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Lost Summers and Half-Forgotten Afternoons: A Mint Sauce collection by Jo Burt
For more than three decades, a mountain-biking sheep has captured the imaginations of off-roaders up and down the country. Lost Summers and Half-Forgotten Afternoons: A Mint Sauce collection is a coffee table-sized round-up of some of the cartoon strips and drawings that first appeared in Mountain Biking UK (MBUK) magazine back in the 1980s, and … Read more
“Inattentive” driver with “comprehensive loss of concentration” who drove on wrong side of the road and killed cyclist jailed for two years
A driver described as “completely inattentive” with a “comprehensive loss of concentration” has been jailed for two years and disqualified from driving for six, after he killed a cyclist by driving on the wrong side of the road on a bend in Sheffield.Long Wan, 33, a teacher from Ash Grove, London, was driving his Mazda … Read more
Want more high quality cycling infrastructure? Then stop building sh**e.
Before 2022 I lived in London, and it was bloody brilliant for cycling.I had routes and routes of high quality and well-thought-out cycling infrastructure. I was using the Q1 Quiet Route before it was Q1, and I was one of the first cyclists using the new bike lanes over Blackfriars. For anybody who complains that they aren’t … Read more
Mountain bike brand Nukeproof sold by Frasers Group to Belgian bike manufacturer after less than a year
Nukeproof, the American mountain bike and gravel bike brand has been sold by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group to Belgian Cycling Factory (BCF), less than a year after buying it as part of the Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles acquisition deal.Belgian Cycling Factory is one of the biggest bike manufacturers in Europe and owns high-end brands like … Read more
Chinese X-LAB AD9 aero road bike as used by Astana on cycling’s WorldTour now for sale to the public at £2,553 for the frameset
XDS Carbon-Tech’s X-Lab AD9 aero road bike is available to purchase in the United Kingdom, framesets officially now listed online for £2,553.The bike has attracted plenty of attention in recent months, especially since WorldTour team XDS Astana — now also with XDS Carbon-Tech’s brand as part of the team’s name under sponsorship rights — is racing the aero road model … Read more
24 of the best performance road cycling shoes – get faster with light, stiff shoes
Get yourself the right pair of cycling shoes and your riding immediately becomes both more comfortable and more efficient. While you can cycle in a pair of trainers, we’re going to assume for the sake of this article that you want to ride in dedicated cycling shoes. Cycling shoes are designed to be light and … Read more
