Author: Harold Dalton

fizik must be under the strain of the Coronavirus. We feel for the poor Communications Associate who couldn’t convince the company that they don’t necessarily have to make a statement on the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s their message Today we won’t talk about new products or projects, or which fizik rider won last weekend’s race. Soon we hope to return to our traditional communication, but today we want to talk about serious responsibilities we all share. It’s time to be aware. It’s time to reflect on the rhythm of life, as right now some of us are not able to live…

Newtimber Media announced today that the London Bike Show and Triathlon Show: London will be postponed until 3-5 July 2020 following the escalation of COVID-19 Coronavirus across Europe and the UK. The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The effects are becoming evident across all aspects of our lives in the UK and across the world. The organization has been following UK government guidelines and working with the rolling advice from the public health authorities and other organisations, and has now with reluctance taken the decision to postpone the event at this time.…

Aligning with the well-established Vélo Birmingham & Midlands event, the time trials will take place on June 18 and the road races on June 20, while Vélo Birmingham & Midlands will then take up to 15,000 riders of all abilities on an unforgettable 100 or 45-mile journey through the West Midlands on June 21. With the Commonwealth Games set to take place in Birmingham in 2022, the national championships will give the region a flavour of what to expect from a high profile and competitive cycling event. Last year saw the likes of Alice Barnes (elite women’s road race and…

Following its COVID-19 postponement, the new dates for the  2020 Sea Otter Classic will be  October 1- 4, 2020.  Other than the date changes, the location and racing schedules for Sea Otter will remain the same. Any future modifications and updates will be posted on Sea Otter’s FAQ page. All race registrations, camping reservations, festival purchases, and so forth will be shifted to the October dates.

Bradley Wiggins will host a new game show called Gods of the Game tonight on Comedy Central UK. Don’t know what time. Maybe it’s on right now. The show isn’t a panel show, but instead a challenge-based contest in which members of the public compete against professional athletes. Sounds terrible, but we do love Brad so we’ll try to be nice about it. The image has Tom Rosenthal in it. He doesn’t normally have blue hair. He was alright in Friday Night Dinner. Maybe he’s really the host? There’s also Chris Hoy, and then some BBC-type sports celebrities that you’d…

Strava has quietly rolled its three Summit packs back into their original format of a single Premium subscription that gives access to all premium features. The Summit packs were never hugely popular due to confusion and the fact that they proved more prescriptive than many riders would like–while it’s unlikely that subscribers wanted to use every single feature available, boxing off features that had cross-appeal into separate buckets likely hurt Strava’s appeal. Or to put it another way, someone paying for the Training pack would likely look at the Workout Analysis feature in the Analysis pack and wonder why they…

Stage 4 of Paris-Nice 2020 was an individual time-trial, and the race against the clock has long been the most crucial stage of the race. This year it was a short 15.1km-long route around Saint-Amand-Montrond and had a couple of small peaks for the riders to clamber over, but the majority of the parcours were flat and fast, favouring the real TT specialists. Was it enough to unseat the pure climbers? Don’t miss out on our highlights of stage 4.

After more than 10 years in the road cycling hotbed of Portland, Oregon, Rapha is now moving its North America offices to Bentonville, Arkansas. Since 2017, the London-based brand’s majority owner has been RZC Investments, controlled by Steuart and Tom Walton, the grandsons of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. The Walton brothers have been active in promoting Bentonville as a cycling destination and bike-friendly community. The Waltons also are investors in Arkansas-based Allied Cycle Works. The company said the move was driven by Rapha’s launch of a mountain bike apparel line next year. “(Bentonville’s) proximity to the emerging OzTrails MTB network,…