The Alpkit Toploader handlebar bag is great – a very useful size, easy to access and impressively weatherproof. It’s built very tough in the UK, too. It’s easy to recommend.For more options, check out our guide to the best bikepacking bags – and our feature 15 easy ways to carry stuff on your bike for … Read more
Tom Pidcock’s Paris-Roubaix war wounds, namely some eye-watering blisters on his hands, were shown off in his post-race interview moments after winning Amstel Gold Race, the British rider joking “for a second time” having previously been on the losing end of photo finish drama at the 2021 edition.The victory was a display of class from the … Read more
The Boardman SLR 8.6 is one of the very best entry-level bikes around. It’s light for the price, has a very good range of gearing – and a lively and comfortable ride. The components are well chosen, mudguard and rear rack fittings add real-world practicality, and it’s one of the least expensive bikes out there I’d … Read more
Lorena Wiebes today became the latest professional cyclist to learn the harsh lesson that you should never celebrate your victory too early, the Dutch sprinter raising her arms prematurely and opening the door to compatriot Marianne Vos’ bike-throw victory at Amstel Gold Race.Many will have sympathy for the SD Worx rider, who was seen disconsolate … Read more
An active travel scheme in North Wales has attracted the familiar outrage and fury from a section of the local community, critics claiming that the “absolute madness” £1.2 million project will see cycle lanes “broader than car lanes” and amounts to an “attack on your right to drive a car”.In reality, the council responded, the three-metre-wide shared-use path … Read more
Jeremy Vine was left wondering how he could possibly be more visible to some motorists after being blocked off by a driver while using a cycle lane on his penny-farthing.The broadcaster and presenter regularly uploads videos from his cycling travels around London, his latest showing an incident while riding his penny-farthing on Cycleway 9 along Chiswick High Road … Read more
The managing director of Brompton Bicycles wants to see a crackdown on “poor quality” electric bike batteries that have been blamed for several fatal fires and other non-fatal incidents.Will Butler-Adams warned that public perception is already sceptical of e-bikes due to “too many examples of e-bikes, e-scooters and light electric vehicles hurting people” and that … Read more
Parents and volunteers fed up with “aggressive drivers” ignoring a School Street scheme have called for improvements ahead of the new term following a “series of dangerous driving incidents”.The School Street on Norfolk Street in Cambridge has been in place since 2021 and was brought in as an attempt to encourage safe active travel journeys … Read more
A man has been fined after two cyclists were injured during a cycling club ride when a crash was caused by two dogs running out of a property and onto the road. The incident in Ireland, specifically County Cork, happened last April and saw a group from West Cork Cycling Club brought down during a ride from … Read more
