If you have a dog, you’ll know they like nothing better than keeping their owners happy by helping out with various tasks – attempting to prevent the postman from delivering bills or helping recycle the newspaper by giving it a thorough shredding for example.But here’s one we haven’t come across before – a 13-year-old Pomeranian … Read more
The Tour de France peloton is chock-full of new bikes most years and this time around a whole lot of them are aero road bikes. Bike brands can’t save any more grams because of the UCI’s 6.8kg minimum weight limit but they can gain an advantage by reducing drag, and that’s exactly what these eight … Read more
Tifosi’s Marzen sport-casual sunglasses are perfect for out of the saddle adventures but the average coverage makes them useful for only the most sedate of rides.The Marzens are part of Tifosi’s ‘lifestyle’ range, designed to take anything that you can throw at them on or off the bike. They’re available in two sizes, three colours … Read more
Marcel Kittel isn’t the only top sprinter racing a disc-equipped bike in this year’s edition of the Tour de France, Sunweb’s Michael Matthews is riding the brand new Giant Propel Disc. giant propel disc 6 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)That Giant has unveiled a Propel, the company’s dedicated aero road bike, with disc brakes, is no great … Read more
We’ve got some big brands in today’s DealCatcher. None of them are bigger, though, than Specialized.First up in our selection of deals from across the world wide web today is Specialized’s famous Allez. Specifically, we’ve got the 2017 Allez E5 Elite model straight from Hargroves Cycles for you today.If you’re after some nutrition products or a pair of … Read more
Everyone loves a map. Everyone loves ticking off cycling achievements. So why not combine the two?This A3 sized UK map features the designers’ selection of what they think constitutes the top 75 climbs in Britain.Each of the climbs has a gold scratch-off coating, so when you’ve ridden the climb, you can scratch it off (and … Read more
Astana’s Fabio Aru has won Stage 5 of the Tour de France at La Planche des Belles Filles, the first true summit finish of this year’s race as attention switched from the departures through injury of Mark Cavendish and disqualification of Peter Sagan to the battle for the overall victory.Team Sky’s Chris Froome and Geraint … Read more
Astana’s Fabio Aru has high hopes for a strong ride in this year’s Tour de France, and here’s a look at the brand new, and fully customised, Argon 18 Gallium Pro he’ll be racing. And he’s just ridden it to victory on stage 5 of the race in the first big shakeup for the general … Read more
The Stebles Bikes Aero Box is a good shape and holds stuff securely, but it doesn’t hold enough stuff, and the way it attaches to your seatpost with zip-ties isn’t very user-friendly, or reusable.Stebles was founded in the UK by Mark Stebles in 2012 with a mission to ‘revolutionise bike design’, and one of its … Read more
A handwritten sign has been put up on a Romsley road where a cyclist was recently killed. Ross Fawthrop crashed on Bromsgrove Road near the Swallows Nest pub on June 15 after two cars collided.Halesowen News reports that despite paramedics arriving on the scene within eight minutes, Fawthrop could not be saved having sustained ‘significant’ … Read more
