Gorka Izagirre of Movistar has won a what proved to be a thrilling stage of the 100th Giro d’Italia in Peschici this afternoon, one of four riders from the break who were contesting the win at the end of the stage on the Gargagno peninsula. Coming into the final five kilometres, four riders were at the … Read more
The Ravemen PR600 is a very rare beast, a road light with a proper German style cut-off beam. Add in a remote control and the ability to use it as a power bank and you’ve got a very versatile light indeed.Dave reviewed the PR600’s big brother recently. He liked it a lot. You can read … Read more
A brazen spectator at the Giro d’Italia has been snapped stealing a bidon from the bottle cage of a rider’s bike – as the cyclist was climbing Mount Etna.The volcano provided the first summit finish of this year’s race on Tuesday’s Stage 4, with CCC Sprandi Polkewice rider Michal Schlegel the victim of the opportunistic … Read more
Lance Armstrong yesterday took to Instagram to refute a report published on Wednesday on a fake news site that he had died.In a short video, he holds up a smartphone showing an article headlined “BREAKING NEWS: Road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong has died” with the shot zooming out to show Armstrong, alive and well, shaking his … Read more
Always make sure: Celebrating too early is one of the most embarrassing things that can happen to a pro cyclist – but that’s exactly what happened to Bahrain-Merida rider Luka Pibernik on Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia. The Slovenian rider jumped off the front of the peloton and celebrated as he crossed the line, only to find out … Read more
The Primal Apparel Basalt socks are mid-length and surprisingly airy socks that don’t feel overly synthetic in the way some can. They’re long enough for mountain bike and gravel excursions, and I thought the 3D pattern struck a nice balance between funky and flamboyant.Made predominantly of acrylic and polyamide, with smaller quantities of elastane and … Read more
The owner of a longstanding business says he has been forced to shut shop because of the effects of creating a Mini Holland.Asghar Jilow has run Eastman Army Camp in Walthamstow High Street for the past 19 years, but says he will close his doors as his profits have been cut by 45 per cent … Read more
Derbyshire Police Force have created a website outlining principles for driving around cyclists, with some sound advice for motorists.The page notes that “it’s worth proffering some safety advice to both drivers and cyclists who so often share the county’s roads.”While most of the advice is sensible in principle, drivers are curiously warned that although they … Read more
A pensioner has complained she is being treated ‘like a criminal’ as she faces court and a £395 fine for a second time for ‘cycling’ on a footpath on Hampstead Heath in London.Barbara Massey said that she was aware of the strict no-cycling rules, having been convicted of the crime and fined £275 last year.But … Read more
A business that will launch this summer under the Cycle to Work scheme plans to give employees of companies signed up to the government initiative – provided they hit mileage targets agreed in advance.Does that sound too good to be true? Well, here’s how it works, according to a report on Cycling Industry News.Free2Cycle says … Read more
