Long or short? Nice and relaxed or super slammed? The humble stem is often an afterthought for us mortals; but pro riders can be pernickety, which means there is a surprising amount of variation going on with the stems of the peloton.Tour de France pros on Strava: the definitive list of who to followWith superior control of … Read more
Concerns over individuals’ right to privacy outweigh capturing footage by dashcam or helmet camera to provide evidence in the event of a road traffic collision, according to the independent body set up by the European Union last year to police the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).That’s one of the draft guidelines adopted last week by … Read more
Welcome to Wednesdy’s live blog, with Jack Sexty, Simon MacMichael and the rest of the team.
Caleb Ewan of Lotto-Soudal has finally got his first victory at the Tour de France, turning the tables on Dylan Groenewegen to beat the Jumbo-Visma man to win Stage 11 in Toulouse this afternoon, with Julian Alaphilippe of Deceuninck-Quick Step remaining in the yellow jersey.Groenewegen had edged out the Australian to win Stage 7 in Chalon-sur-Saone last … Read more
Boris Johnson, who is set to win the Conservative leadership election next week and succeed Theresa May as prime minister, has been accused of embellishing a story about the theft of his bicycle.The Times reports that during a debate hosted by The Sun and Talk Radio with leadership rival Jeremy Hunt on Monday evening, the … Read more
A reward is being offered following the theft of five bicycles from the home of road.cc contributor Justin Loretz.In a message to Twitter yesterday, Justin said that the following bikes had been taken following a break-in at his home in the Bath area: Cannondale Scalpel SE2 Ibis Cycles DV9 Ibis Cycles Ripley Giant Liv Lust … Read more
We get to see some radical and occasionally downright unusual equipment being rolled out for the time trial, and the 27km individual on Friday in this year’s Tour de France will be no different, as FFWD breaks out its stunning 2-spoke wheel with the Total Direct Energie and Arkea-Samic teams.We first saw the Falcon wheel … Read more
Welcome to Tuesday’s live blog, with Jack Sexty, Simon MacMichael and the rest of the team.
