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“The perfect endurance bike”: Quirk Cycles unveils two very exclusive framesets, including one developed with Rapha founder Simon Mottram to tackle 220-mile Manchester to London ride

These two limited editions of Quirk's Mamtor and Durmitor framesets will only be available to buy in March 2026, priced at £4,999 and a whopping £9,250 respectively. When they're gone, they're gone!

“How to go from clean licence to six points in under a minute”: Cyclist tells drivers to put their phone away when driving, after motorist ordered to pay £1,727 because of rider’s camera footage + more on the live blog

Your Winter Olympics distractions are over so feel free to join Dan Alexander in diving back in to the live blog for all your cycling-related procrastination needs this Monday

Rapha founder Simon Mottram becomes lead investor in independent British bike brand Quirk Cycles

London-based framebuilder targeting £500,000 funding round, with Mottram coming on board to "help scale this vision into a modern, globally respected performance brand"

20 years of Rapha: Co-founder Simon Mottram on tiffs with Team Sky, MAMILs and cycling’s skin-suited future

To mark two decades of the storied cycling apparel brand he co-founded, Mottram tells us about a particularly uncomfortable meeting with Dave Brailsford, highlights and lowlights over the years and Rapha's humble beginnings

Rapha chief executive Simon Mottram to step down after 17 years

Business’s founder will remain “very close to the brand” and sit on its board, with ex-AllSaints CEO William Kim replacing him

‘Hey, is that your dad’s company? That’s the coolest thing ever!’ – Rapha boss talks about that Giro d’Italia kit

CEO Simon Mottram says another one-off kit is on the way for EF Education-Nippo at this year’s Italian Grand Tour

COVID-19 triggered “third cycling boom,” says Rapha boss

Upmarket cycle clothing firm set to return a profit thanks to sales boost says CEO Simon Mottram

Rapha chief confirms move into mountain bike clothing – with range launching next year

Founder and CEO Simon Mottram outlines brand's plans for 2020 and beyond

Simon Mottram explains Rapha Cycling Club relaunch as brand aims for big growth in membership

In the final part of our interview, clothing brand’s CEO says it is aiming for greater accessibility

Rapha boss explains how brand is reducing reliance on discounts

Simon Mottram explains how company became too dependent on selling product cheaply and what it is doing to address issue