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BMC’s NTT Pro Cycling team bikes for 2020
There have been a lot of changes to the 2020 WorldTour peloton, chief among them NTT Pro Cycling which is the new name for last year’s Dimension Data outfit.New name aside (and Mark Cavendish leaving for Bahrain-McLaren) and a quite fetching blue and black team kit, the squad continues to be sponsored by Swiss bike … Read more
The Medal Factory: British Cycling and the Cost of Gold
The Medal Factory takes its name from the home of British Cycling, the Manchester Velodrome, which is viewed as a production line of medal-winning talent. This success has not been easy, and there is a price to be paid: for the first time the ‘cost of gold’ is painstakingly revealed, and it can make for … Read more
BTR High Visibility Reflective Waterproof Rucksack Rain Cover
The BTR High Visibility Reflective Waterproof Backpack Rucksack Rain Cover does pretty much what its very long name suggests. Available in a range of bright colours and highly reflective detailing, the BTR fits securely and is waterproof in all but the heaviest of downpours.Many cycling-specific rucksacks come with built-in high-vis covers but if yours doesn’t, … Read more
Bike theft crisis as police forced to focus on violent crime (+ video)
Bike thefts are rising as police forces divert resources to tackle violent crime, according to a report on Telegraph.co.uk which claims that just 1 in 50 cases are being solved, according to Home Office data, with one senior police officer saying that thieves “have become brazen, greedy and lazy” due to the slim chance of … Read more
Zwift partners with Haute Route for three-day Watopia challenge
Online training and racing platform Zwift has partnered with cycling challenge specialist Haute Route for a virtual three-day event, Haute Route Utopia, which will pit riders against the most testing roads the virtual world has to offer.As with those who enter Haute Route’s real-life challenges, which span three or seven days, participants will receive a … Read more
Near Miss of the Day 375: Close pass, traffic island and left-hook – all by one driver in the space of seconds
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series is a three-in-one encompassing a trio of issues that regularly crop up in the feature – a close pass, an overtake approaching a traffic island, and a left-hook.They were all made in the space a few seconds by a van driver, with the footage filmed … Read more