My spangly new size 47 torture devices suddenly transported me straight back to a spring evening ride of 1981, when a young me traded his teenage kicks for a red village phone box while in near-tearful, excruciating pain.It’s strange, as I struggle to remember things from a couple of hours ago nowadays, but every teeth-grinding moment of … Read more
You’ve probably heard by now that Tadej Pogačar has been spotted on an all new Colnago bike which, judging from leaked images, is going to be called the V5Rs. Here’s an overview of what we know so far, plus the specs and features we think the new bike needs to have to elevate Pog’s performance even more (if that’s … Read more
Ricky Feather, the founder of custom steel frame company Feather Cycles, has announced that he will build just 50 more bikes before closing the business, citing increasing financial pressures and the impact of cancelled orders as the key factors behind his decision.Feather, a former BMX racer, has run the Yorkshire-based company on his own since … Read more
The Muc-Off AirMach Electric Mini Inflator – Pro is a very good addition and upgrade to the company’s current line-up of electric inflators, bringing with it an LED display, an increased battery size, and the various attachments needed to make it compatible with pretty much every valve on the market. It does produce a lot … Read more
A cycling fan has launched a petition to parliament calling for the Tour de France to be protected under UK broadcasting law, in a bid to ensure cycling’s biggest race remains free to air on British television.The petition, launched this week by cycling YouTuber Peter Treadway, urges the government to reclassify the Tour de France … Read more
Brixton Cycles, one of London’s most beloved independent bike shops, has announced that it will be shutting down as a result of “rising costs, a brutal economic climate, and a million other small battles”.Cyclists had been concerned about the store’s operational capacity in recent months, many wondering if it was to close soon. Now, the … Read more
Let’s be honest here, the bike industry is in the toilet at the moment and has been for the last few years. I was at my friend’s sculpture workshop the other day, and when I asked why he had a Reynolds sticker on a massive lathe machine, he told me it was because he was given … Read more
A motorist with an “extraordinarily high” drink drive reading after downing vodka from a 7Up bottle has avoided jail for crashing into a cyclist, instead receiving a five-year driving ban and a €1,500 fine after pleading guilty to drunk and careless driving.Rebecca Griffith, 34, of Blackheath Park, Dublin, was heading toward Artane in her Opel Astra when … Read more
