The team time trial (TTT) returns to the Tour de France as the opening stage of the race for the first time since 1971, with the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (the Critérium du Dauphiné to you and me) acting as a key dress rehearsal ahead of the Grand Départ in Barcelona. The TTT format is a little … Read more
Having spent months in a strange vacuum, Schrodinger’s cyclist, neither professional nor retired, Chris Froome finally, formally drew the curtain on his career.The prompt was a question at a Q&A as part of his new job as Skoda’s latest brand ambassador. One suspects that, had he not been asked the question, he would have never … Read more
My name is Tadej Pogačar, king of kings: Look on my works, Ye mighty and despair.If a certain Slovenian doesn’t win this year’s Tour de France, it will be a bigger story than if he does. His are not yet vast and trunkless legs, eroded by history into a distant past. Instead, this is living … Read more
When I got the opportunity to design a completely custom gravel frame, I jumped at the chance. But all of a sudden the possibilities were well and truly endless, so here is the design I settled on and we’ll get into the what, why and how that surrounds my TiRf gravel bike. The frame is … Read more
Welcome to another week in e-bikes! This edition is loosely about being sensible, whether you’re riding a hire e-bike to Wimbledon, getting irrationally annoyed by Lime bikes outside your gated house, drinking and riding, or vetoing a nonsensical safe-cycling bill.”Hundreds” of poorly parked e-bikes accumulate near Wimbledon Councillor Stuart Neaverson (Image Credit: London Borough of … Read more
We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links included on this pageSome more big-ticket items than usual in this week’s DealClincher, as we look at the best deals on kit and components used at the Tour de France that are currently discounted online. Highlights include Giro’s flagship cycling shoes reduced by £101, half … Read more
Le Great British Tour de Cake is a very useful guide to some of the best cafe rides in Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, and Wiltshire. Written by Heth Miller – a cyclist, cafe enthusiast, writer, and proud Bikeability instructor – this book is a really fun read and a genuinely useful resource for finding new rides … Read more
Orbea has launched an updated Orca Aero road bike with claims that the new model “interacts with the rider in motion” to deliver a 21-watt advantage over the current Orca Aero. The aero claim relates to speeds of 50km/h (31.1mph) – sprint speeds, then – and although Orbea hasn’t supplied figures comparing its latest bike … Read more
The Galibier Roubaix Pro Gloves are a lightweight and fuss free full finger option for when the temperature is bouncing around either side of the 10ºC mark, be that early summer starts or dry spring or autumn days. While their palms might be pad free, they are decorated with a concentric ring pattern that’s both … Read more
