Pinarello’s all new suspension-clad Grevil MX gravel bike is as close to a drop-bar MTB as it gets… and if you’re UK-based, you can’t have it

The obvious answer is to go the pentathlon horse route - the UCI provides an assortment of bikes, and riders are randomly assigned one by drawing of lots, with 20 minutes available to set them up.

@Backladder Nonsense sir! It is a well known fact that the business plan of any small commercial operation in the UK is built around, and solely dependent on, the car parking space immediately outside the front door of the establishment in question. Without such parking, no business could possibly hope to survive. How on God's green earth can their exclusively motorist clientele (surely) possibly hope to access their services otherwise? And are the public seriously expected to have to *pay* to store their private possessions in a public space, even temporarily???!?? It's woke nonsense dreamt up by Sadiq Khan I tell you - Burnham's Britain etc etc General E Uninformed Tunbridge Wells

Is there ever good timing for something like this? The phrase "in light of the recent death", could be applied to any time.

I'd be willing to bet that Mr Gomes' compatriot Apolinario Ca, who finished one place above him, was also on a road bike. Whether he was sporting Ray-Bans, I cannot say, as I can't find photos.

Just a bit of feedback: any shoe review that mentions "fit" but doesn't address "width" doesn't really help those with wider feet.

That a good number of riders from poorer nations have to rock up at UCI and other (e.g., Commonwealth games) championships with road bikes (sometimes borrowed - e.g., I know Neil at Bilslands Cycles in Glasgow lent out a couple of bikes back at the '14 CW games) and basic kit shows what a bad idea it was to allow rich manufacturers/teams/nations to play at aero arms races. UCI sanctioned cycling is meant to be a human sport. The bikes and gear needs much heavier regulation. The current situation is a farce ("just a bit of aero, but not too much.. Ok, a bit more, but not that one thing... Ok, that little bit more, but not that one other thing". Daft.

Iain McTavish was hit and killed on a very clear, very straight duel carriageway. Courtesy is using the whole second lane to overtake safely. If this were a single laned A road with twists and turns I would kind of understand their comments, but the A8 is a road I have ridden on many times in group rides with Ian and alone. It is generally a safe road to ride on. It shows yet again, Traffic Scotland is totally unprepared to side with anyone other than motorists. Then, in the same week a person was killed walking not far up the road on the M8. Where were Traffic Scotland in relation to that incident?

@FionaJJ Absolutely agree; I would add to that a helmet light, allowing one to be seen above surrounding traffic which might be obscuring bike-mounted lights, and I use sidelights as well, two small strip lights mounted on the bottom of the drops that can be seen from the side when pulling out at junctions – some might say overkill but I've had enough favourable comments from both drivers and other cyclists to make me feel they are worthwhile.

Great story in the Guardian today, still cycling 5000 km a year aged 92! https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/21/a-new-start-after-60-cycling-92

I suggest two front and two back lights if at all possible if you are going to be cycling at night, for two main reasons: 1. Less likely you'll find yourself without a working light for your commute because you forgot to charge your lights, or left one on by accident. The latter more likely if your morning cycle starts dark or overcast, but it's bright by the time you get there. 2. You can have one light to help you be seen, and another to illuminate the road. I tend to have one front light on flash, but with low brightness so it gets attention, but doesn't blind oncoming cyclists or pedestrians on the shared path part of my route. The other is steady and aimed slightly downwards towards the path. I adjust the brightness of that one according to conditions. I have one rear light which is a strip light, and one that is small. The strip light goes on my seat stem, and the small one at the back of the bike rack. I have panniers, so I worry that they get in the way of the light on the seat stem from some angles. Similarly, the one at the back might not be seen from some angles. So I hope at least one can be seen from any angle. All of my lights are charged via USB, and I've got into the habit of charging them all at my desk once a week, so I also have to ensure I have plenty of cables.