Amazon has announced that it is to produce a series about Orica-Scott chef Hannah Grant’s endeavours during this year’s Tour de France. The series, which will be available for streaming via Prime Video, will focus on the various riders and the food that keeps them going.The author of The Grand Tour Cookbook, Grant has been … Read more
Assos Chamois Creme Woman is a non-perfumey, non-oily concoction that, mostly, does a good job of keeping sores at bay. It doesn’t always totally succeed, but I’d certainly rather have it than nothing.My not-quite-daily round-trip commute of 13 miles doesn’t really necessitate chamois cream, but having to up my weekend mileage considerably while training for … Read more
The DealCatcher’s here to closes out the week with three more stellar cycling deals from top brands and top retailers.First up, from the folks over at Wiggle we’ve got some top quality bargain cycling socks from dhb. The summer-specific Aerom Merino socks have seen a 50% discount too, in case your interest wasn’t already piqued.The … Read more
Summer’s not out but already 2018 model year bikes are starting to appear in the shops, and that means 2017 bikes are being discounted. We have had a look around to see what 2017 road bike bargains are out there. And by golly it turns out there are some stonking deals.Okay, so these aren’t the … Read more
The 2m tall, 90kg gold piggy bank will be attached to Rosie’s bike on a trailer, and the challenge is part of her wider goal to raise £200,000 to build a non-profit children’s home. Riding will begin with a trip from Bristol to Brighton and back on Monday 21st August, which will take approximately 10 days, before numerous smaller … Read more
Team Sky’s bus was quickly nicknamed the Death Star when it was unveiled in the UCI WorldTour outfit’s debut season in 2010, but its latest innovation is on another scale altogether – a two-storey ‘Race Hub’ that will be unmissable at the Vuelta, which starts in the French city of Nîmes tomorrow.The portable structure includes … Read more
London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has strongly criticised Transport for London (TfL) proposals for Nine Elms and Battersea Park Road, saying they fall some way short of London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s ambition to make London a ‘byword for cycling around the world’. In response, the capital’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, Will Norman, has encouraged cyclists to … Read more
If you want just about every item of clothing you wear on the bike to have a safety feature, you’re in luck… as you can now get reflective socks courtesy of Victory Chimp and See.Sense. Gear guide: best summer cycling socks 2017Both brands are based in Northern Ireland, and these socks are made for cyclists who want to be … Read more
New UK brand Iris Bicycles has launched a titanium road bike called the Zero that’s aimed at racers and other performance-focused riders.Iris Bicycles was founded by Ben Pym, and sisters Sarah and Anna Hickman. IRIS Zero studio 1 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)© Anne Barratt Photography“The beauty of starting Iris Bicycles from scratch was the opportunity to draw … Read more
Let’s get this out of the way right at the start, we didn’t make it.Somewhere on yet another long draggy climb, on a cold miserable grey rainy day where I’d wear my winter gloves if I could have been arsed to get them out of the handlebar bag when we stopped for vending-machine coffee with … Read more
