A council’s plans to plunder its active travel budget to build a highly contentious and “unnecessary” relief road have been condemned by local campaigners and politicians, who say it “beggars belief” that the authority would spend the bulk of its active travel funding on new roads, instead of “investing properly in walking and cycling”.In the … Read more
“The headline for this story should be: ‘Everything we’ve told you for the last 50 years about what to wear while cycling is wrong!’” Castelli global brand manager Steve Smith somewhat surprisingly admits when talking about his company’s new air-permeable Ristretto fabric.“There’s a profound insight behind Ristretto and that came about from talking to more and … Read more
The ‘will they, won’t they’ cycling transfer saga of the winter has finally reached it conclusion, as Swiss second-tier squad Q36.5 Pro Cycling announced on Friday morning the signing of British multidisciplinary star Tom Pidcock on a three-year deal.On Wednesday, it was confirmed, after months of speculation following his dramatic last-minute deselection from Il Lombardia … Read more
The Van Rysel Cycling Cat 3 Sunglasses RoadR 900 Perf Light – Translucent Black are outstanding sunnies for the money. I’ve become used to paying over the odds for high-performance luxury sunnies – but these show that you don’t need to pay a fortune to achieve quality. Intended for bright light, and weighing only 23g, … Read more
Do you want to get faster on the bike, drop your mates or set a PB on a local segment? Well, we have some good and bad news for you. The bad news is that the most effective way to get quicker on the bike is still with plenty of good old-fashioned graft… but the … Read more
We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links on this pageIt’s that time of year again, when people try to hide their regret about having any kind of hobby behind the thin veneer of a grateful smile during the traditional giving of gifts, and it’s even more traditional mild disappointment. Whether your pastime is golf, … Read more
A common theme that emerges any time a new cycling infrastructure project is mooted in or near a residential area is the opposition of some local homeowners, furious that the proposed bike lane will replace some of their on-street car parking spaces, or narrow the road, lead to the loss of trees, or even require … Read more
Giro d’Italia stage winner Domenico Pozzovivo has called for Italy’s laws on cycling two abreast to be changed, after the 42-year-old was stopped and fined €18.50 by police at the weekend for riding side-by-side with fellow pro Diego Ulissi.Pozzovivo, who retired at the end of the season after two decades in the professional peloton which … Read more
Tadej Pogačar says he lives the “reality of the danger of cycling in traffic almost every day”, as the UCI announced on Thursday that the three-Tour de France winner is set to join the United Nations’ global road safety campaign, which aims to promote road safety by recruiting celebrities and sportspeople to deliver messages “focusing … Read more
