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L’Etape du Tour cancelled – but you’ll have to wait 18 months for a refund
After months of silence despite would-be participants trying to find out what is going on, Tour de France organisers ASO have finally announced what has seemed inevitable for a long time – the cancellation of this year’s L’Etape du Tour, as well as sister cyclosportive, the Paris-Roubaix Challenge.Disappointed entrants will have to wait more than … Read more
How to trim hydraulic hoses — get them the right length in 14 easy steps
With more road bikes now being fitted with hydraulic disc brakes, sooner or later you’re going to need to trim their hoses to length or understand how to disconnect and reconnect one if you’re also using internally routed hoses and cables. It’s really no more complicated than looking after traditional wire cable brakes. Here’s how.Tools … Read more
Near Miss of the Day 420: Instant karma as driver makes close pass on cyclist – and immediately gets pulled over by police officer following him
“The wheels of justice turn slowly,” the saying goes – but not in our latest Near Miss of the Day video, where a driver who had made a close pass on a cyclist was immediately pulled over and given a fine by a police officer travelling behind them who saw what had happened.The officer told … Read more
Gridlock alert! 1 in 3 Londoners say they will use cars more post-lockdown AND 1 in 3 they will cycle more
A warning that “London could be heading for a new era of gridlock on our roads” has been sounded after a survey found that while one in three people living in the capital say they will cycle more once lockdown ends, the same proportion say they will use a car more.The poll from the think … Read more
Specialized S-Works Power with Mirror Saddle
Specialized’s S-Works Power with Mirror saddle is a new 3D-printed design with a honeycomb structure that offers a superb level of comfort, although you do have to pay handsomely for it.You only have to glance at the Mirror saddle – which gets its name because it “perfectly reflects your anatomy”, according to Specialized – to … Read more
The four big cycling challenges companies face post-lockdown
We are all still in lockdown in the UK, but as we are seeing these measures begin to lift, people are slowly going back to their places of work.After we return however, the world we will come back to will not be the same one we left all those months ago. Everything will change and … Read more
Pro Bike Tool 17-in-1 Multitool
The Pro Bike Tool 17-in-1 Multitool is the larger of the brand’s multi-tool offerings. I say larger, but at less than 1cm thick and with a 4.57 x 7.11cm frame it’s anything but big! Pro Bike Tool might be a relatively young brand, starting in just 2015, but it’s already made a name for itself … Read more
Weekday cycling has doubled during lockdown (and more than tripled at weekends) says Grant Shapps at Government daily briefing + more on “Fix my bike” vouchers
Transport secretary Grant Shapps says that the level of weekday cycling has doubled in Great Britain since the introduction of lockdown in late March, with even stronger growth at weekends, when it has been at three or even four times more than the previous levels. Government release lockdown cycling data. Cycling levels up by 300% … Read more