Bargain hunters have until Tuesday to pick through the remaining stock of major bike shop Life Cycles, worth £500,000, which has gone to auction after LC Leeds Bike Shop Ltd went into liquidation.The auctions are being handled by Eddisons, more than 575 lots live at the time of writing and covering a range of products from … Read more
The Prestacycle Professional Three Way ‘Y’ Bits Tool is a premium quality workshop tool that should last a lifetime as it uses standard 1/4in hex bits which can be replaced if and when they wear out. It also means you can make up your own combination of bits – and this is where it shines.This three-way … Read more
Rapha has closed its US office and made staff redundant as part of a sudden “realigning” due to “current market dynamics” and to “better reflect our strategic priorities”.The news was broken by Velo, the clothing brand laying off six of the eight employees who worked at its Bentonville office in Arkansas, one of the remaining two employees … Read more
“It was a nice time out on my last ever Paris-Roubaix,” Patrick Casey laughs, somewhat ruefully, from a sun-kissed bench perched on a small hill overlooking the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux.100 kilometres or so to the south, Mathieu van der Poel and company are busy fighting for position ahead of the Arenberg Forest and its hotly debated … Read more
Warwickshire Police has applauded cyclists and other road users, such as horse riders and pedestrians for submitting video footage of motorists using a handheld device while driving, also saying that it’s an encouraging sign that people are taking charge in standing up for road safety and helping the police enforce it.Through its Operation Snap, the … Read more
After news of US-based power meter and indoor bike brand Stages Cycling apparently ceasing its operations and laying off all of its staff yesterday, it is now being reported that Taiwanese bike manufacturer Giant Bicycles is suing Stages for £11 million worth of unpaid invoices, with four former top executives from Stages also having joined Giant.Reports about … Read more
The Gorewear M Base Layer Thermo Long Sleeve Shirt provides exceptional warmth for how thin it is. The collar is pretty wide, which can get a bit draughty unless you add a neckwarmer, but otherwise this is great.Thanks to its thin fabric (92% polypropylene and 8% elastane), this feels very light and almost second-skin comfortable. … Read more
A flyer objecting the installation of a cycle path in Harrogate that’s faced many months of controversy has irked the city’s cycling campaigners, who have not only debunked the points made in the group’s “hostile” leaflet, but also labelled it as “openly anti-cycling infrastructure”.The Otley Road cycleway has been the site of a long drawn … Read more
