The Peaty’s Holeshot Fast Flow Tubeless Valves are a genuinely impressive upgrade over standard Presta valves. The airflow is fantastic, the design is clever and they make setting up and maintaining a tubeless tyre considerably less painful. At £34.99 they are expensive for a pair of valves, but the quality and thinking behind them justifies … Read more
We’ve got loads of shiny new cycling kit to tell you about this week, whether you’re eyeing up a new bike or wondering whether £350 shoes really can improve your climbing. We’ve also got a new app that turns your local roads into a game of territorial conquest, a rear light that looks suspiciously familiar, … Read more
As Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney battled her way towards Mont Ventoux’s exposed, rocky summit, the voice of her Canyon-SRAM teammate Antonia Niedermaier cracked over her race radio: “Kasia, you’re the strongest. I believe in you, you’re the queen.”Niedermaier wasn’t wrong. A gust of wind may have blown over a long line of race barriers in the final … Read more
Mud Dock Cycleworks, the Bristol-based institution that was one of the first to bring the concept of the bike shop/café combo to the UK, is set to close its doors after more than three decades in business, promising big discounts on remaining stock during its final few days of trading. Mud Dock Café is unaffected, … Read more
It’s already been quite a week in e-bikes, with Mamdani’s crackdown on illegal units in NYC, Forest’s insurance implementation, plus cargo bike owners having their bikes incorrectly seized on the podcast. But there’s still enough morsels left over, including Swytch updates and more Mamdani, to make for a decent serving of electrified bubble and squeak…Swytch … Read more
On the afternoon of 30 June 2006, around two kilometres outside Malaucène, Nicole Cooke – one of Britain’s greatest ever bike racers – launched arguably the most audacious, most panache-filled attack of her illustrious career.Wearing the leader’s yellow jersey of the Grande Boucle Féminine – the watered-down successor to the long-gone women’s Tour de France … Read more
If you’ve ever winced after a long ride because your saddle felt like an instrument of torture, you’ll probably understand the appeal of finding something more comfortable. After all, conventional bike saddles don’t exactly look inviting. They’re narrow, firm and, to the uninitiated, seem completely at odds with comfort.So, what if we simply borrowed the … Read more
The Deda Superzero RS Carbon Bars blend traditional handlebar shaping with modern carbon construction. The shape will appeal to traditionalists, but with an aerodynamic profile and stiffness that are only possible with carbon manufacturing.The Superzero RS Carbon is available in four widths from 40cm to 46cm, all measured from outside to outside. This differs from … Read more
For one reason or another, you’ll eventually contaminate your brake pads and rotors. Usually, this’ll mean that you’ll need to replace them to regain solid and silent braking performance. But what if I told you that contaminated brakes could be fixed?Your bike uses a whole host of lubricants to make it work properly. Bearings are … Read more
