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Irish police officer faces disciplinary inquiry for giving unclaimed bicycle to “vulnerable and isolated” elderly man for transport during the pandemic
An Irish police officer will this week face a disciplinary inquiry having been suspended for three years after giving an unclaimed bicycle to a “vulnerable and isolated” man in a rural area who needed help getting to the shops during the Covid pandemic.The Irish Independent reports the unnamed garda only returned to work in late 2023 after the National … Read more
Suunto Race
The Suunto Race is a good multi-sport watch – the new AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen looks great and it has excellent maps. The Suunto app is very good for analysing your health and training data and battery life and charging times are excellent. On the downside, the heart rate sensor could be better … Read more
“Cars are last in the list,” says council officer defending plan to build five new cycle lanes amid concerns from motorists about road quality
A council officer, responding to criticism and concerns from drivers about the quality of local roads at a time when the local authority is progressing with a project to build five new cycle lanes, has told councillors and constituents that “the new hierarchy is pedestrians first, cyclists, buses and everything else” and “cars are last”.Invercycle … Read more
road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2023/24: the best road bikes
It’s time for us to reveal which of the road bikes we reviewed in 2023 were the best and the single model we rate most highly of all and are crowning the road.cc Recommends: Road Bike of the Year 2023/24.Let’s explain which bikes are eligible for inclusion here. First, we’re talking about bikes that we … Read more
UCI insurer pays six-figure settlement over British cyclist’s heatstroke death at Gran Fondo World Championships
The family of a cyclist from London who died having collapsed due to heatstroke and dehydration while competing at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in France in 2017 have received a six-figure settlement from the event insurers for the sport’s governing body.Barry Covington passed away in hospital a week after collapsing while taking part … Read more
Brompton goes 12-Speed across most of its range, doubling the number of gears on the classic folding bike
After much speculation since Eurobike last summer, Brompton has unveiled bikes with 12-speed gearing across its T Line, Electric P Line, P Line, and Electric C Line models. Before you envision a 12-speed cassette on this tiny folding bike, we must start by saying that is not what these new models will come with. The update – which … Read more
Sealskinz Thetford Waterproof All Weather Cycle Oversock
The Sealskinz Thetford Waterproof All Weather Cycle Oversock is a simple idea that works well. A waterproof and windproof layer for cleated road or gravel shoes that ups your mildly-bad-weather game at a much lower cost than specific shoes. They aren’t the most robust, mind, so if you’d prefer tougher, more traditional protection, check out our guide to … Read more
Are budgie smugglers the new gravel craze? No, but that’s what F1 star Valtteri Bottas was rocking at Australia’s newest gravel race
Tonight’s edition of Bike at Bedtime is perhaps more briefs at bedtime, but as we’re publishing post-watershed we’re rolling with it. We are, besides the briefs, having a look at the bike F1 driver Valtteri Bottas rode at the new RADL GRVL series event in Australia as that’s pretty eye-catching too. The sight of Bottas standing in Speedos next … Read more