How do you solve a problem like Tadej Pogačar? That’s the tune that will be stuck in the heads of every pro bike rider on the planet this evening, as the cannibalistic Slovenian continued his dominant, spectacular spring by dispatching Tom Pidcock and the mightily impressive Ben Healy to secure a trademark long-range solo win … Read more
The Scalare Disc from Tifosi is an endurance-style road bike based around a good quality carbon frameset, that’s capable of being upgraded from the entry to mid-level finishing kit fitted here. The ride quality is impressive, as is the stiffness, but for the money there is some stiff competition on the market.> Buy now: Tifosi Scalare Disc for … Read more
It may come two years too late for Tom Pidcock, but the organisers of the Amstel Gold Race – which takes place today on the hilly, winding, obstacle-heavy roads of the Limburg province of the Netherlands – have finally acted on the race’s recent spate of controversies by upgrading their finish-line set-up and equipment.Controversies over … Read more
The recently relaunched tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire’s director Robin Scott says he is currently in talks with the UCI and British Cycling, as he attempts to revive the defunct Tour de Yorkshire races in time for next year’s tenth anniversary of the Tour de France’s Grand Départ in the county.Scott, the co-founder of Lancashire-based … Read more
The Saris M2 is a good way to get into smart training. It’s a bit hard to score as the RRP doesn’t really bear any relation to what it costs out in the real world, but assuming you’re buying one for the £200 it’ll actually cost, and not the £500 Saris suggests you should pay, … Read more
Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of affray after a cyclist was blasted with a fire extinguisher at a set of traffic lights in Eccles, Greater Manchester, earlier this week.Dashcam footage of the incident, shared by the Manchester Evening News, shows a cyclist stopped at the junction of Worsley Road and Liverpool Road … Read more
We have loads of new bike products to tell you about this week from the likes of Muc-off, Quoc and Restrap, along with a bike that’s powered by magnets, but we’re starting with news that SRAM is at least considering using natural fibres like flax and hemp in its Zipp wheel range, and maybe for … Read more
A recent study from the US has found that SUVs are causing more cyclist injuries, with crashes with SUVs resulting in 55 per cent more trauma and 63 per cent more head injuries than crashes with cars, owing to taller front-end designs.Research from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an independent and non-profit American organisation has … Read more
Trials ace, wheelie champion, YouTube sensation, executor of jaw-dropping stunts on his Santa Cruz, and now… finder of stolen bikes, Danny MacAskill has recovered £12,000 worth of stolen items, including an expensive bike, after a man pleaded guilty to the crime.Francis Stevenson admitted to stealing items from the Isle of Skye-born cyclist’s flat in Glasgow in 2019. … Read more
Despite plenty of well-publicised horror stories, every year lots of us cyclists will happen across something cool on a crowdfunding platform like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, put down some cash and then expect the finished product to arrive a few months later when the successfully-funded project has gone into full production. Not to burst anyone’s bubble, but… … Read more
