A planned World Naked Bike Ride in Canterbury next month has been cancelled, partly because organisers of the event were unable to obtain public liability insurance cover for it.The event, part of a series of rides around the world that act as a protest against car culture and oil dependency as well as highlighting the … Read more
Peter Sagan has won the 2018 edition of Paris-Roubaix, launching an attack 53 kilometres out to distance his chief rivals and bridge across to the riders in the lead, then beating AG2R-La Mondiale’s Silvan Dillier.The Bora-Hangrohe world champion joins Quick Step Floor’s rider Niki Terpstra – third today, and winner last week of the Tour … Read more
With a responsive, simple frame, surprisingly fun ride characteristics and nicely balanced handling, Pinnacle’s Laterite 3 is a great package for those of you who are looking to spend less than a grand on their first or next bike. With its mudguard mounts, deep drop brakes and a smattering of Shimano’s 105 groupset, I don’t … Read more
EF Education First-Drapac rider Lawson Craddock emerged unhurt from a spectacular crash during the closing stage of the Tour of the Basque Country yesterday.Video captured by a spectator at the roadside showed the American rider hitting a parked car as the peloton came downhill and rounded a left-hand bend during the 164-kilometre stage from Eibar to … Read more
Veloskin’s range of classy cyclist-focused skincare products includes chamois cream, shaving cream, moisturiser and this – a Soothing Recovery Gel for use on post-ride skin. Smartly packaged and smelling really nice, it can provide relief to sore skin after a day in the saddle, though it’s not ideal for post-ride massages, and it’s a bit … Read more
Today’s near miss will feel familiar to many a cyclist. Looking to overtake, a motorist is not in the least bit deterred by a traffic island that effectively narrows the road and so just skims past the cyclist at speed instead.The incident occurred on Shipton road in York yesterday.Luke, who was sporting flashing daytime lights … Read more
As the weather slowly but surely warms up, it comes time to put aside the heavy winter jacket or softshell and switch to a lighter weight long-sleeve jersey. This new Podia Merino Long Sleeve Jersey is a really good pick, with a lovely softness to the material backed up by a good, if small, fit … Read more
A new report from the International Transport Forum has called for 20mph speed limits as standard in built-up areas. The study examined road safety performance in ten countries after they changed speed limits or introduced automatic speed cameras and in all cases found a strong relationship between average speed and the number of crashes.Part of … Read more
Yesterday Lotto-Soudal’s Tomasz Marczyński tweeted a photo of his legs ahead of the Ardennes Classics. A bunch of newspapers have published the photo because professional-cyclists’-legs-looking-a-bit-weird-as-a-result-of-cycling is very much ‘a thing’. Measured by that standard, Marczyński’s is a fair (perhaps even good) effort. But we have seen better. And by ‘better’ we of course mean ‘worse’.Marczynski’s … Read more
Tom Boonen has expressed his support for the Chris Froome amid speculation that the Team Sky rider might be excluded from this year’s Tour de France should the case resulting from his adverse analytical finding for salbutamol not be resolved in time.“To call salbutamol doping is ridiculous,” Boonen is quoted as saying in Humo. “My … Read more
