If you’re lucky enough to own a Pinarello, then you also have access to the brand’s Myway platform, which basically allows you to customise your bike to please your eye better. Lina Bo, a Spanish cycling ambassador and designer, has got her very own Pinarello Dogma F revamped in her chosen colourway, which has allowed … Read more
The scourge of bike thefts and violent bikejackings currently affecting cyclists across the UK appears to show no signs of relenting, as a brazen thief was caught on camera using an angle grinder in an attempt to steal a locked bike outside an Asda in broad daylight on Thursday, as a bystander withdrew cash from … Read more
If any local authorities, faced with the prospect of a government seemingly intent on undermining years of active travel and traffic-calming policies, are on the hunt for a creative approach to highlighting the need to protect vulnerable road users, they should look no further than East Flanders, where artist Hilaire Smet has unveiled a rather … Read more
Hand-made in Italy, the Passoni Titanio Classica Disco is a stunningly beautiful frameset to look at, and even to touch, but more importantly it’s absolutely wonderful to ride. This frameset is firm, fast and beautifully responsive with an awesome ride quality to boot, and such quality doesn’t come cheap, the depth and personalisation of the … Read more
A former councillor who worked on transport policy in London for over 20 years has branded a cycling campaign group’s plans to stage a protest calling for safer streets, in the wake of two fatal collisions in the area in the past six weeks, “deeply distasteful”. The retired politician also claimed that attempts to influence … Read more
The thorny issue of bicycle storage facilities potentially taking up space traditionally reserved for motor vehicles has once again raised its head in Hove, where business owners have spoken out against what they describe as the council’s “ridiculous” plans to remove two car parking spaces in order to make way for hire bike racks.The two … Read more
A council worker who inspected a rural road, where just months later an 84-year-old cyclist was killed after hitting a six-inch deep crack, has conceded that the pothole – described during an inquest into the rider’s death as a “trench” – was missed during the inspection because the “primary focus” was to identify “dangers to … Read more
On Friday evening in Mexico – a country synonymous with groundbreaking cycling exploits over 60 minutes – Vittoria Bussi made history, becoming the first woman ever to break the 50km barrier as she definitively reclaimed the UCI Hour Record.The 36-year-old Italian set a blistering new benchmark of 50.267km at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes last … Read more
A new off-road cycle path in Kent has been branded “a waste of taxpayers’ money” and almost “unusable” after one local cyclist counted over 200 cracks in its surface, some as wide as three inches, just six months after it opened.The shared-use path, which runs alongside the A2990 Old Thanet Way between Herne Bay and … Read more
