Two-time world cyclo-cross champion Niels Albert has had an operation to fit an internal defibrillator to respond to the abnormal heart rhythms that forced him to retire from racing in 2014 at the age of 28.Now aged 31, the Belgian was admitted to hospital in Bruges at the weekend due to continuing issues with cardiac … Read more
What is it?what3words isn’t a cycling app as such, but we’re going to claim it as it has obvious two-wheeled benefits! It’s a brave decision to do away with such common wisdom as postcoding, but that’s exactly what what3words have done; instead of addressing the world by postcode, the app has assigned 3-word addresses, spaced … Read more
You see virtually everything shiny and new that the bike world has to offer when scouring the halls of Eurobike, and here are six of the most interesting things from this year’s show. In fact, we’ve chucked in a couple of extras along the way, so let’s just call it ‘some’ of the most favourite things. Anyway, here … Read more
At last year’s Eurobike, we along with many others spotted a curious-looking concept bike with a pin protruding out of the front end on Argon 18’s stand. It was then dubbed ‘Smart Bike’, and was conceived as an add-on to Argon 18’s bikes that can calculate, in real-time, a rider’s drag coefficient in conjunction with a … Read more
One of the emerging trends of the last few years has been the gravel and adventure bike, and while this year’s Eurobike didn’t serve up as many new bikes as we expected (partly because of the absence of many big brands) there were still some very interesting bikes on display. Here’s a roundup of ones … Read more
Jasmijn Muller has been forced to abandon her attempt on the Land’s End to John O’Groats solo women’s record due to illness.The 38-year-old from London was aiming to beat the 52 hours, 45 minutes record held by Lynne Biddulph since 2002.The fomer British national 12-hour time trial champion was also targeting the 1,000 mile record also held … Read more
Giro’s Prolight Techlace Cycling Shoes are ultra-light, attractive top-end shoes that will make a big dent in your wallet but are a worthy purchase if you can justify them.Giro has been the leader in reintroducing what some might see as an antiquated way of securing your shoes, and these flagship Prolight Techlaces are the latest … Read more
BMC Racing rider Brent Bookwalter was taken to hospital to be checked over after crashing in today’s Stage 4 of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain when the peloton rounded a left-hand corner in Retford, Nottinghamshire and a number of riders crashed into cars parked on the right-hand side of the road.Footage of the incident, which happened … Read more
A Yorkshire motorist has admitted a public order offence after a video camera on his dashboard captured an angry confrontation with a cyclist on November 19 last year. 54-year-old farmer Raymond Goodsell reportedly submitted the footage to police himself, “to prove his point”.The Harrogate Advertiser reports that Goodsell had been driving his Cherokee Jeep on … Read more
Most of the attention might be have been on the shiny new bikes on display at the annual Eurobike show in Germany last week, but for me, the most exciting developments are to be found in the one hall that houses the world’s best clothing brands. There have been some incredible developments in fabric technology … Read more
