The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, formerly the Criterium du Dauphine, is always an excellent race for spotting the latest road bike tech. This year was no different, with several new bikes appearing. But it is also the perfect chance to get up close to some of the bikes that will be raced at the Tour de France. The … Read more
Jan-Willem van Schip, the Dutch Continental racer famed for his aerodynamic designs that regularly fall foul of race commissaires, has been disqualified for the third time in the past year amid confusion over the enforcement of UCI regulations.Riding for the third-division Azerion/Villa Valkenburg team in the Ronde de l’Oise, a fourth tier race comprising World … Read more
Gary Fisher, Tom Ritchey, Joe Breeze and Charlie Kelly are widely considered the great founding fathers of mountain biking – and indeed as the men who brought us the flat bar, fat-tyred bikes that we now know as mountain bikes.Their analogue and faded hippy-like tales of bodging old balloon tyre single speed cruisers to create … Read more
The UCI’s latest attempt to make racing safer is to limit the size of bike computers to 126 x 71mm, a detail at the bottom of a lengthy press release that also confirms its intention to appeal SRAM’s court victory over its gear ratio regulations. The restriction is aimed at controlling the amount of data … Read more
Michael Matthews has revealed a collision with a fire engine driving on the wrong side of the road caused him to miss months of the season.The incident occurred in Italy on the 5th March, but Matthews did not initially detail how the incident occurred, only detailing the injuries and subsequent surgeries and rehabilitation. The former … Read more
The Van Rysel RCR-R PRO Ultralight Rain is a premium jacket that matches waterproof panelling with a stretchy membrane for a sleek, fast-riding fit. Van Rysel’s numbers suggest it’s fully waterproof but it’s not, however, and visible wear inside the membrane is a concern. Also, the premium pricing is hard to justify given Van Rysel’s … Read more
For lovers of an intricate lug, there are a few names that springs to mind. Add the term ‘curly stay’ or ‘vibrant stay’ and you can only end up with one name, that of Hetchins! The bike featured here has bucket loads of both. Although looking very similar to its 1950s cousins, this beautiful machine actually … Read more
Specialized’s new Aethos 2 Expert represents a revamp for its lightweight, versatile road bike range. It’s still very light, but it’s even more versatile thanks to geometry tweaks that make it more suitable for a larger collective of riders. Throw in excellent ride quality and you have all the ingredients for a fun, fast and … Read more
The renamed Criterium du Dauphine has been a feast of new bikes this year and amongst the throngs of aero bikes, Ridley appears to have given its lightweight Falcn RS some much needed updates.Already in use at the women’s Giro d’Italia, the Falcn RS is a bike that we haven’t seen too much of in … Read more
