From AI-generated bikes and 2D-printed saddles to Pierre Rolland playing cruel tricks on us all, here’s our round-up of the silliest cycling-related spoof stories we spotted this April Fool’s… as well as all the scoops from our newest (fake) YouTube show
We’ve seen plenty of wacky aero tech recently, and we included plenty of the ones that we thought were most over the top in our ridiculous aero video. In 2023, its handlebars that have been the talk of the town as far as aero is concerned since the UCI introduced their 35cm rule for this season.
Alpecin is currently Germany's best-selling shampoo for men, and this new aero iteration claims to save 1.5 watts at 45kph. Alpecin says that it works in a similar way to Pogacar’s tuft, and by making your hair more voluminous creates a boundary layer of air that reduces the wake behind the rider's head.
Cannondale, Giant, Specialized, Scott and Merida have all agreed to use one new standard set of measurements across all of these components to improve the consumer experience, reduce manufacturing costs and help spare parts to be more readily available. The brands have dubbed the new standard' New BS', which stands for New Bearing Standard, and it will begin to roll out on new bikes this summer.
Specialized refused to comment on when we might expect to see a new bike, but did tell us that we can expect the new frame to make Mamils 98% faster, 5% poorer and 58% more likely to be asked about their bike on the Surrey club run...It really has been a chocka week for news and Wahoo continued their regular mapping updates with new features for Bolt V2 and Roam V2 users.
According to Wahoo, this feature was extremely popular within focus groups made up entirely of husbands and wives that don’t cycle.Bromptons are absolutely excellent machines. For example, this £1,650 C-Line that we reviewed back in February scored a 9 out of 10; however, this kind of quality does come at a cost. Even the cheapest A-Line Brompton starts at £899 and for many, this is a barrier to entry.
2023 has seen the death of teams such as Ribble Weldtite, and AT85, formerly Wiv Sungod, following in the footsteps of Swift Cabronpro Cycling. In an attempt to prove that the British Racing scene is still alive and kicking, British Cycling has announced a new one-day event for all of its Continental teams. This is all we know about the race so far, but the press release does show a picture of all the teams participating in a bunch sprint.London is no stranger to big cycling events.
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