While modern Tour de France bikes barely resemble those from a few decades ago, in the last 40 years road bike pedals have seen hardly any changes. That is until now, with the new Ekoi PW8 shoe/pedal system getting some interest from top teams such as Ineos Grenadiers and UAE Team Emirates. So, is this the future of pedal tech, and will … Read more
The last article I wrote was in preparation for a second attempt at the Atlas Mountain Race, explaining that even though I knew it was going to be extremely hard, I was more mentally and physically prepared, even investing in a whole new Scott Scale mountain bike to tackle the harsh terrain.Nothing was going to … Read more
Publishing its preliminary financial results for the year to March 2024, Halfords has seen its profits slashed amid “significantly worse than expected” cycling performance and bike sales dropping to 30 per cent below pre-Covid levels.The major retailer, the largest provider of cycling sales and services in the UK, highlighted the “high-profile failure” of Wiggle Chain Reaction as evidence … Read more
For those warm summer days when you simply want to do an easy ride with friends, maybe up to that little grassy hill on your gravel bike for a drink together, you could wear a simple cotton T-shirt over bib shorts. But that won’t be as good as Santini’s Stone Delta Tech T-shirt at wicking … Read more
An “inexperienced” teenage motorist who pulled out of a junction and fatally struck a cyclist, just two months after passing his driving test, has avoided jail, and has instead been banned from driving for a year and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to causing the cyclist’s death by careless … Read more
Most of the time on Near Miss of the Day, when a driver manages to escape punishment – or get away with a mere slap on the wrist – for close passing and narrowly avoiding a cyclist, it’s usually down to a questionable, or sometimes completely non-existent, approach exhibited by the local police force towards … Read more
The Skratch Labs Sport Hydration Drink Mix has been designed ‘to replace the electrolytes lost in sweat and to provide a little bit of energy when working out, without offending your palette or gut’. To achieve this, Skratch Labs uses ingredients you can mostly recognise, but apart from that there isn’t much that sets this hydration … Read more
We all love to be out on a bike on a beautiful day, but you need to be careful that exposure to the sun doesn’t result in premature ageing or even skin cancer. Sorry to put a downer on your fun. The good news is that protecting yourself is pretty straightforward.5 easy ways to protect … Read more
