The René Herse Antelope Hill TC is a 55mm (2.2in) 700C monster slick. It rolls fast and quiet, sticking to gravel tracks and tarmac in an almost unnaturally tenacious manner. With near-bulletproof sidewalls, this is an epic tyre for epic rides – with an epic price tag to boot.For more options, check out our guide … Read more
A pensioner was banned from driving for ten years this week after admitting causing the death of a cyclist who she struck on a country lane last January without noticing, before driving on.88-year-old Maureen Jesper avoided a prison sentence after pleading guilty to causing the death of mother-of-two Jacqui Witham by careless or inconsiderate driving, … Read more
Halfords’ chief executive says the company remains “very confident” about the cycling market, despite the UK’s largest retailer of cycling products and services suffering a 55 percent fall in pre-tax profits as the bike industry continues to struggle due to inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.Publishing its preliminary results for the 52 weeks to the end … Read more
The Wera Tools Bicycle Set 15 is a neat solution for mid-ride maintenance if minimalism and space saving is your focus. It’s a smart piece of kit, but quite pricey for what it is.The Bicycle Set 15 is based around three tyre levers which also function as tool holders, and give a total of – … Read more
With fewer than 40 days to go until the UCI Cycling World Championships gets underway in Scotland, the state of the roads which will play host to the elite men’s and women’s races continues to be a source of frustration and concern for local cyclists, who have accused the local authorities of carrying out a … Read more
A drunk and drugged driver who admitted killing a cyclist has been sent to prison for seven and a half years, the length of the sentence reflecting tougher laws introduced last year for dangerous drivers involved in fatal crashes.Paul Watson, aged 39 and from Normanton, pleaded guilty to causing the death by dangerous driving of … Read more
UPDATE: This weekend’s Swedish national championship road races, which were initially believed to have been cancelled, have been moved to a nearby motor racing circuit, due to fears raised by local residents about safety, including claims that children would have been put in danger on the original course.On Thursday, Sweden’s state broadcaster SVT reported that … Read more
Users of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network Cycle Hire Scheme are encountering problems in finding bikes available to ride with the initiative targeted by vandals, five years after dockless bike hire operator Mobike pulled out of the city-region, citing similar anti-social behaviour.> One Mobike incident a day was reported to Manchester police during bike-share firm’s time … Read more
