We don’t usually get new bike releases in the middle of December, but Specialized has bucked the trend by announcing new tiers of the fan favourite Aethos lightweight road bike model, alongside its annual new colour scheme reveal.2024 Specialized Aethos frameset (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Aethos gets a lighter price pointThe Aethos is the lightest model in … Read more
It’s cold, it’s wet and it’s dark – not the ideal combination for waning motivation while trying to build fitness ready for next spring. Unfortunately, there’s also work to do and spreadsheets to look at. So, while the pros swan off to southern Spain, the challenge remains to prepare for a strong season amid the damp and dreary UK winter. Again. … Read more
The Lezyne Fusion Drive Pro 600+ is a low-cost front light that packs enough of a punch to help guide you through the darker evenings and for daylight running. It’s tough, waterproof and its one-button setup makes it simple to operate. It did make me feel visible on the road too – but I didn’t … Read more
If you get to enjoy the seamless efficiency of locking your bicycle to a nice, practical Sheffield Stand or other appropriate cycle rack when you nip to the shops, work or wherever you’re off to, don’t ever take that for granted.After all, as you’ve almost certainly experienced elsewhere, there appears to be a never-ending conveyor belt of … Read more
“Just get on your bike.” It came from nowhere, but was also totally simplified and proven logic, to me at least.After months of soul searching and trying to rationalise and deal with an ever-deepening life issue, while sat there analysing things, going over the same old figures, looking for the reasoning, some justifications… and then … Read more
Of course, we would never deny that Christmas is a time for tradition and being together with the people you love. But, as every cyclist knows, Christmas also means the chance to receive fab new kit and a good opportunity to get out on our bikes.To that end, when it comes to buying inspired hi-tech … Read more
A motorcyclist has been jailed after admitting to using cannabis before causing a collision which left a female cyclist needing her leg amputated.Samuel James was jailed for three and a half years at Basildon Crown Court on Friday, the Basildon Echo reports, the court hearing that the motorcyclist had “never passed a driving test, had no insurance … Read more
