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British Cycling appoints task force to “support revival” of domestic racing scene
With the UK’s domestic racing scene coming under increasing scrutiny in recent months, as financial pressures and dwindling resources continue to bite, British Cycling has today responded by launching a new elite road racing task force, set up to support the governing body as it attempts to “innovate and energise” local racing in Britain.The newly-appointed … Read more
“Eyesore” cycling junction works leaving homes and cars “permanently covered in dirt and dust”, claim residents
A “pioneering” new CYCLOPS junction designed to protect people cycling and walking has come in for criticism from locals, who claim that there was “nothing wrong” with the original roundabout and that the lengthy construction work is leaving their homes “permanently covered in dirt and dust”.In November last year, work began on the installation of … Read more
Pinarello X3 105 Di2 2023
The Pinarello X3 105 Di2 is part of the company’s new endurance range of bikes, and while its chunky frame looks like it’s going to be very firm, it in fact delivers a surprisingly comfortable ride, even on rough sections of roads. With the geometry backed off a touch in terms of aggressiveness, it’s also … Read more
Whatever happened to the Factor Vis Vires? Check out this radical £10k superbike released a decade ago
Unhindered by the UCI rulebook, a decade ago British bike brand Factor unleashed the Vis Vires on the world, one of the most striking bikes we’d seen at the time and one of the first road bikes with a £10,000 price tag. The radical design featured a full-length fork, integrated stem and split down tube, the … Read more
Bike hangars look like “pigsties” and are “discriminatory to the disabled”, disgruntled residents claim
Oxford residents have hit out at a county council scheme to install bike hangars on their street, with claims the bicycle storage facilities are “discriminatory” to disabled people and look like “pigsties”.The backlash, reported by the Oxford Mail, comes after Oxfordshire County Council installed the hangars in three streets following a consultation, the scheme supported … Read more
MAAP Women’s Short Team Bib Evo
These bib shorts are technically the same as the MAAP Women’s Team Bib Evo shorts that Emma reviewed in 2021, but the big change is that the new design has shorter legs. If you are on the shorter side and struggle a little to find the right length shorts, these are well worth considering, offering … Read more
Here’s why I won’t be upgrading to the Specialized Tarmac SL8
For over two years now, my go-to road race bike has been the Specialized Tarmac SL7. For the last fortnight though, I’ve been riding its natural successor, the S-Works Tarmac SL8. Has this new road bike impressed me enough to upgrade, or will I be sticking to the SL7 for the foreseeable? You know the answer already, but in this … Read more