A court in Queensland, Australia, heard how an enraged woman “turned her vehicle into a weapon” and chased a cyclist through a suburban neighbourhood, making “racial accusations” and smashing her SUV through garden fences in her pursuit of the victim.Shelley Anne Alabaster had earlier struck the cyclist in Inala at around 3.30am on 30 October … Read more
A video doing the rounds on social media shows the shocking moment a motorcyclist speeds up the inside of an HGV in Colombia, smashing into a cyclist riding along the hard shoulder.Information from the crash scene, believed to be on Sunday, suggests both the cyclist and motorcyclist escaped serious injury, the former was pictured shortly afterwards sat on … Read more
As the name suggests, Ribble’s Gravel 725 is part of its new gravel-specific range, and brings a classy, comfortable and fun-to-ride steel frame to the mix, paired up to a full-carbon fork. It has a forgiving ride that flatters any style of riding, and thanks to a multitude of mounting points it can be loaded … Read more
If you want the feel of steel when riding gravel, Ribble Cycles has introduced the Ribble Gravel 725 – available in three flavours and with the ability to customise specs – made from Reynolds 725 tubing. Prices start at £2,099.Stu Kerton has been riding the Ribble Gravel 725 for us over the past few weeks … Read more
The Campagnolo Shamal Carbon Disc Brake wheels are beautiful looking, fast, and stable. They spin up quickly, corner confidently, and are a cinch to set up tubeless. Compared with the best road bike and gravel bike wheels at the same price, they’re carrying a bit of extra weight, but the tyre levers they come with … Read more
BBC Politics Midlands presenter Elizabeth Glinka opened the Sunday morning show’s segment on cycling infrastructure by calling it “this week’s hot topic”. Mind you, cycle lanes, the Highway Code and rules for cyclists seem to be just about every week’s “hot topic” this year, with increasing numbers of radio phone-ins, TV talk shows and even BBC Panorama regularly tackling the ‘big issues’ … Read more
What do you buy the cyclist who already owns a Pinarello Dogma F, Lightweight Obermayer Evo wheels, an entire wardrobe of Rapha clothing, and hand-painted shoes? Luckily, Campagnolo has the answer: its Big Corkscrew in a limited edition with gold plating.Campagnolo has been making corkscrews for years; Tullio Campagnolo drew up the original design back … Read more
Three wise men Five cool things. This weeks Christmas crackers include a limited-edition helmet (not suitable for sleigh riding), thermal bib-shorts to keep your ball balls warm, water-resistant overshoes and waterproof winter shoes to ward off Frosty the Snowman and a red nose short nose saddle… Rapha and POC Ventral Lite Helmet £2402022 Rapha and POC Ventral Lite helmet – side (Image Credit: Farrelly … Read more
You’ve probably heard a ‘cyclists must wear hi-vis’ argument before, whether from a morning talk show ranter, anonymous Twitter account or even a UK police force, but today’s Near Miss of the Day perfectly demonstrates how sometimes even when you’ve taken every reasonable step to make yourself visible you can still be on the receiving end of dangerous driving…This … Read more
