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Altura Tempo Seamless Short Sleeve Baselayer
The Altura Tempo Seamless Short Sleeve Baselayer is very soft, lovely against the skin and highly breathable too. The ‘seamless’ part of the name is a bit misleading though as there are plenty of seams – just fewer than you’d find normally. It’s more ‘fewer seams’ than seamless.Right, so the whole seamless thing. It’s not. … Read more
MailOnline takes aim at cyclists for not using “rollercoaster” bike lane… that is “littered with stones” and “stops and starts all the way along”
Wednesday’s MailOnline provoked another anti-cycling meltdown among its readers after publishing a photo of a single cyclist not using a cycle lane in Wimborne, Dorset. However, several people from the area came forward to describe the cycle lane in question as a “rollercoaster”, “bog road”, and “guaranteeing a puncture”.In the article, the tabloid news website claims … Read more
Pain, pitfalls, and pavé: Paris-Roubaix is just around the corner – so don’t miss a moment of Hell on GCN+
The spring classics are coming at us quicker than the next cobbled berg at the Tour of Flanders, which means only one thing – Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes Avec Zwift, arguably the most hotly-anticipated weekend of racing on the cycling calendar, is just around the corner.Subscribe to GCN+ for £39.99 per year or £6.99 per … Read more
Rudie Can’t Steer? TfL double-decker bus crashes into London bike shop with driver injured
The Route 19 TfL bus crashed into Velorution, an urban bike shop on King’s Road, Chelsea in a freakish incident that saw the driver being rushed to the hospital and emergency services closing the road down.A bike shop employee got the fright of his life on Wednesday afternoon when the driver of a double-decker bus sent the vehicle straight … Read more
Engo Eyewear Engo 2 sport smartglasses
The Engo 2 Sport Smartglasses from Engo Eyewear may not be ‘just’ sunglasses, but they still offer good optics – alongside a clever heads-up-display which works either with its associated app or your Garmin, Apple, Sunnto or Android device. It’s pretty high-tech, and while it’s a fair investment they aren’t excessively expensive – standard glasses … Read more
Is Trek’s new road bike really aluminium? Updated Émonda ALR features new frame with Kammtail aero tubing and fully integrated cables
Trek has released an updated version of its Émonda ALR aluminium road bike that features a new frame with Kammtail aero tubing, a revised geometry, and fully integrated cables. Oh, and there’s a threaded bottom bracket too.“The third-generation Émonda ALR was built with incredibly light and strong Alpha Aluminium, a race-specific geometry and a completely … Read more
Exposure Link DayBright MK2
The Exposure Link DayBright MK2 is a very well made helmet light that lives up to the company’s reputation for quality. Output is great and battery life is decent, though the mounting system is a little awkward to set up.We haven’t reviewed many helmet lights, but check out our guide to the best bike lights … Read more
3D printed cycling tech — what 3D printed bike products have taken off, and what’s coming in the future?
The world has gone 3D printing mad, and it seems like there is literally nothing that can’t be made using additive manufacture. That has extended to bikes too, of course, with everything thing from components, to contact points to whole bike frames being 3D printed nowadays. If 3D printing in the bike industry is still all … Read more