As the Tour de France heads into the Alps, and up the fearsome slopes of the Col de Joux Plane, for a potentially decisive day in the battle for the yellow jersey, one rider in particular won’t be looking forward to the fast, technical, and notorious descent to today’s finish in Morzine.In a revealing interview … Read more
This week’s edition of Tech of the Week has something for everyone, including Hunt’s “premier performance gravel wheelset”, charity campaigns launched by Alpecin-Deceuninck, kit collabs with Santini, Mapei and UCI, new Ribble team bike colours, deep section wheels from Reynolds and even “podium” sunglasses from Ekoi. But first up, this week’s tech news starts with a … Read more
Surgeons at a Jerusalem hospital successfully managed to reattach a young cyclist’s head to his neck, after the 12-year-old suffered an “internal decapitation” when he was hit by a motorist while riding his bike.Suleiman Hassan, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was airlifted following the collision to the Hadassah hospital’s trauma unit in Ein Kerem, … Read more
Cycling UK has claimed that an increasing number of road safety measures, including the introduction of liveable neighbourhoods, 20mph zones, and last year’s updates to the Highway Code, are behind the recent fall in cyclist fatalities on British roads.According to provisional road casualty figures published by the Department for Transport, 85 people were killed while … Read more
The UCI has updated its rules concerning the participation of female transgender cyclists in international competition, by prohibiting women who transitioned after male puberty from competing in all women’s events on the UCI calendar.The world governing body’s decision, which comes into force on 17 July, follows British Cycling’s announcement in May that it was introducing … Read more
On the same day Chris Froome said he felt “let down” after being left out of Israel-Premier Tech’s Tour de France line-up, citing “frustrating” mechanical issues as the reasons behind his anonymous 2023 results, the squad’s co-owner Sylvan Adams has claimed that the four-time Tour winner has not represented “value for money” since joining the … Read more
Besides producing bicycle components, Shimano is also the neutral service provider for the Tour de France – taking over from Mavic in 2021 – along with other major Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O) races such as Paris-Roubaix, Critérium du Dauphiné and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Everyone sees the blue cars following the race, but who and what are in them, and … Read more
The Altura Airstream Bib Shorts are designed for rides around the two-hour mark and deliver on this design brief nicely, thanks to the well-executed pad and supportive fit. This, coupled with their thin but sturdy perforated bib sections, does a decent job of holding on to and releasing heat, depending on context. The latter characteristic … Read more
