A man in the Channel Islands who is raising money for charity has used pedal power to get from Guernsey to Herm.Graham Glass is believed to be the first person ever to have cycled between the two islands.He undertook the 4.75, kilometre, 40-minute voyage on Saturday morning on a craft he had built with his … Read more
The Milltag Sector Men Jersey is a lovely top to wear. The slinky fit means there’s no bagginess, wrinkles or flapping about, and its long yet tight fitting sleeves do give you a peloton feel. The only blot in its copybook is that the pockets get a bit saggy if loaded up.Milltag’s Sector collection is … Read more
Wattbike has unveiled a new indoor smart bike called the Atom that’s very different from the existing Wattbike Pro and Trainer that are seen in many gyms.The Atom has a power range of 0-2,000 watts and a claimed accuracy level of +/-2% across that range. You can manually control the resistance to simulate gradients of … Read more
Canyon’s Endurace WMN CF SL Disc 8.0 is a really tempting option if you want to travel fair distances in comfort at a decent speed. It’s a tiny bit heavier overall – 490g – than the same size and similarly specced non-disc unisex version, losing a very slight degree of that excellent bike’s ‘twitchiness’, but … Read more
Children are to be encouraged to learn about road safety on a miniature road system that has been built in Nottingham.The bike track features zebra crossings, roundabouts, junctions and even working traffic lights.It was built at a cost of £135,000, and will be available 24/7 for toddlers to 11 year olds to practice using scooters … Read more
Simon Warren has updated the 100 Climbs smartphone app to include the climbs from his second book, Another 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs. The extra climbs are available for £2.99 as an in-app purchase. The new app, once updated on your smartphone, will add the climbs to the lists and maps with which users of the existing version … Read more
The University of Groningen has created a special bicycle rack for the Nobel Prize winner Professor Ben Feringa to recognise his achievements.It is a custom that at universities around the world, Nobel Laureates have their own parking facilities, but the university was presented with a problem when it realised that the Professor generally cycled to … Read more
Plans to fine motorists for close passing in Ireland are unworkable, according to Department of Transport officials.Regina Doherty, the social protection minister, and Ciaran Cannon, junior minister for the diaspora, have introduced a bill making it an offence to pass a cyclist at closer than 1.5m in areas where driving speeds are over 50km/h, and … Read more
Enve has chosen to celebrate 10 years of making the finest carbon fibre wheels and components by partnering with Irish framebuilder FiftyOne to create an exclusive and limited edition bike. It’s also pretty expensive: the frame, fork, bars, stem and seatpost will set you back €6,500, a full bike with Dura-Ace Di2 is €12,400. Start saving!Enve10 … Read more
Andy McGrath’s Tom Simpson: Bird On The Wire is a beautifully written and designed book that brings a new dimension to a much covered cyclist thanks to some fantastic imagery and insightful writing.Tom Simpson was one of the most widely respected cyclists in the professional peloton in the early 1960s and became the darling of British racing, … Read more
