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The cycling transfer window is open and one of the teams that has been active with mainly with departures so far, Cofidis, have now made a big signing official: Simon Carr.The 25-year-old British rider signs for 3 seasons with Cofidis, from 2025 to 2028, leaving an EF Education-EasyPost that has bee...

Business group says oil from cars impossible to completely irradiate has damaged footpaths.Just weeks after Cork City Council denied that there was a lack of enforcement of illegal parking around the MacCurtain Street bus and public realm project in Cork, councillors are still highlighting the issue, and a Twitter user is challenging others to count how many illegally parked cars they can find at once.As covered in an article published last month, a Cork City Council spokesperson said: Cork City Council completely refutes the false accusation that we have not acted to deliver a full parking enforcement service on MacCurtain Street.The council added: TheMacCurtainStreetPublic Transport Improvement Schemehas been the subject of full parking enforcement, in accordance with the parking lines and signs that are in place, since the project and all on-streetworks were completed.Yesterday, on the August Bank Holiday Monday, cars were again illegally parked along the street. Twitter user Kjell-A Helgeneseth challenged others to see how many cars they could spot. Helgeneseth said: Based on the lack of enforcement, and general lack of f*cks given by drivers, I suggest renaming MacCurtain Street to MacParking Street. How many illegally parked cars can you spot?Helgeneseth added that Twitter limits the video length but said: I counted 22 cars in that time. There are two more in the longer video, plus the one in the photo on Bridge Street. Thats 25 cars. At 80 per fine, thats exactly 2000 right there.The VQ, a business group respeneting traders in the area, said it had contracted a street cleaning company to trial a deep clean and sealing of the footpath stone pavers on MacCurtain Street.On LinkedIn, The VQ posted: We selected a seven-metre by seven-metre section of pavement outside the iconic Isaacs restaurant. Unfortunately, the stone has already absorbed vehicle oils, which are impossible to completely irradiate, but a tested chemical was able to draw some of this out.Cllr John Maher (Labour), who has been highlighting the issue, also tweeted images of the street yesterday. He said: Nothing to see here.

The second episode of Morris and Felix Winby's creative and entertaining "Sounds from London to Lyon" series finds the young brothers around 500 kilometers into their journey in search of audio inspiration. They ride gravel into Paris, record more music using local sounds, and put on an impromptu performance. See it all here... The post Sounds from London to Lyon // EP.2 (Video) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

UDH is the big bike buzzword these days with SRAMs latest direct-mount Transmission derailleurs requiring it but Sour thinks theyve found a better way to future-proof their steel bikes. Instead of fully adopting the universal hanger standard, Sour tweaked it a bit so they could still make a lightweight dropout well-suited for small-diameter steel tubes, but with T-type direct mount derailleur compatibilitySour goes Not-UDH for Transmission compatibility(Photos/Sour)OK I know, I know we finally got a universal derailleur hanger standard that brands were whole-heartily adopting, and these steel bike builders decided to screw with it and make another standard! What are they thinking?Sour Not-UDH left vs. SRAM UDH right (Bikerumor composite)Well, what they are thinking is that UDH was really optimized for the flat dropouts of carbon bikes. It requires a 13mm thick dropout with a pretty big 30x40mm flat area on the inside and 25mm diameter flat spot on the outside. Transmission derailleurs simply require ~30mm in diameter flat on both sides. Thats pretty common on carbon bikes anyway. Alloy bikes with big machined dropouts can also easily make that work. But many quality steel (and titanium) bikes use much smaller and often hooded dropouts, optimized to weld or braze-on small diameter seatstays & chainstays. And they simply dont have enough free real estate to work with UDH. Yes, its possible to make it work. Some steel bikemakers have switched to bigger or interchangeable dropouts, rearranged layout of their stays to fit, and some have come up with a good UDH-ready compromise.Sours solution was just to tweak the standard a bit.Whats that mean?That means, the Sour Not-UDH is pretty much the same as a regular UDH, just with a bit of that inward-facing plastic upper fin chopped off. Sour says its about 25% smaller overall. That lets them fit it into a compact hooded dropout, and doesnt get in the way of their integral rack/fender mount. And on the outside, theres just a spacer since steel dropouts arent 13mm thick. Sour Not-UDH left vs. SRAM UDH right (Bikerumor composite)Plus, unlike the SRAM UDH which is half plastic, the Sour Not-UDH is entirely made of machined aluminum. So, much like the Robert Axle Projects replacement, the Sour one might actually offer more precise shifts.And in the end, it is 100% Transmission compatible, since SRAM direct mount derailleurs dont need the space of the fin anyway.Sour Not-UDH AvailabilityAll new made-in-Germany Sour frames welded after the middle of next week will feature the new Not-UDH dropout. Sour says the new dropout & hanger is also a bit lighter than their previous dropouts, even with the added compatibility.But no, you cant just fit a regular SRAM UDH to your new Sour bike (without a little modification). So Sour will deliver all of their new steel bikes with an extra spare hanger, as well. (And it sounds like you could use it as a replacement for your regular UDH-equipped bike if you damage a hanger there.) Pick a Sour steel gravel or hardtail mountain bike if you want wide mountain climbing Transmission gearing. Or, now that Red went Xplr 13-speed, you can get a tighter-spaced 1x race setup for a gravel or all-road Sour.Sour.bikeThe post Sour Shifts to Transmission-Ready Not-Quite-UDH Dropouts For Lighter Steel Bikes appeared first on Bikerumor.

It's time for the next edition of BikeRadar's Tech Q&A and we want your tech questions.Led by technical editor-in-chief, Robin Weaver, and senior technical editors Tom Marvin and Warren Rossiter, the Tech Q&A is your chance to have your burning questions answered by some of the most experienced testers in cycling.Email podcast@bikeradar.com with your questions and we'll do our utmost to get them answered. The expanded Q&A from the BikeRadar podcast will be published on the site, with a wider focus on questions that arent limited solely to tech.In our previous Tech Q&As, we covered: Drivetrain lifespan, derailleur drama and road bike touring mount woes The longevity of carbon components, how rider weight affects a bike's handling and swapping Sidi Tecno dials for Boas Every month, well select the most interesting questions and bring you an expert-level response from our unparalleled access to the greatest minds in cycling, both on the BikeRadar staff and externally.From baffling bottom bracket standards and troublesome tyre combos to pernickety power meters and essential nutrition advice, we want to hear it.Email your questions to podcast@bikeradar.com

Team Jayco AlUla's Caleb Ewan has powered to victory on stage 2 of the 2024 Vuetla a Burgos. In truth however, it's day that will be remembered more for a massive crash.Four Spaniards got themselves in the breakaway early on stage 2, includingTeam Polti Kometa'sDiego Pablo Sevilla, wearing the Kin...

Natural Resources Wales has a 13 million hole to plug in its budget, with 265 jobs potentially on the line, and this could lead to the closure of the visitor centre at the birthplace of mountain biking in the UK.Coed y Brenin visitor centreNational Resources Wales (NRW), which owns and runs several mountain biking hotspots in Wales sent its staff an email last Continue reading

Chumba just added new sizes across its entire mountain bike range, including the SLACKR, Yaupon, and Sendero in steel and titanium. Dig into the geo charts here...The post Chumba Adds New Mountain Bike Sizes appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

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