Riders of the Storm: The Inside Story of London Edinburgh London 2025 and Storm Floris by Rob Skinner is an account of an unusually challenging edition of the Audax that has become an Anglicised version of Paris-Brest-Paris. If a 1,500km round trip between England and Scotland’s capitals wasn’t gruelling enough, in 2025 it was rather … Read more
We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links included on this pageSigma Sports recently announced an all-conquering warehouse clearance, and we’ve found some the biggest savings on the best products. We combed through the 6,000 sale products and picked discounted kit that will help you ride through the coming months, including tops from … Read more
The Aztec HexVent disc brake pads offer great bite and power; quiet and reliable performance whatever the weather; and an unusual honeycomb look. The heatsink section looks a bit cheaper in real life than you might think, but the extra cooling does no harm and I had no issues with brake fade.Fitting these proved no … Read more
The Topeak JoeBlow Sport Digital 2.0 is a very good floor pump that is made to a high standard; it’s easy to use, and the pressure gauge is pretty accurate.Topeak makes a whole lot of pumps, including over 20 versions of the JoeBlow. The JoeBlow Sport Digital 2.0 is designed for road and gravel tyres … Read more
New industry analysis has warned that Europe’s bicycle industry will need to recruit 105,000 more bike mechanics by 2032 to meet growing demand. That additional requirement equates to 60 per cent of the current workforce, of which there is alreay a shortfall of around 45,000. The report, published by the NextGen Mechanics initiative and European Cycling … Read more
Cube’s latest range of gravel bikes aren’t reinventing the wheel (we’ll leave that to the 32″gravel and MTBs that are all the rage right now), but the legendary German brand is advancing the form factor into interesting and more road-influenced territory. At Sea Otter Europe, Liam took a look at Cube’s latest bikes. Cube have … Read more
Every so often, an e-bike comes along that refuses to fit neatly into a single category. The Diamant Suvea Trip Pro 800 isn’t really a commuter, although it’s perfectly suitable for that purpose. It isn’t a mountain bike either, despite having some serious off-road hardware. And while it has all the practicality you’d expect from … Read more
Spend any amount of time following the bicycle industry recently, and you could be forgiven for thinking that Chinese-made bikes are about to take over the world. We have seen what Chinese manufacturers can produce and have been mighty impressed, but more importantly, the pricing is what has been catching Western eyes.Then there was China … Read more
Welcome to our sentencing round-up, a regular compilation of sentencing stories from local publishers and police forces from around the UK, and sometimes internationally in particularly notable cases.All sources are credited with a link, and where a case has been picked up nationally, we’ll always credit local publishers who have attended court.Since our last round-up … Read more
