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MyCyclingWeekend Fuelled by Soreen – We Have a Winner
You’ve sent in loads of brilliant photos this week, so many that we’ve had a hard time picking the winner!Before we get to our winner, let’s have a look through a small selection of your pics. Trip to Swimming lessons and then the summer fete #MyCyclingWeekend pic.twitter.com/6zEXyPSOwi — Paul Curtis (@paulcurtley) June 16, 2018 First up … Read more
Fairlight Cycles Secan – new steel adventure bike coming soon
If you’ve been following Fairlight Cycles over on Instagram, makers of the Strael road bike that Stu gave such a glowing review to earlier this year, you’ll know it has been busy developing an all-new gravel and adventure bike.It’s called the Secan and builds on DNA of the Strael in a number of ways with the aim … Read more
Michael Broadwith smashes the Land’s End to John O’Groats record
Michael Broadwith has become just the tenth man to break the record for cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats since George Mills, riding a penny farthing, made the first successful end-to-end attempt in 1886. The record now stands at 43 hours 25 minutes and 13 seconds – more than half an hour faster than the … Read more
Kalf Flux Print Men’s Bib Short
Kalf has stuck with its highly rated design formula of performance fit, good chamois and great value to create these excellent Flux Print bib shorts, with subtle colour tweaks to match them to the Flux Print jersey. Pros: Cut, performance, comfort, design, value Cons: None Exclusive-to-Evans Cycles brand Kalf emerged last year with its debut … Read more
81-year-old who escaped Nazi Germany on Kindertransport train in 1939 recreates journey from Berlin to London – by bike
An 81-year-old man whose mother put him as an infant on a Kindertransport train from Berlin to London to escape Nazi Germany is recreating his journey eight decades on – this time, on a bicycle.Paul Alexander, who now lives in Israel, is taking part with his son and grandson in a six-day ride organised by … Read more
Video: Horse and rider struck by undertaking cyclist participating in triathlon
A horse rider has posted video to Facebook of competitors on the cycling leg of today’s Windsor Triathlon passing her at speed, one of them striking her and the horse as he passed them on the inside, causing the animal to rear up and leaving the woman with a bruised ankle.Organisers of the event in … Read more
Canyon Grail CF SL 8.0 SL
Canyon doesn’t rush things. It studied the disc brake market before finally taking the plunge on its road bikes and now it has entered the gravel scene with the Grail, and boy was it worth the wait. The Grail CF SL 8.0 SL is light, nimble, fun… and that handlebar – laugh as much as you like, … Read more
Riot police called as violence erupts at cycling festival in Greater Manchester
Police in Greater Manchester made eight arrests after violence erupted at a cycling festival in Tameside yesterday, with nine people reported to have been injured, including children.Riot police and ambulance crews were called the Eritrean Cycling Festival which was being held at Curzon Ashton .Football Club and an adjacent sports complex including a closed road … Read more
Revolution: How the Bicycle Reinvented Modern Britain by William Manners
What has the bicycle ever done for us? Quite a lot actually, as most road.cc readers will already appreciate: in Revolution, William Manners reminds us of the impact that the bicycle has had on people’s lives over the years, on many levels, and also the unexpected way in which this was often achieved. Pros: Well … Read more