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#MyCyclingWeekend with Decathlon
Storm Hannah didn’t stop you getting out on the bike this weekend!In fact, once the wind had died down on Saturday evening, conditions were perfect come Sunday morning for a lovely day on the bike.Decathlon were offering a very nice cycling cap to the best photo from this weekend and all that you have to … Read more
Twitter user’s response to media coverage of cyclist jailed for killing pedestrian is hard-hitting – and heartbreaking
A Twitter user’s response 18 months ago to saturation coverage in the mainstream media of the jailing of cyclist Charlie Alliston for causing the death of pedestrian Kim Briggs in London has resulted in his putting together a thread underlining how cases involving drivers are treated by both the media and the courts, and which at … Read more
Quirk Cycles embrace 3D printed stainless steel tech with new frame showcasing at Bespoked this weekend
Bespoke framebuilding company Quirk Cycles will use this weekend’s Bespoked UK Handbuilt show to launch some new bike models and signature paint schemes, as well as showcasing a very special build utilising 3D printed stainless steel dropouts and seat lug.– Bespoked 2019 Preview: What to expect from the UK handbuilt bicycle showWinner of the Brooks Choice award at the … Read more
Pedal on Parliament goes local as campaigners across Scotland protest against poor infrastructure (+ gallery)
Cyclists the length and breadth of Scotland have this weekend been participating in the eighth national Pedal on Parliament, with imaginative and inspirational ‘Pop-Up’ protests taking place from Dumfries to Inverness and Glasgow to Aberdeen.While the previous seven editions of the campaigning event, first held in 2012, have included a mass ride in Edinburgh that … Read more
Jakob Fuglsang wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege to cap a storming Ardennes Week (+ video of his astonishing save + race highlights)
Jakob Fuglsang, third last Sunday at the Amstel Gold Race and second midweek in the Fleche Wallonne, has capped his Ardennes Week with victory in the biggest of the three races that make it up, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, to take the first Monument of his career – though there was a heart-stopping moment late on when he … Read more
Ex-mayor of Brighton & Hove calls for two lanes of seafront road to be turned into bike lanes
A Green Party councillor who served as mayor of Brighton & Hove City Council from 2016-17 has said that two of the four lanes of road along the Brighton’s seafront should be turned into cycle lanes.Pete West, the first councillor elected from his party to the seaside city’s council, made the appeal at a hustings focused … Read more
Canyon Aeroad CF SL 7.0
Are you looking for a rapid aero road bike without splurging serious cash? Then take a gander at the £2,899 Canyon Aeroad CF SL Disc 7.0, a bike that takes the company’s aerodynamic road frame and equips it with a Shimano 105 groupset and deep section Reynolds carbon wheels for a recipe that provides all the … Read more
Davide Rebelllin announces retirement from pro cycling – at age 47
Davide Rebellin, the first of only two men to complete the Ardennes Week hat-trick in the same year but also remembered for failing a drugs test after winning silver at the 2008 Olympic Games, has announced that he will retire from professional cycling in June at the age of 47.The Italian told La Gazzetta dello … Read more