The Ambrosio i20 wheels are well worth consdering for their good looks, tubeless compatibility and cracking value – strong hands are required to get tyres on though. Pros: Good value, tubeless-compatible, wide rims Cons: Hard to fit tyres to; no rim tape The wheels are lookers, with an all-black finish including the brake track and … Read more
Footage of a bizarre crash in a velodrome in Sweden has gone viral on Twitter with nearly 700 retweets and almost 1.000 likes on the social network.It was shot at the velodrome in Falun, with a rider attempting to bunny-hop a gap in the track and just failing, with the front wheel making contract with the … Read more
A persistent cyclist with a message for the US President Donald Trump joined a motorcade transporting him to flip him the bird.She managed to get close enough to ride alongside the presidential car while “peatedly extend[ing] her middle left finger towards POTUS,” according to pool reporters covering the event. Lone cyclist responds to @POTUS motorcade … Read more
A cyclist has been killed and two others injured in a collision with a car in South Wales.Reports indicate that a car drove into the group of three yesterday morning as they rode along the A48 near Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan.A 26 year old man died and two others are in hospital with … Read more
We have often reported on Dominic Irvine’s recent long-distance cycling exploits on this website, and in ‘Ultra-distance cycling’ he has combined forces with Simon Jobson, a professor in sport and exercise physiology, to give us the benefit of his wisdom. Although the sub-title is ‘An expert guide to endurance cycling’, I think that is selling … Read more
Surrey’s roads policing unit has been running a close pass operation recently, but it’s arguably been making just as much of an impact when discussing its efforts with people on social media.Officers from the force’s roads policing unit were out educating motorists about close passes yesterday. E Rota have been out & about enforcing drivers … Read more
There are four main considerations when buying a light, in my opinion: performance, price, ease of use and build quality. So how did the Sigma Buster 200 LED front light fare? In a nutshell, it’s very good as an urban light to be seen by and is solidly constructed while being nice and light, but … Read more
Do you ever feel frustration at the pace of construction of cycle infrastructure? Mikael Colville-Andersen, the CEO of the Copenhagenize urban cycling consultancy, tweeted a picture of a segregated bike lane yesterday, revealing that it had been constructed overnight.We’re pretty sure this isn’t rhetoric; that the lane genuinely wasn’t there the day before. This wasn’t … Read more
A bike shop that sold a stolen bike on has been criticised by its owner, who faced a seven month battle to get it back.Ashley Thorpe’s racing bike was stolen from St Clements in Oxford, and by chance he happened upon it five months later locked up by Oxford International College in London Place.He put … Read more
Today’s near miss footage features a US motorist picking a fine moment to overtake. You couldn’t have waited?Perhaps the cyclist was hard to see in broad daylight on that clear straight road.According to video uploader, Barry: “Clear day, visibility for miles in every direction, and low traffic, but this highly skilled driver saw no reason … Read more
