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I can’t believe it’s not carbon, awesome integration and a subtle Shand rebrand: Five Cool Things from Bespoked Handmade Bike Show 2024
The 2024 edition of the Bespoked Handmade Bike Show made its return to the UK this year after it went on holiday to Dresden in 2023, popping up at the iconic Victoria Baths in Manchester. Luckily the pools weren’t filled (believe it or not it has been a couple of times in the past 20 years … Read more
Magicshine Allty 2500s
The Magicshine Allty 2500s has many of the features required by a good adventure light, including a very strong beam, numerous settings, a remote control, decent battery life, a replaceable battery, LED display, a sturdy mount, and a strong, high-quality construction. But the light has a worrying tendency to overheat, the LED display is slightly … Read more
“Ham-fisted” cycle lane cones to be replaced with protected cycling infrastructure — as councillor resists urge to “individually remove each traffic cone by drop-kicking”
Local politicians and residents have rejoiced at the decision to remove controversial cycle lane cones from the A56 in Manchester, the much-maligned cones to make way for new active travel infrastructure — including a protected cycle route — after £2m of investment was approved.Such is the relief that the “ham-fisted” cones will soon be departing a stretch … Read more
“This is getting ridiculous”: Bizarre aero ‘beak’ spotted attached to Dylan Groenewegen’s sunglasses at the Tour de France
We’ve all seen the ‘Speed Sniffer’ head tube on the Specialized Tarmac SL8, a pointier take on the classic head tube for purported aero gains… well, now we’ve got a literal one, as Dylan Groenewegen of Jayco–AlUla has been spotted wearing a radical new pair of Scicon aero sunglasses with a pointy ‘beak’ covering most of his nose … Read more
Driver who failed roadside eyesight test given suspended sentence for killing cyclist returning home from cycling club ride
An elderly driver whose eyesight was not good enough to be on the road has been banned from driving for five years, ordered to pay £2,000 and sentenced to a suspended five-month prison sentence having pleaded guilty to causing the death by careless driving of a cyclist.Glyn Straw (seen in the picture illustrating this story) was cycling … Read more
“Ridiculous” bike hangar “will cause more accidents” on street where “there have been more than five car crashes”, resident claims — but council defends “popular” bicycle storage
A council has defended one of its bike hangars from criticism after residents claimed it would “cause more accidents” and is a “health and safety nightmare” — the local authority pointing out there were no objections to the on-street bicycle storage during a period of planning and consultation with the local community, and stating that there have been “hundreds of requests from across the city” … Read more
