An MP has hit back at media coverage of expenses claims of as little as 20 pence that he made for cycling trips on constituency business – and has urged parliamentary colleagues to follow his example and get in the saddle.Writing in the Guardian, Matt Western, the Labour MP for Warwick & Leamington recalled the … Read more
Scicon, best known as a purveyor of top end bike bags and travel luggage, has been branching into new areas lately and these new X-Over Bib Shorts show that the company isn’t holding back on the design and use of top-end fabrics to create some of the most comfortable clothing available. As always, though, this … Read more
Austrian company Tubolito’s unique orange Tubo inner tubes might be the last port of call if you’re looking to shed a few precious grams from your road bike, with a potential weight saving of 120g when you replace regular inner tubes.With a set arriving in the office, we just had to put them on the scales … Read more
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Avon and Somerset Police says it will be running a comprehensive close-pass operations over the coming months, launching the initiative by highlighting a horrific incident in which a driver left a cycle commuter seriously injured when they crashed into him while attempting to overtake when it was not safe to do so.The force’s initiative forms … Read more
Pascal Ackermann of Bora-Hansgrohe has won a rain-soaked Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia in Terracina this afternoon, his second stage win of this year’s race, just pipping Fernando Gaviria of UAE Team Emirates to the line. With surface water forming, race organisers RCS decided to neutralise general classification times at the first passage of … Read more
The Lazer Cyclone MIPS helmet has achieved better results than Bontrager’s new WaveCel helmet technology, which arrived earlier this year with big claims of improved safety, in the latest helmet crash test by a US university.Last year Virginia Tech conducted safety testing on a batch of helmets using its own impact simulator designed to recreate the most common head-impact … Read more
The Castelli Anima 2 Women’s Cycling Jersey is a comfortable performance summer top. It’s really well made from Castelli’s lightweight materials, and is priced a little lower than some rivals on the market. Pros: Lightweight and breathable Cons: Nothing to report I’ve been testing the Anima 2 for over a month now in varied conditions, … Read more
British Cycling has unveiled a new Mental Health Strategy today to provide support to members of the national cycling team, the latest in a series of reforms to the way it cares for athletes following an independent review of its medical procedures, concluded in June 2017, following criticism from both a House of Commons Select Committee … Read more
Polish brand Rondo has designed the HVRT AL as a road race-cum-endurance bike that’ll also tackle a bit of gravel work thanks to adjustable geometry and decent tyre clearances. The thing I like the most is how it’s achieved this with barely any compromises – it’s a cracking bike to ride. Pros: It rides well … Read more
