Thousands of protesters will wear masks of Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe at next week’s Tour de Yorkshire to protest the chemical firm’s impending sponsorship of what is currently Team Sky. Ineos holds licences to carry out fracking across much of North and South Yorkshire. Friends of the Earth described the firm as “a major risk … Read more
Campagnolo have launched a new Chorus groupset, bringing 12 speed technology down to their third groupset tier and also offering 48/32 chainset and 11-34t cassette options for the first time.Campagnolo launch Super Record EPS 12 speed groupset Review: Campagnolo Record 12-speed Disc groupsetcampag chorus jack photo 5 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)The new components take on the same … Read more
A Surrey driver who grew impatient with a cyclist and caused her to crash has been handed a 14-month suspended sentence. Ralph Keemer, 59, told police he knew that triathlete Laura Fidler had fallen from her bike but didn’t stop, saying it was “karma”.Surrey Live reports that on August 5, 2018, Fidler was riding along … Read more
If you follow the pros on Strava, you might have noticed that road cycling’s hottest new property Mathieu van der Poel doesn’t tend to share his data very often. Before this one his most recent upload was from the Dutch Road Championships (which he won) in July 2018; and we can understand why on this occasion, Van der Poel might also be particularly proud of … Read more
Garmin have launched their latest GPS bike computers, the Edge 530 and Edge 830. Both feature Garmin’s new ClimbPro feature, first seen on their luxurious Marq Athlete multisport watches launched back in February. Your complete guide to Garmin GPS computers Review: Garmin Edge 1030 The new units are more compact than their predecessors, the Edge 520 and 820, with … Read more
A London cyclist has filmed the moment a driver knocked him off his bike by ramming him with his Ford Focus car.The footage was uploaded to YouTube on Monday by Olukayode Ibrahim.The incident was filmed on the A2 outside a Travelodge hotel close to Deptford Bridge Docklands Light Railway station in south east London.As he … Read more
US retail giant Walmart, which owns the Asda supermarket chain in the UK, has launched an upscale road, gravel and mountain bike brand called Viathon.The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer already sells more bicycles than anyone else in the US, and is now on a mission to bring high-end models to the masses, whom it believes find … Read more
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