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Would you wear an inflatable bike helmet? Plus SRAM Red sneak peek + new shift button, a base layer designed for riding over 30mph, Brompton x Bear Grylls + more
We’ve got another packed edition of Tech of the Week for you, featuring what looks like SRAM’s next-generation Red groupset, Brompton’s collab with Bear Grylls, your chance to ride virtual stages of the Vuelta a España, and earbuds designed with cycling in mind, but we’re starting with a very, very unusual helmet…Have you seen the Inflabi … Read more
Giant warns bike buyers of scam website and is working to get it removed
Giant has warned customers of a scam website pretending to be the bike manufacturer and cycling retailer, potentially ripping off consumers, and said it has begun the process of trying to get it removed.Giant’s risk manager Alan Needle told Bicycle Retailer and Industry News that he has not heard of customers being affected “but can’t be sure”. The … Read more
“Desperately disappointing”: Cycling group urges council to stand firm after legal challenge puts active travel project “in jeopardy”
A cycling group in Harrogate has urged North Yorkshire Council to stand firm after the local authority made the “desperately disappointing” decision to pause progress on an active travel scheme, following a judicial review launched by a commercial developer which claimed that the project would damage businesses in the spa town.Harrogate District Cycling Action believes … Read more
Emily Bridges set to mount legal challenge against British Cycling’s transgender policy
Emily Bridges, the transgender cyclist at the centre of a storm that engulfed British Cycling over the past year, prompting the national governing body to update its transgender and non-binary participation policies, has confirmed that she is set to mount a legal challenge against those changes.In May, over a year after it suspended its transgender … Read more
Skratch Labs Energy Bars (12x50g)
Skratch Labs Energy Bars are made using natural ingredients that provide plenty of carbs while out riding. This choc chip and almond flavour (there are others) tastes amazing, and the bars are a great size to store in your jersey pockets, but the choc chips can melt if it’s a warm day.As well as being … Read more
Drink driver who killed charity cyclist and hid body jailed for 12 years
A motorist who killed charity cyclist Tony Parsons in a drink driving collision, before hiding his body in a shallow grave on a remote country estate, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.31-year-old Alexander McKellar was speeding at the time of the fatal collision in September 2017, which took place on the A82 near … Read more
U23 Paris-Roubaix winner Tijl De Decker dies after “crashing into car” during training ride
Tijl De Decker, the promising young Belgian rider who was set to turn professional with Lotto Dstny next year, has died two days after a collision involving a motorist during a training ride, the team confirmed today.The 22-year-old, who won Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, the U23 version of the famous cobbled classic, in May while racing for … Read more
Trek launches “fastest and lightest Madone SL ever” with trickle-down IsoFlow tech from top-end SLR model
Trek has launched what it describes as “the fastest and lightest Madone SL ever”, the new models featuring IsoFlow technology, the distinctive seat tube design that was introduced on the top-level Trek Madone SLR last year with the aim of reducing aerodynamic drag and improving comfort.> Trek releases radical Madone SLR, its “fastest road race bike … Read more