The Vel 300 Lumen Front Light is as efficient and effective as its no-nonsense name suggests. It’s bright with strong side-visibility, battery life is good for commuting or proper training efforts, and the build is strong and light. It flickers oddly at low charge, and you may not have a wall charger that meets its … Read more
It’s not every day someone asks you if you fancy speccing up a bike that they’ll build and send over to you. But that’s what Ribble suggested we try, to showcase their Bikebuilder app on the Ribble website. Mat was the lucky man first time up, and he opted to build a solid all-purpose road … Read more
The family of a cyclist killed by a Sainsbury’s lorry driver in August 2018 say they did not hear from the supermarket until last month and still want recompense.Stephen Gibbons, 61, was riding his bike to work on the A322 in Berkshire at around 4.40am when he was struck by a Scania lorry driven by … Read more
It’s been a busy 2020 for Strava so far, with plenty of new features announced including updates on the fly and improved privacy settings, but perhaps the most welcome of all will be a returning feature… the return of chronological ordering, so the most recent activities once again appear at the top of your feed … Read more
Today’s Valentine’s Day near miss sees a perhaps amorous white van driver attempting to gently stroke a cyclist with his rear wing en route to a set of traffic lights. We gather from the footage that the motorist was keen to pull up in the queue so that he could check his phone (assuming he … Read more
The Chrome Industries Storm Signal jacket is a wet-weather outer designed to keep you dry and stylish. However, its slightly unusual approach to waterproofing might not suit everyone.How difficult is it to test a waterproof jacket? On the face of it, not that tricky. Normally, or course, waterproof jackets follow a pretty standard formula: waterproof … Read more
A Bridgend motorist has been sentenced to 34 weeks imprisonment and banned from driving for two years after he twice drove into a cyclist while trying to overtake him. Jeffrey Young drove into Ian Edward in a bid to push him towards the kerb because the cyclist was riding in the middle of the road.Wales … Read more
Strade Bianche and Gran Fondo Strade Bianche, which had been due to take place this weekend, have been cancelled in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus Covid-19. Event organiser RCS Sport may well also cancel upcoming races Milan-Sanremo and Tirreno-Adriatico after the Italian government called a halt to public sporting events for a … Read more
The Bryton Rider 420E is a competent and compact GPS computer that packs in a lot of tech for its diminutive size and small price. It has excellent battery life too. My only real criticism is that the underside buttons can be fiddly to use.With no colour touchscreen, detailed maps or wi-fi, the Bryton might seem … Read more
