20 bikes – some of them specially adapted and worth up to £5,000 each – were stolen last week in a theft from Special Olympics Scotland West cycling HQ in Glasgow, with staff believing that the thieves may have staked out the facility beforehand.The combined value of the bikes that were taken when the shipping … Read more
Dr Richard Freeman has claimed that Shane Sutton was the source of the story first reported by the Daily Mail in October 2016 that raised questions over the contents of a Jiffy Bag delivered to the former Team Sky doctor at the Criterium du Dauphiné in 2011 containing medicine intended for Sir Bradley Wiggins, the … Read more
Despite its rather nondescript appearance, Chrome Industries’ BLCKCHRM 22X Lako 3-Way Tote bag is actually a very well made and fairly practical general use bag. However, it’s a bit lacking in Chrome’s normal interesting innovations and it’s just too pricey.Rather ironically, as I write this review I’m wearing a T-shirt with a quote from Jean-Jacques … Read more
Sir Bradley Wiggins says that Mark Cavendish “deserves a far better send-off” from cycling after the Bahrain-McLaren rider suggested in an emotional TV interview after yesterday’s Gent-Wevelgem that he may have ridden his last race.Speaking on his Eurosport podcast, The Bradley Wiggins Show, he also suggested that Sir Dave Brailsford could sign Cavendish to ride for … Read more
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series is the second we’ve shown that features the same cyclist on the same roundabout – the Bamber Bridge interchange at Junction 26 of the M6 near Preston.A motorist approaches the junction from the left and fails to spot the cyclist, who luckily managed to take … Read more
The Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Tubeless Complete tyre – as opposed to the Tube Type – is surprisingly quick and supple for something that is also robust enough to deal with all the grit and flint being washed out of the verges this time of year. Its new design makes it a step above the rest … Read more
A coroner has called for parking restrictions to be introduced on the A20 near Maidstone following the death of a cyclist in Hollingbourne, near Maidstone, in July last year.Daniel Waite, aged 43 and from Bearsted, was killed when he crashed into a parked lorry on the evening of 3 July 2019, the inquest at Maidstone’s County … Read more
Mark Cavendish, who is still without a contract for next season, has said that today’s edition of Gent-Wevelgem is “perhaps the last race of my career.”To the surprise of many watching, the 35-year-old Bahrain-McLaren rider was in today’s break at the Belgian Classic, won by the Trek-Segafredo rider Mads Pedersen.Cavendish, who finished 74th, 6 minutes 11 … Read more
