Rapha has unveiled a low-profile and lightweight Pro Team backpack that’s designed specifically for training before and after work, which might not be relevant for most of us at the moment but could be a useful option for when the UK’s lockdown comes to an end.2020 Rapha Pro Team backpack – portrait (Image Credit: Farrelly … Read more
If there’s one cycle club that is well-known for its coffee rides then it’s the Rapha Cycling Club. But given the current ban on group rides, Rapha has, like many others, taken to Zwift to organise some events. You’ll have to sort your own coffee though.If like us, you’re planning to hit the turbo trainer a … Read more
What do you mean it’s only Tuesday? It’s already been quite a week so we thought it’s high time for some light entertainment. Test your knowledge of the world’s biggest bike race with this tricky quiz that’s more technical than a Pyrenean descent. Tour de France organisers reportedly insist there will be no postponementFor each year, you … Read more
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tough new measures to fight coronavirus last night, telling the public to stay home and ordering all retail businesses to close. A list of exceptions were made, which included bike shops (oddly they were included twice on the list) but some are not prepared to take the risk. How to … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has this evening put the United Kingdom into lockdown to tackle the coronavirus pandemic ,with people told to stay at home, with a handful of exceptions – one being that they can undertake one form of exercise a day, including cycling, provided they do so alone or with members of their household. … Read more
Organisers of the Tour de France are insisting that there will be no postponement of this year’s 107th edition of the race due to the coronavirus pandemic, reports Le Parisien. However, the ongoing crisis in Europe and elsewhere appears to make that a forlorn hope.The race is due to start in Nice on 27 June … Read more
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series is one of those in which the motorist does make contact with the cyclist, in this case knocking him off his bike into a hedge. The Metropolitan Police, however, were unable to take the incident, which happened in Chislehurst in the borough of Bromley, further … Read more
The Cycles Berthoud Aspin at a glance looks like a traditional leather touring saddle in the Brooks mould, but with its introduction of modern materials, rebuildable construction and instant comfort thanks to a pre-softening process, it has a certain refinement – je ne sais quoi, if you like – that its English rival lacks.Although the … Read more
