Charge Bike’s iconic Plug has gone through many changes during its lifetime, but for 2018 it returns to a Tange steel frame with space for wide tyres and disc brakes. As well as returning the Plug to its frame material roots, the Somerset-based company has launched the coolest new bike we’ve seen in ages, the … Read more
Katusha-Alpecin’s Alexander Kristoff has won the fifth edition of the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic, the final event of a weekend that saw much of central and southwest London given over to cyclists, with an estimated 100,000 people taking to the capital’s streets on their bikes.The Norwegian outsprinted Orica-Scott’s Magnus Cort Nielsen and Tour de France green … Read more
As part of Rose’s Marathon range, the Pro SL Disc 3000 Hydraulic is designed for those big rides where you want to rack up the miles at a decent pace on a bike that is easy to live with. Thanks to its neutral handling and impressive build spec, the Pro SL is the ideal steed for … Read more
Chris Froome has revealed that he played a high-risk game of brinksmanship on a Pyrenean stage of the Tour de France when he hit the wall on the climb to Peyragudes on an afternoon that he says could have been “a catastrophe” for his hopes of a fourth victory in the race.Froome’s Team Sky colleagues … Read more
Former UCI president Pat McQuaid has said “it’s time for a change at the UCI” and has given his backing to David Lappartient’s bid to unseat Brian Cookson, his successor in the role.Cookson beat McQuaid in 2013’s election for the UCI presidency, bringing the Irishman’s eight-year tenure to a close following an acrimonious campaign which … Read more
Spain to Norway on a Bike Called Reggie is the third book by Andrew P Sykes about his travels on a bike. Told with dry wit and light-hearted humour, it might be the one that will make his writing better known to both the cycling community and even the general book-buying public.If you were asked … Read more
Children have been banned from cycling in a park in Wales, causing concern for parents who say it’s the only safe place.Council parks in Denbighshire have been fitted out with signs banning bikes and ball games, along with smoking, drinking, dog fouling and littering.One mother, Portia Cowley, 25, told the Denbighshire Free Express: ” They’ve … Read more
Frank Simons, a Dutch cyclist taking part in the Transcontinental Race, has been killed in an incident involving a hit-and-run driver in Belgium. The fatal crash happened at around 3am on Saturday morning at Vergnies near Froidchapelle, close to the French border. He was pronounced dead at the scene.According to his tracker, Simons had covered 82.2 kilometres … Read more
A video has emerged of a brawl between a cyclist and several occupants of a car. The footage, shot by a member of the public in the middle of the road in Slough, shows a cyclist approaching a car, having left his bicycle by the side of the road. He leans into the car and begins punching … Read more
WTB’s Horizon TCS is a fast-rolling, super-grippy and super-comfortable tyre that excels on the road and is capable of tackling dry off-road trails to inject some adventure into your routes.Tyres have been getting wider over the years, and this trend for chunkier tyres and a growing interest in gravel and dirt riding on road bikes … Read more
