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Asylum-seeking elite cyclist told to move to Bibby Stockholm barge — as Home Office says he cannot take his bike onboard

An elite cyclist who has won Asian Cycling Championships gold and competed in the individual time trial against Remco Evenepoel and Filippo Ganna at last year’s UCI Cycling World Championships now faces being ordered to move to the Bibby Stockholm barge by the Home Office.Mohammad Ganjkhanlou is seeking asylum in the United Kingdom and has been based at … Read more

“They would never leave a pole in the middle of the road, so why is it acceptable to do so on a cycleway?” Cyclists slam “poor planning” as new bike lane built right into path of zebra crossing pole

Why don’t cyclists use the cycle lane? Because it was built directly into the path of a zebra crossing pole, apparently.That’s the bizarre situation facing cyclists in Salisbury, anyway, after a new cycleway was completed earlier this week, only for baffled locals to learn that it leads them straight towards the existing pole – forcing … Read more

New patent suggests Shimano 13-speed electronic groupsets are coming — here’s what we know so far

With a new top-end road groupset from SRAM very imminent according to recent leaks, a new patent filed by Shimano that appears to show a 13-speed, electronic and full wireless groupset for road and off-road riding may have just stolen its rival’s thunder. Spotted by the Instagram account Better Shifting and first reported in the cycling … Read more

Two cyclists ordered to pay £500 for riding bike through town centre, as councillor says local authority “will not simply look the other way” and that cyclists “have been rightly punished”

Cyclists in Grimsby have once again fallen foul of the town’s controversial Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) – which has previously seen the council accused of targeting the “old and slow” – after two were fined over £500 for riding their bikes through the town centre, prompting a councillor to claim that the cyclists were … Read more

Staff Bikes: Can Dave’s Lauf Úthald make a monster 600km ride good fun?

How far would you ride for fun? road.cc co-founder Dave Atkinson appears to have forgotten the amount of fun he had last time at the 600km Bryan Chapman Memorial audax across Wales and back, and is attempting it again in 2024. This year he’s opted to do it on the new Lauf Úthald endurance road bike, which he recently … Read more

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Peatys Bicycle Cleaning Cloths

Peatys Bicycle Cleaning Cloths are simple, effective, and environmentally friendly – regular microfibre cloths are plastic.I can tell I am a boring middle-aged man, because I like a new set of cloths for cleaning my bikes. Peatys Bicycle Cleaning Cloths do the job well.They are made from bamboo but have the same qualities as regular … Read more

Pedestrian jailed for manslaughter over cyclist’s death has conviction overturned

A woman who was sentenced to three years in jail for manslaughter after being found by a jury to have confronted an elderly cyclist, causing her to be killed after she fell into the path of a vehicle, has had her conviction overturned at appeal.Auriol Grey, who has cerebral palsy and is partially blind, had her conviction overturned … Read more

Iain Duncan Smith calls for creation of “causing death by dangerous, careless, or inconsiderate cycling” law

Proposals to ensure that cyclists found guilty of causing death or serious injury through “dangerous, careless, or inconsiderate cycling” will face harsher prison sentences have been introduced in the House of Commons by senior Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, eight months after the government said it was still considering legislation to tackle “dangerous cycling”.The former … Read more

“I’ll see you in the winter”: Zwift accused of “taking subscribers for granted” as monthly subscription rises from £12.99 to £17.99 – but company says price hike “necessary” for platform’s development

Zwift has been accused of “taking its subscribers for granted” after the popular virtual online training app announced yesterday that the cost of its monthly subscription was rising from £12.99 to £17.99 – a 38.5 per cent price hike.However, Zwift says the prise rise, the first time the company has raised its fees since 2017 … Read more