The Castelli Entrata Thermal Jersey is well priced and well designed for use with a vest in cold conditions or by itself when it’s slightly warmer.Much of the winter this year has been worryingly warm in the midlands, which has at least lent itself perfectly to testing the Entrata. This is because the jersey is designed for … Read more
Campaigners in Exeter left fed up by bus gate violations from drivers have stepped in to enforce the closure as “human bollards”, the community action coming after “people were just driving through with impunity” and two recent incidents reported involving cyclists being hit by motorists. The move was inspired by volunteers in Oxford who overcame a spate of … Read more
If you’re looking for a no-nonsense, easy-to-use and capable rear light, I think you’d struggle to find better than the Lezyne Strip Drive 300+ LED at this price, especially given its impressive run-times. It lacks any kind of smart braking technology, but Lezyne offers a more powerful version with this built in, if you really … Read more
The Dutch high-end bike component specialist Speeco shocked the cycling word in 2020 with the release of its radically-shaped Aero Breakaway Bar (ABB), a design that was perhaps inevitably outlawed by the UCI rather promptly. Not to be deterred, Speeco is back with an updated version 2.0, that it claims now conforms with the current UCI rules… but will cycling’s … Read more
The bereaved relatives of a pensioner who died in hospital having been struck on a footpath near his Birmingham home by a “cyclist” riding an “electric bike” have called on the government to pass stricter laws for “cyclists who break the law and kill or seriously injure”, as they argue the “current laws offer no deterrent … Read more
I’m a very lucky boy in that I don’t have a pain cave, I have two pain caves. This makes me an apex Zwift predator (see me strut, hear me roar). I’m also an even luckier boy because neither of them are actually pain caves… they’re sheds. Just sheds. Sheds with no glamourising fetishisation of riding … Read more
A group of five mountain bikers survived a cougar attack on a trail in Washington state on Saturday, one woman hospitalised with “non-life-threatening injuries” and the animal shot dead by officers after the cyclists managed to subdue the animal and pin it to the ground using their bikes.The extraordinary incident unfolded at around 12.50pm local time (20.50 … Read more
The Pedla RideFlash Gilet is a highly reflective gilet for those of us who want to maximise our night-time riding safety – without wanting to look like we’ve just stepped off a building site. However, despite the claims Pedla makes about its comfort, durability and performance, it has some fitting flaws, condensation builds up when you’re riding, … Read more
It’s no news that bike manufacturers, despite all pushing the boundaries of what is possible in bike design, often forget about the extreme ends of the size ranges – the short and tall cyclists out there. With the launch of the Titanosaur gravel bike, Curve Cycling aims to address this long-standing oversight in the cycling … Read more
