West Midlands Police have arrested five people after a teenage cyclist was killed in Darlaston, near Walsall, on Friday morning, with the car involved in the fatal crash believed to have been the same vehicle involved in a ram raid burglary on a branch of Boots in Wolverhampton a little over an hour beforehand.Florentine Chinanga-Chou, … Read more
Close passes and near misses are regular occurrences for cyclists on UK roads – but of course, that doesn’t make them right. Earlier this month we published the 500th video in our Near Miss of the Day series, a landmark that has prompted us to take a look back at the videos that have been submitted to … Read more
In a relatively small pool of female-focused gravel bikes, the Liv Devote 1 delivers a fun and sporty but confidence-inspiring ride, on tarmac or trail.Many will argue to and fro indefinitely about the need for women-specific bikes, when any good bike fit should be able to sort out comfort issues in a standard bike frame. … Read more
Geraint Thomas is always ready to provide entertaining quotes in any interview, and that light-hearted style carries over into his first two books; the formula continues with Mountains According To G, which focuses on a key aspect of so many race results – including his own.Back in 2015, Geraint Thomas put his name to The … Read more
New for 2020, the Lezyne Strip Drive 400 has been updated with a bright and really eye-catching day time flash, commendable battery life and faster charging. As with the old model, it’s also fairly light, easy to operate, has loads of functions and is waterproof too. It’s more of a be-seen rather than seeing light, … Read more
Today’s near miss involves a quite jaw-droppingly unnecessary manoeuvre from a motorist to deliver a near textbook left hook attempt.Toby was riding on the A428 near Long Lawford, heading into Rugby, out for his daily lockdown ride.“It’s normally at lunchtime but it got delayed a little due to overrunning meetings,” he said. “Thankfully I’d got … Read more
If evidence were needed that some see pop-up bike lanes as nothing more than an inconvenience, one Leicester cyclist has photographed truck drivers not merely parking in bike lanes, but removing the wands that segregate the lane from motor traffic to do so. There is even a photo of one driver who has simply driven … Read more
2020 hasn’t been the best year, but it has at least given us some big bike launches with both the Trek Emonda and Specialized Tarmac SL7 moving ever further away from the climbing bikes that they started life as. Which one is better? Let’s find out.Both have strayed from being a pure climber’s bike, focussing, … Read more
Good nutritional practice is vital for effective winter training, so here’s how to get it right.Winter training is all about setting a solid foundation to build upon for the next year and that applies whether you’re a competitive cyclist preparing for the next race season or someone looking to build on the fitness gains made … Read more
