Saddle maker Repente adds two new short, compact saddle shapes to their lightweight arsenal with the carbon-railed Magnet & Latus CL, both interestingly without their modular rail system. The Magnet was created as an ultralight, snub-nosed saddle for triathlon & time trials, and the Latus CL for riders with wide sit bones. But as we’ve
Month: September 2019
Ed Roadside: The small affair of a disqualified World champions wasn’t going to spoil the fun of the Dutch fans in Yorkshire. The day after the Nils Nils Eekhoff disappointment the orange men from Holland certainly had a lot to shout about with the first two places in the Woman’s race. Ed Hood had to
OneUp Components are well known for designing innovative solution-oriented componentry for bicycles, starting out with what gives the company its name, the 42T cassette adapter which allowed riders to squeeze additional range out of their drivetrain without upgrading to XX1 or X01. Continuing the trend, OneUp components were one of the earlier brands to start
Worlds Photo Gallery: After the controversy of the Men’s Under 23 race, the Dutch Elite Women made amends and took first and second places. Heather Morrison was ‘Roadside’ to take in the fun at the start and the finish. At least it was dry, no need for those umbrellas! Umbrellas were needed all week in
Photo submitted by Jakob Engell, “A wonderful sunny day on the Flume Trail @ Lake Tahoe. Bike is a rental Kona Big Honzo, it was fine for the trail at hand nothing too challenging for your average MTB rider. The lake in the view is not Lake Tahoe but a little lake you pass along the way
“Chasing the Rainbow: The Story of Road Cycling’s World Championships” by British author Giles Belbin. Oddly enough, the idea of a Road World Championship was a long time in development. The UCI, created in 1900 following dissatisfaction over a British-led sanctioning organization, the ICI, did not get around to it until 1921, and even then
Bina Bilenky is what you would call a real, deal bicycle industry lifer. She grew up sorting, organizing, and cleaning shop at Bilenky Cycle Works, her father’s (Stephen) bicycle company. As she grew up, she worked her way through the administrative side of the company, taking orders, keeping things organized and herding Bilenky’s famous shop
Worlds Race Report: The new World cycling champion is Mads Pedersen of Denmark. The young Dane out-sprinted Matteo Trentin (Italy) and Stefan Küng (Switzerland). Top favourite Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) was part of the decisive leading group, but cracked on the run in, as did Trentin’s countryman, Gianni Moscon. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) jumped away
Media playback is not supported on this device World time trial champion Rohan Dennis has left Bahrain-Merida after the team terminated his contract. His two-year deal was terminated on 13 September but the team only announced it after the end of the elite men’s world road race in Yorkshire on Sunday, which the Australian was
Media playback is not supported on this device Mads Pedersen claimed a shock victory in brutal wet conditions to become the first Dane to ever win the elite men’s world road race title in Yorkshire. Pedersen, 23, clawed his way back into the leading trio after initially being dropped on the final lap in Harrogate.
Restrap showed us a handful of new bike bags at Eurobike earlier this month, covering everything from city commuting to ultra long-distance bike racing. The new olive City Range designed to complement your Brompton folder will be the earliest to market. But we were more enamored by their first, truly lightweight set of bikepacking bags,
Ed Roadside: The Men’s Under 23 Road Race had it all! Hard conditions, tough racing and… Controversy. Not the best end to the day as ‘winner’ Nils Eekhoff was disqualified for spending a little too much time behind his team car after a crash. Ed Hood was there to see the full story unfold. Home
Get a 30th Paul Component Chico history lesson from Paul himself – Want to know more about the last thirty years of Paul Components? Earlier this year we spoke to founder Paul Price on the topic of the anniversary as part of the Bikerumor Podcast. Now Paul & PAUL Comp have released a video touring
Ed Roadside: After the Elite men’s time trial, the Yorkshire World championships have jumped to the road race rainbow jersey competition and Ed Hood is in Harrogate for more action. First up was the stunning win by Quinn Simmons in the junior mens race. You can see the ‘PEZ Race Report’ HERE. Our last question
Former Tour de France champion and BBC Sport Personality of the Year winner Geraint Thomas tells the story of some of his most-prized possessions, including his favourite late-night snacks and what it’s like to meet Lionel Messi. Watch Thomas in action at the Road World Championships from 08:30 BST on Sunday, 29 September on the
If you’d asked me in May whether merino wool would be part of my MTB wardrobe this summer I would have said “OK, I know we don’t have sweltering summers in Scotland but the weather isn’t that bad”. That was until FINDRA came along and asked us to review some of their outdoor apparel collection.
Worlds Race Report: Annemiek van Vleuten is the new women’s World champion. The Dutch rider attacked 105 kilometres from the finish on the climb of Loftus Road, from then on she never looked back and rode solo to the finish in Harrogate. Van Vleuten finished with a lead of over 2 minutes on her country-woman,
Media playback is not supported on this device Annemiek van Vleuten won her first world road race title after a stunning 105km solo breakaway in Yorkshire. The Dutch rider, 36, attacked on the biggest climb of the day to Lofthouse and quickly built up a decisive lead. An elite group of chasers, including Britain’s Lizzie
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