According to De Telegraaf, Team Sunweb could be set to switch from current bike sponsor Giant Bicycles to Cervélo next season.The Canadian bike brand currently sponsors Mark Cavendish’s Dimension Data team, so would this replacement of Giant at Sunweb mean a new bike sponsor hunt for Cav’s squad, or would Cervélo sponsor two teams?Cervélo could … Read more
A Japanese schoolgirl aged 11 has won a patent for a bicycle parking system which uses magnetic force to move the bikes either side of the one being parked or retrieved, thereby making the system easier and safer for people to use and preventing bikes from being damaged.The idea came to Hitomi Hirabayashi after the … Read more
Two cyclists in Brazil got the ‘freight’of their lives when they rode into a railway tunnel – and met a goods train coming straight towards them.One of the riders, Jedson Gil Miranda from Volta Redonda in the state of Rio de Janeiro, posted footage to Facebook of the moment he and his cycling buddy Felipe … Read more
The number of people killed or injured in road traffic collisions at London’s Bank junction has fallen by more than half since it was closed to all traffic other than bicycles and buses for 12 hours a day on weekdays. A decision on whether to make the ban permanent will be made in the coming … Read more
This is your complete guide to all the bikes used by the 18 WorldTour teams from Team Sky to Bora–Hansgrohe.Compared to last year, there isn’t a whole lot of change on the bike and kit front. Fresh new paint jobs for Bora, Movistar and Team Sky bikes maybe, and a couple of new sponsors resulting … Read more
It’s not often you get a product to test that’s touted as being the same size as a chihuahua. But the Raceday Portable Trainer from Blackburn is, and it’s a super-portable way to get your pre-race warm-up sorted. It’s not cheap but it is nicely made, and works well. If you’re a committed racer, it … Read more
It seems not a day goes by at the moment without someone unveiling something new in the e-road market. Yesterday it was Bafang’s new M800 motor, and today it’s Wisper, who have announced that they’ll have two new e-road bikes at the Eurobike show in July.The two bikes are both called Wolverine, with the Wolverine … Read more
