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There is little doubt that Keith Oliver was a true legend of our sport. His ventures in cycling started as an amateur but, many years ago, the professional racing scene lured him to the cash ranks ...
In the past decade, when disc brakes on road bikes have become commonplace (and traditional rim brakes have become more and more difficult to source) there has also been a revolution in wheel and tyre ...
There was wind. There were crashes. And there was a sprint finish, with a Dutch winner. Fabio Jakobsen has scored at the Tour de France and the two-time runner-up of the Danish Grand Départ, Wout van ...
One ride with the Coefficient RR handlebars was all it took to nullify a little hesitation about swapping perfectly good handlebars with a new product that’s said to be designed to increase ventricle ...
One of Nimbl’s Ultimate shoes (size 44), without cleat hardware, weighs in at 203 grams. With cleat and bolts added, it’s roughly 250 grams, depending on the pedal system you use. When compared with ...
One of the key selling features of the Trek Domane is the IsoSpeed “comfort technology”, as the company calls it. There’s a neat new magnetised fitting that neatly covers that detail of the frame (see ...
My inspiration for the trip to Italy was to ride a bike. That is the reason for what turned into a month-long adventure in Europe. It helped that Pinarello was inviting media from around the world for ...
Several years ago I became aware of Repenté, a saddle manufacturer based in the Veneto region of Italy. It doesn’t have the market share of some other brands that have a considerable presence – ...
These days carbon-fibre frames are so common it’s hard to imagine cycling without them. Johan Museeuw’s win in the centenary edition of Paris-Roubaix contributed to the acceptance of composite ...
It’s ‘Tour Guide’ production time at the RIDE office, but there is also product coming in for review. This is a five-shot RAW review of new cycling kit by POC. Been busy (ie. computer time). But still ...
Wout was out of the yellow jersey but still the star of the show when the Tour visited Switzerland on the second Saturday of the 2022 race. In an uphill sprint, there is one familiar face in the mix ...
The first time I arrived at the M7 Cycleway in the Western Sydney Parklands it was relatively early on a Sunday morning. Without any route planned, my hope was that the bike path signs would steer me ...