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“The fastest all-round road racing wheel system Hunt has ever made or tested”: UK brand says new wheels are quicker than the ones Pogacar used to win the Tour de France

Hunt has unveiled its new 5AM Limitless Ti_UD Carbon Spoke Wheelset, which it describes as “the fastest all-round road racing wheel system we have ever made or tested” with a 30mm tyre fitted. As well as the aero performance, Hunt reckons its new wheels, designed for flat and rolling terrain, offer “industry-leading” crosswind stability and … Read more

“In cycling, the unacceptable is accepted”: Van Rysel aiming to bring airbag skinsuit to WorldTour in 2027 – but tech firm behind innovation admits “some crazy riders” won’t use it

The loud pop that reverberated around Decathlon’s brightly lit lab on the outskirts of Lille, startling a few of the journalists present (including this one) and causing an unflinching model’s skinsuit to rapidly expand, Michelin Man-style, could prove a familiar sound in the professional peloton next year.Or at least that’s what Van Rysel, the brand … Read more

Car brand Škoda excites commuters by unveiling bike bell “designed to cut through noise-cancelling headphones”… but says it is not for sale (yet)

Škoda has unveiled a new design for a bike bell designed to cut through both noise pollution and noise-cancelling headphones. The Czech car manufacturer, which sponsors the Tour de France and started out as a bike-builder in the 1890s, contracted researchers and acousticians from Salford University to examine how active noise cancellation (ANC) technology can be … Read more

Magicshine Morpher Photochromic Lenses Glasses

Magicshine’s Morpher glasses are available with a range of lenses and the photochromic ones I’ve been testing offer two looks and good comfort adjustability. They’re great value for money too.The Morphers’ party trick is that they have a two-piece TR90 frame, and the lower half can be removed, so you can wear a full frame … Read more

Pro cyclist who punched rival during race banned for 25 days

A professional cyclist who punched a rival during a race in the Netherlands last month has been banned for 25 days by the UCI.There was outrage when Kiaan Watts was seen lashing out at a fellow rider during the Salverda Bouw Ster van Zwolle 1.2 race, footage of the incident subsequently widely shared on social … Read more

Paris-Roubaix cobbles stolen from Arenberg Forest as race director slams “life-threatening” theft

Wickedly straight, fiendishly long, and riddled with the kind of brutal pavé former Tour de France organiser Jacques Goddet described as “potholes, not cobblestones”, the Arenberg Forest, Paris-Roubaix’s first five-star sector, is difficult enough.But this year, the infamous Trouée d’Arenberg has been made even more difficult by a rather niche subsection of thieves, who have … Read more