The Continental Contact Speed Reflex is a fast-rolling ‘all roads’ commuter tyre with a racier pedigree than many. Quick rolling, grippy and compliant, it’s also available in a wealth of sizes and widths, from 20in through to 700C. The ‘micro-diamond’ tread pattern extends to the skinwall sidewalls, for additional protection, and theoretically permits the use … Read more
Tail it Bike is a tracker that makes use of GPS, Wi-Fi and GSM to enable you to trace your bike if it is stolen. It works very well, always giving out a signal from wherever I tried to hide it, plus it offers decent battery life. Just be aware it won’t fit every handlebar … Read more
Altura’s Icon Osaka short sleeve jersey is light and comfortable next to the skin, easy on the eye and affordable, though the fit didn’t quite work for me and there are early signs of wear on the fabric.On its website, Altura bills the Icon as ‘constructed for speed without sacrificing comfort’. What it means by … Read more
A new online training course has been launched by researchers at the University of Southampton which aims to educate drivers about what it is like to be a cyclist, with the aim of reducing the number of road traffic collisions.Open to motorists who rarely or never cycle, the course from the University of Southampton aims … Read more
Transport for London has revealed the shortlist for another £2.5m for emergency cycling and walking improvements, amid warnings of a £300m “black hole” in active travel funding for the coming year.The fourth of six tranches of Streetspace funding, the city’s emergency cycling and walking fund in response to COVID-19, represents “at best £80m” of a … Read more
After a three month hiatus, our weekly review preview round-up is back and better than ever. To be honest, when the lockdown was announced back in March we anticipated a shortfall in cool stuff to show you for the foreseeable… but then everyone bought all the bikes in existence and the whole world starting cycling again and the … Read more
Our latest Near Miss of the Day video shows the moment a motorist pulled out in front of a cyclist, a collision only averted by the fact the rider was paying rather more attention and gave a warning shout. It happened in Dorset, and also gave us a chance to ask the person who sent us … Read more
Merida’s Fifteen II backpack is a fairly straightforward medium-capacity commuter or mountain biking rucksack that doesn’t have too many tricks up its sleeves but does a lot of the basics very well. For daily rides to work and long days in the saddle, it’s great… as long as it doesn’t rain.After testing a lot of … Read more
Back when we published our April Fool’s Day story about plans for the Tour de France to be held on Zwift due to the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when the UCI had suspended racing until 1 May, we did wonder whether our tongue-in-cheek prediction may become reality – and lo and behold, it has.The … Read more
