Topeak has set out to create a bicycle pump that hides away, inside your seat tube, until it’s needed. It does that bit very well, but the Ninja P is too skinny to deliver a good shot of air and is a bore to use.Part of the range that includes the Ninja C Chain tool … Read more
So the competition is closed and 5 winners have been chosen at random.They are in no particular order:Nicholas BrusHugh WrenNed JamesJohn KarwackiChris Geroge Congratulations, Bob Elliot Ltd, UK distributors of Ravemen will be in touch by email soon. We don’t often get the chance to offer lights up as prizes, but when we do they all seem to come … Read more
The safety of riders at major bike races is in the spotlight again this evening after Australia’s Mat Hayman said that he was left with no option but to crash into the barriers at today’s road world championship.The 39-year-old – likely to be riding the event for the final time – said after abandoning that … Read more
Peter Sagan of Slovakia has won the UCI road world championship for an unprecedented third year in a row, just edging out Norway’s Alexander Kristoff in a thrilling sprint finish in Bergen.Sagan is the fifth man to win the title three times, and at the age of 27 few would bet against him becoming the … Read more
The Polygon Bend CT5 is a rough and tough ‘urban sport’ bike that offers loads of versatility. It’s not the lightest bike out there but it’ll handle everything from all-weather commuting to gravel tracks, and it’s a lot of fun.I’ve really enjoyed riding the aluminium-framed Bend CT5 over all kinds of roads over the past … Read more
Thieves have stolen a £3,000 custom tricycle from a disabled man who uses it to stay active.Simon Stevens, who has cerebral palsy, and who was the star of Channel 4’s I’m Spazticus, had completed the HSBC UK City Ride, when he woke to hear thieves breaking into the secure cage he used to lock his … Read more
Here’s a cute video from Spain’s Galicia region that shows a toddler come a cropper as he tries to follow some older kids at a cycling school in leaping over a cyclo-cross hurdle while holding his balance bike – and doesn’t quite make it.It was uploaded to social media by the Escuela de Ciclismo José Antonio Hermida in … Read more
Police in London have said they will investigate a video taken from inside a vehicle that shows a passenger pushing a cyclist off his bike and into a bus stop on one of the capital’s Cycle Superhighways.Mark Treasure, chair of the Cycle Embassy of Great Britain, retweeted a post from Twitter user @CALMDOWNLAD that was subsequently deleted … Read more
Here’s a great little rear light that you will find very useful. The Moon Alcor is simple, bright and has a nifty magnetic mount.Light season again already? Actually, I use a back light almost all the time, perhaps excepting on the finest of high summer days. Bright sunlight, especially when the sun is low and … Read more
Cyclists in Japan are rushing to buy special insurance as courts begin to impost huge damages to people injured on the streets.Kobe District Court ruled that the mother of a fifth-grade boy who knocked out a woman when crashed his bicycle into her had to pay about ¥95 million (£10m) in compensation.And Tokyo District Court … Read more
