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11 things we've learnt this week
1. Astana pro cycling team has signed up trials ace Vittorio Brumotti.
Find out more here.
2. A SRAM Red eTap groupset is 96g lighter than a Shimano Dura-Ace R9150 Di2 groupset, according to the two brands’ own figures.
Find out more here.
3. The new Canyon Ultimate CF Evo 10.0 SL weighs 4.96kg and costs £8,999.
Find out more here.
4. Cyclists can legally access less than 100 miles of over 300 miles of the New Forest’s network of off-road gravel tracks which logging trucks and horse and carts are free to use.
Find out more here.
5. Bradley Wiggins turned down Strictly Come Dancing to take part in The Jump.
Find out more here.
6. A glancing blow from a kangaroo won’t necessarily knock you off your bike.
Find out more here.
7. Twice as many people cycle for leisure in England as cycle as a means of transport.
Find out more here.
8. Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond believes some pro riders are currently racing with hidden motors.
Find out more here.
9. Motoring journalist James May has a life-long love for cycling. That’s what he claims, anyway.
Find out more here.
10. Manchester Mayoral hopeful Andy Burnham says he would spend £17 per head for cycling if elected.
Find out more here.
11. If you want to remould Lake CX402 cycling shoes, you first put them in the oven for a few minutes at 90°C.
Find out more here.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
A better result might have been "Give me your driving licence; now, go away and retake your driving test!"
This had better be a real quote, because I've just quoted it elsewhere as proof that the Blue Rinse RefUKkers are alive and well in Chichester.
I am so sad to read about the loss of Aidan, my heartfelt condolences to his family and friends and team-mates
With most lights, though, this approach will quickly lead to your light flapping loosely while pointing mostly at your front wheel.
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For training, but how about for equipment testing? Is that new helmet more aerodynamic, which tires have better rolling resistance, if my drive...
I once had the civvie door keeper warn me my phone would be confiscated for evidence. I told him the footage was on a card and I had a Dropbox link...
Fixed.
The Garmin Varia RTL515 is down to £115-120 at most places now, for the extra ~£20 I think I'd take that instead over the Magene L508 for the...
Which we haven't received- so I repeat: an attempted deception