The Motorex Chainwax has reputedly been several years in the brewing, is claimed to be made from renewable raw materials and is more than 80% biodegradable. And in line with Motorex’s claims, I found the lube clean running with pleasingly low friction, and that it delivered crisp shifting. But in common with traditional waxes it … Read more
The home address of Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson — along with several of his frequent locations and travel movements — was revealed through publicly available Strava uploads by his own bodyguards, in a major security breach that echoes last year’s investigation into how similar GPS data compromised the safety of world leaders including Donald … Read more
Evans Cycles has reduced its annual losses to £3.3 million in the year ending 28 April 2024, down from £22.8 million the previous year, as the UK’s largest high street cycling retailer seeks to recover from the bike industry’s prolonged supply chain crisis that sent financial results tumbling across the sector in 2022 and 2023.The … Read more
Founded in 2019, Nimbl is a relatively new cycling shoe company that has quickly gained a cult following, its products appearing on the feet of riders from the Visma–Lease a Bike WorldTour team. Products are handmade in Italy to a very high standard and come with the pageantry to match. The Nimbl Exceed Ultimate Glides … Read more
The first individual time trial in this year’s Tour de France took place on Wednesday 9 July which, as expected, led to a shakeup in the General Classification. That shakeup involved Tadej Pogacar (of course) who limited his losses to emphatic stage winner Remco Evenepoel to put himself in the yellow jersey, with arch rival Jonas … Read more
French media outlets are reporting that a man has been shot after threatening the public with a knife and stabbing a police officer near the finish of today’s fourth stage of the Tour de France in Rouen.According to Le Parisien the suspect was shot in the leg and has been arrested. He was reportedly already wanted having been on … Read more
Cycling is a very conventional sport. Things have been done one way for generations, and that’s the way things stay and that has largely been the case with bike saddles.Every now and again, however, you get a brand trying something new. Like Mornera with the ONE/1, which is designed for a rather serious purpose. I … Read more
A driver who hit and killed a cyclist before fleeing the scene and setting his car on fire in attempt to avoid being caught has been jailed for 13 years.Keiran Hunt’s VW Golf was found burnt out in the Potternewton area of Leeds. The dangerous driver had hit and killed cyclist John Shelton on Ridge Road at … Read more
I’ll admit that I’ve missed most of the online furore over Discovery and TNT Sports’ rather baffling decision to limit their ad-free coverage of the Tour de France to a multi-screen ‘quad’ feed.In case you missed it too, here’s a quick recap: Discovery+’s standard advert-free cycling coverage, which has been in place all year, has … Read more
