Olympic champion, Tour de France veteran, Active Travel Commissioner, and gravel biking aficionado, Chris Boardman is set to take on 200km of gruelling gravel at one of Europe’s biggest off road cycling events, the Dirty Reiver.The Dirty Reiver challenge, being staged by Forestry England and Focal Events, is currently taking place in Kielder Forest in Northumberland. … Read more
The UK Government has revealed that cycling and walking as a form of transport now comprises of 20% of all activity undertaken by adults in England, with people choosing to switch from cars as a result of the rising cost of living crisis.The Active Lives survey, which was carried out by Sport England, engaged just under … Read more
We’ve got a whole lot to cram into this edition of Tech of the Week, including a whole load of cool clothing, Mark Cavendish’s new Oakleys, and the return of 3D violet to the Chris King range, but we’re starting with Shimano’s latest invention: cycling shoes that tighten automatically as you ride. No, really.Could self-tightening … Read more
In just under a month’s time, on Wednesday 17 May, the 68th edition of the Rás Tailteann, Ireland’s most historic and celebrated bicycle race, and one of the country’s most iconic sporting events, will set off from Navan, Co. Meath for five days of tough, hilly, and frenetic racing.However, despite the jubilant and festival-like scenes … Read more
Brighton-based titanium bike specialist Reilly has struck again at Ally Pally, showing off a prototype of a fascinating new race-focused gravel bike called the Reflex at the Cycle Show. While it’s built for speed, so says Reilly, this is very much practical and fast gravel rather than US-style, minimal aero gravel, as the Reflex can run a dropper post … Read more
The 76 Projects Hi Flow ‘No Clog’ tubeless valves are excellent, and a gamechanger in tubeless setups. Just be sure to buy the adaptor if you use a screw-on pump…Although these are different to install than standard tubeless valves, they’re not much more difficult. Rather than inserting the valve through the rim from inside, as … Read more
Wout van Aert is putting his monument near misses at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix behind him in true cyclocross fashion this week – by getting cold and muddy on a bike with knobbly tyres.Instead of winding down after a tough spring classics campaign by vegetating on the sofa and bingeing on reality television, … Read more
A cyclist has died after falling 90 feet down a hillside while mountain biking with friends in the Peak District earlier this week.The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday at around 5.30pm at Foulstone Delph, off the Mortimer Road, in the north-easterly part of the Peak District, near Sheffield.Both the Edale and Woodhead Mountain Rescue teams … Read more
A motorist who killed a cyclist after swerving onto the other side of the road, while driving with multiple drugs in his system, has been jailed for more than six years and handed a 12-year driving ban.40-year-old Colin McCourt was cycling home from his work as a mechanical engineer at HM Naval Base Clyde in … Read more
