed that saddles and other products from the Smethwick, West Midlands-based brand are available as usual through premium dealers and are unaffected by the company’s current policy of not accepting online orders from consumers here due to Brexit.As we reported yesterday, Brooks England – which has been owned since 2002 … Read more
For those at the back who might not have heard the first time, I’ll say it again…No one cares how far you rode your bike.Let’s just get that straight out there in the open.Distance is the most superficial metric with which to measure your cycling ability. It’s a basic and effortless means with which to … Read more
The 7mesh Copilot Jacket offers a minimalist design with maximum performance – it’s a brilliant packable jacket for taking with you everywhere. The Gore-Tex PacLite Plus fabric keeps you dry, protected from the wind, and won’t have you in too much of a sweat either. The price is high, but it’s a very versatile jacket … Read more
In the darker months of the year at Casa MacMichael, a regular refrain is me moaning about losing bike lights, or that they have stopped charging, and it seems my partner was listening. Today, a belated Christmas present turned up at our flat, and it is an absolutely bonkers bike light. I love it.When I … Read more
The 2021 Merida Speeder 200 is marketed as a flat-barred road bike that’s claimed to be both sporty and comfortable. It comes with a raft of bang-up-to-date features including comfort-maximising 32mm tyres (and room for even wider rubber) and high-quality hydraulic disc brakes. The combination of the stiff and well-finished aluminium frame and tapered carbon … Read more
Here’s a first for our Near Miss of the Day feature – it’s one filmed by yours truly last week on the new Cycleway 9 in Chiswick, west London, where I almost got right-hooked by a driver, the footage recorded on a GoPro camera I recently treated myself to. There’s a bonus at the start … Read more
