Bike cleaning is never fun and I’m always ready to greet anything that makes it easier with open arms. This five piece brush set from grot-busting specialist Muc-Off gets a slightly less enthusiastic welcome. It’s not especially bad, it’s certainly better than the Park Tools set I tested earlier this year, but it still doesn’t … Read more
This understated lightweight windbreaker from Swrve is the ideal garment to have stowed away in your saddle pack for when the weather inevitably changes or you decide to stop off at the pub on the return leg of extended bike ride.It’s polyester construction does a good job of defending you from the wind and will … Read more
What will the next urban bike look like? Well, rooting around on the web we found this on Core 77 an industrial design website. J.Ruiter, a design firm from Michigan, think it’ll look like the above. and here’s why.”Our project, simplicity in inner city bicycling, was at first glance a fun aesthetic opportunity in new … Read more
Dimitri De Fauw the Belgian six day track specialist is reported to have commited suicide. The 28-year old rider had suffered from depression following an accident at the Six Days of Ghent in 2006 when a collision involving himself and the Spanish rider Isaac Galvez resulted in the Spaniard’s death.De Fauw was a gifted track … Read more
So this is it.Tomorrow I will cycle from Cape Cornwall to my house. On Sunday from my house to Plymouth and then I will catch the ferry to Santander. In less than 3 weeks I will be in Morocco, I could be in Mauritania by Christmas. Sometime in the future I hope to roll into … Read more
Winter’s here, folks. Long behind us are the sunny afternoons on sticky tarmac with a pristine road machine between the thighs: it’s time to get muddy. That might be on your winter hack on muck-strewn lanes, or atop your MTB but what you really want is a a bit of cyclocross action. The season for … Read more
World Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has announced the provisional suspension of Spanish rider Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla after traces of EPO were found in a urine sample taken in September from the cyclist, who rides for the Fuji-Servetto team.The sample was taken in an out-of-competition test on September 15, with the rider specifically … Read more
With ruggedly handsome looks and remarkable rigidity, it comes as little surprise Stronglight’s track 2000 is aimed primarily at track connoseurs. However, slipping straight aboard 107mm axles it’s spot on for bespoke or pretty production fixers and single-speeds but as it costs £89.95 (plus £49.95 for the ring) it’s far too tasty for hacks.Available in … Read more
All cyclists have heard the “sorry mate, I didn’t see you” excuse from a driver after a near miss or collision with a vehicle, but a 68-year-old farmer from Oklahoma has elevated it to new levels after failing to spot a two-tonne elephant on the road ahead of him.Bill Carpenter was returning from church with … Read more
The historic town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire has secured the National Elite Circuit Race Championships for the third year in a row. Scheduled for the evening of Friday 16 July, the event will see 70 riders battle it out for the title, won last year by Candi TV-Marshall’s Pasta rider Russ … Read more
