The casual performance sector of the shoe market is a huge but tricky one. Straddling the two camps of trainer-like flat pedal shoes and mountain bike style two-bolt clipless pedal shoes, the Bontrager SSR Women’s Multisport Bike Shoes do an unusually good job, offering grip and reasonable levels of stiffness, and they are easy to … Read more
*Update (November 24): The driver has been suspended by his firm, pending further investigation**Update (December 4): The driver has left the firm following a disciplinary process*Today’s breath-taking near miss sees the driver of a builder’s merchants lorry cutting the corner when turning into a side road and almost flattening a cyclist in the process. The manoeuvre … Read more
A psychiatrist who examined Dr Richard Freeman before his medical tribunal has said that the former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor was vulnerable to the bullying of Shane Sutton due to his bipolar disorder and that this may have been how he came to order the banned substance Testogel.Freeman has admitted 18 of the … Read more
Cycling UK has expressed concern that the “loudest voices” are having undue influence on decisions relating to new cycle lanes. New research commissioned by the charity has revealed that people overestimate public opposition to such schemes by more than 50 per cent.Experts have said that it is often a vocal minority who are fighting new … Read more
The Knog Plug is a simple and effective rear light, offering a decent selection of modes, good battery life for its price point, and ease of use.Over the years I have used several Knog lights and generally been impressed with them. The Plug is essentially a stripped-back, everyday light, that is cheap but effective.> Find … Read more
A woman who twice fell off her bike on “slippy” cycle paths while riding her children to nursery was told that the paths in question didn’t need to be cleared when she reported the problem to Somerset County Council. This Is The West Country reports how Amy Long regularly rides from Highbridge into Burnham-on-Sea to … Read more
Gloucestershire County Council has said that a number of proposed cycling schemes are now under review after it received £864,750 in the second tranche of emergency active travel funding, having bid for £10m.Gloucestershire Live reports that the council decided to put in an “ambitious” bid after receiving more money than it bid for in the … Read more
The family of a cyclist who was killed on the Cambridge guided busway have expressed frustration that few safety improvements have been made in the wake of his death. Steve Moir died in a head-on crash with a bus after he clipped the kerb separating him from the busway while overtaking pedestrians. His family have … Read more
