Frog Bikes has released its annual accounts for the financial year to the end of February 2022, reporting losses of more than half a million pounds as co-founders and directors Jerry and Shelley Lawson point to the “continuing friction” from Brexit holding their business back. Back in April 2021, the owners of the children’s bike manufacturer … Read more
Shimano CUES is a genuine game-changer for shops, bike brands and consumers, many years in the making. What Shimano have done here is merged the three-lowest tiers across mountain bike and flat-bar road/city groupsets, from Deore and Tiagra down, into one family: CUES (Creating Unique Experiences). Shimano have “have all but confirmed” that CUES componentry for … Read more
Shimano has announced a brand-new approach to its mid-tier component lineup, unifying the 9-, 10- and 11-speed ‘lifestyle’ lineup under a new product family called CUES. At the moment, CUES is only available for flat-bar bikes, redesigning the existing Claris, Sora and Tiagra groupsets – and mechanical 105 – into a range of interchangeable components, … Read more
The Proviz Reflect360 Cycling Backpack will certainly get you noticed in the dark thanks to its impressive wall-to-wall reflectivity. With a 30-litre capacity it’s roomy too, with plenty of compartments to help you keep your belongings organised – which will stay dry in all but the very heaviest of downpours. If you want to be … Read more
Police in Swindon are investigating an alleged road rage attack which witnesses say saw a cyclist punched to the floor in front of his son by a Stagecoach bus driver who had tried to knock the adult rider off his bike after becoming “impatient” at the pair not using a cycle lane.Wiltshire Police has appealed for witnesses … Read more
SRAM has lost its case against Princeton Carbon Works, with a jury in Florida ruling the performance wheel brand’s aero design — namely the undulating rim shape that is said to reduce aerodynamic drag and side force — does not infringe patents.The verdict came at the end of a two-week trial after SRAM had filed a complaint accusing some of Princeton’s models of infringing … Read more
In one of the more bizarre stories to come out of the pro cycling world in 2023 (so far), Trek-Segafredo’s promising 21-year-old Antonio Tiberi has been fined €4,000 for shooting and killing a cat belonging to Federico Pedini Amati, the former head of state and current Minister of Tourism for San Marino. Italian daily newspaper Corriere della … Read more
