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Movers and Shakers: History-making Anna Meares keeps focus firmly on the future

March 3, 2015

Anna Meares may be proud to have just delivered her 11th world championship win but the Australian track cyclist is not about to get caught up in her history-making achievement, not when there is still work to be done towards the Rio Olympic Games next year. When the 31-year-old won the women’s keirin final at […]

Craddock custom frameset review

March 2, 2015

Richard Craddock is a custom carbon framebuilder based in the UK. His approach to his craft is exacting and fastidious, built on many years of riding and working in the bicycle industry. In this review, CTech editor Matt Wikstrom looks at what Craddock Cycles has to offer buyers looking for a custom carbon frameset.

Photo gallery: Highlights from the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

March 2, 2015

Anna van der Breggen (Rabo Liv) may have won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but it was the strength of Boels-Dolmans that proved the talking point following the first European race of the season. The Dutch team put two riders on the podium with Ellen van Dijk coming in second place to the race winner in […]

Martyn Ashton: Despite paralysis, goal is to be back on bike this year

February 28, 2015

For a rider who was left paralysed in an accident seventeen months ago, Martyn Ashton comes across as having a remarkable spirit. Spend even a few minutes talking to him and it is obvious that he has retained a very positive approach. Humorous, maintaining hope and ambition and speaking with a zest for life that […]

The Week in Bike #58 - Het Nieuwsblad Eve

February 28, 2015

In this episode of “The Week in Bike” Cyclocosm talks about Sarah Storey and her pending Hour Record, the Tour of Oman, Ruta del Sol, Cyclingnews redesign, Tour of New Zealand, Team USA, broadcasters, Boels Dolemans, history, E3 Poster, UCI. Unfortunately the Astana news was released just after this video was, but there’s always next […]

Cranktip pedals first look

February 25, 2015

Cranktip pedals were invented to improve pedalling efficiency. The design places the pedal platform well in front of, and below, that of a traditional design. As a result, Cranktip pedals offer more leverage on the downstroke and a shorter upstroke. In this review, Matt Wikstrom takes a closer look at the new design and tests […]

Inside small wheel brands

February 24, 2015

Starting up a small wheel brand appears to be a simple matter for any entrepreneur. After all, there are plenty of manufacturers offering cheap wheels and wheel parts online that can sourced by virtually anyone. CTech editor Matt Wikstrom recently interviewed a few small wheel brands to get some insight.

Café Etiquette 101

February 24, 2015

Have you ever been enjoying a quiet breakfast with your family at a café and twenty cyclists show up and completely ransack the place? Moving tables, shouting loudly, bragging about how we all smashed each other on that climb, and treating the place like our own locker room. We’ve all been on both sides of the […]

The Secret Pro: Let the season begin!

February 23, 2015

It’s been a couple months since we’ve heard from The Secret Pro as an intense early-season race program have kept him rather busy. In this instalment, he speaks about how the riders feel about racing in the Middle East, the Hour Record, disc brakes, Lance Armstrong, Oleg Tinkoff and tells some of the young cowboys […]

How Australia won team pursuit gold and set a new world record

February 21, 2015

Ella CyclingTips spoke with world champions and world record holders Annette Edmondson and Melissa Hoskins from Paris, following their brilliant display of team pursuit perfection at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome on Thursday at the 2015 Track World Championships. The duo represent half of the Australian women’s team pursuit squad that beat out four-time defending champions Great […]