Author: Harold Dalton

Originally published June 18, 2010, on Cycling.TV. Brand/model – CatEye CommuterPrice – $64.99Info – Eight functions: ETA, Temperature, Current, average & maximum speed, Trip distance, Elapsed time, 12/24 hours clock. ClickTec. FlexTight.What they say – “The first ever cycle computer specifically designed for commuters and those who ride for transportation, errands, and utility.”www.cateye.com What We Say Opinions on the fiddliness of set-up varied in the office. I probably had the easiest time, but still had to cycle through an entire century after I accidentally changed the year. We can’t really fault CatEye for our own stupidity, but a “back” button would’ve saved my poor…

Renowned for its high-performance carbon monocoque bicycle wheels, Swiss brand SPENGLE launches its most daring project yet – SPENGLE Gold. A bicycle wheel built with 24ct gold leaf hand laid over the brand’s cutting-edge carbon monocoque, a construction method also used in F1 racing for superior safety and performance record. Landing today, each SPENGLE Gold will be unique to the rider, built to order, and hand delivered & fitted by SPENGLE. Each wheelset is the result of over 3 months of meticulous and painstaking artistry, priced at €10,000/ £10,000 / $10,000, they are the world’s most expensive cycling wheels, and available…

Le Col has launched “the jerseys that will help riders conquer the ride of their life.” Designed to support riders taking on demanding parcours, the Le Col x Haute Route Jerseys use advanced fabrics to deliver a technical Pro fit. With a design inspired by the mountains, the collection is made to match the biggest of days on the bike. Engineered to excel: Le Col’s mission is to challenge people to achieve on the bike. Its partnership with Haute Route is an extension of that: “together, we’re equipping you and pushing you to reach new heights on the bike.” Haute…

Remember when Cycling.TV burst onto the scene, revolutionizing cycling broadcasting, opening up small races and new disciplines to enthralled new audiences around the world, and providing an entirely new platform for incredible cycling-related content? We do! We also remember when they tried to launch a cycling goods TV shopping channel on their network. That… did not revolutionize cycling broadcasting. They emailed us about it. I wrote about it, not knowing I’d be working there just a couple of months later. When I started, the head of production took me aside to personally tell me that this article wasn’t funny. Welcome…

In a unique collaboration, Factor bikes asked artist Karl Kopinski to take a Factor ViSTA and use it as a canvas for his art. The result was a one-off piece of cycling art that demonstrates Kopinski’s incredible talent as an illustrator. Kopinski is a passionate cyclist and has created paintings for Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and Sir Paul Smith. The project took the artist over a month to complete. Interview – The Kopinski ViSTA: What was it like to use a bike as your canvas? It was tough at first I had to concentrate on the scale of the drawings…

This essay is Part Two of the Who Can Play? Race, Gender, and Bodies series. The introduction that follows below is the same for all five essays. One of my great academic mentors, who would almost certainly prefer to remain unnamed in this article, had a fundamental belief in common with me: that sports matter. But while we certainly cycled along the same roads, both metaphorically and literally, it became clear that we were approaching a similar topic from slightly different directions. Over five weeks in 2016, we explored these directions, with research conducted at Tufts and MIT. Here follows…

Russell Williams, 18 times British national champion, sat down for a powerful interview, unearthing “something that has been buried in me for over 40 years. Now it’s uncovered there’s no going back.” Williams claims repeated refusal to select him for the national team and Olympics, despite huge successes on the bike. “I could never ride fast enough or win enough, because the one thing I couldn’t do anything about was the colour of my skin.”

Alright, we’re doing this again. We’re in Victoria for the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, easily one of the best races this side of Omloop. One thing you can say about Cadel is that he’s really given back to the sport in Australia. The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is just one example. We were there for the Women’s race, the Men’s race, and the free beige food in the Mapei VIP area. Here are our thoughts. Prawn Sandwiches in the VIP area The Women The Men Watch – Highlights Here are the highlights of the women’s race.…