Six people were killed while cycling on Londons roads last year, which is the lowest number since 2020 and the second lowest ever recorded, according to figures published by Transport for London (TfL) today. The only year with fewer fatalities was 2019, when five cyclists were killed while cycling in the capital. In 2020, six people were killed while cycling and nine were killed in 2024. The total number of people killed on Londons roads reduced by 13 per cent, from 110 people in 2024 to 96 in 2025. TfL says the reduction in people killed while cycling comes despite cycling levels continuing to rise. The transport authority reported 1.5 million daily cycle journeys in 2025, a 12.7 per cent increase from 1.33 million in 2024. TfL adds that this means the overall risk to people being killed whilst cycling has reduced. Provisional data also shows that the number of casualties per million cycle journeys reduced by 27 per cent between the 2010-14 baseline and 2025 (from 14.3 cyclist injuries per million cycling journeys to 10.4), TfL says. Lilli Matson, TfLs chief safety, health and environment officer, says: Any death or serious injury on our roads is unacceptable, and our thoughts are with the families and friends of the 96 people who were tragically killed in 2025. While it is encouraging that fatalities have fallen to one of the lowest levels on record, we are deeply concerned by the increase in serious injuries. A chart showing the number of people killed while cycling in London by year. Our Media In 2025, 81 per cent of people killed or seriously injured (3,217) on London's roads were walking, cycling or motorcycling. Matson adds: We know that people walking, cycling and motorcycling remain most at risk, and that speeding and dangerous driving continue to be key factors behind collisions. Cars continued to be involved in the most collisions that killed or seriously injured someone in 2025. In 57 per cent of fatal collisions in 2025, excessive speed was reported as a contributory factor. This is why TfL and the Mayor are continuing to lower speeds across London, with more than 250km of TfL's roads now subject to a 20mph speed limit and at least a further 65km of the TfL Road Network will see lowered speed limits by 2030, TfL says. London Cycling Campaign (LCC) CEO Tom Fyans says: Every one of London's near 100 fatal collisions and near 4,000 involving serious injuries annually results in families grieving, friendship circles shattered, lives ruined. Excess speed is a factor in many of these tragedies. LCC recognises the work the Mayor, TfL and the Met are doing to reduce this unnecessary, unacceptable toll. But not only does opposition from some about 20mph limits and other road measures to reduce road danger need to end now, we all need to redouble efforts to go further, do more and deliver faster to save lives. Read more: The 10 most dangerous junctions for cyclists in London revealed

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Felix Gall finds himself neither here nor there in the Giro d'Italia general classification battle - at least that's how the Decathlon CMA CGM rider has hinted he sees it. The Austrian sits in second place, a massive 4:03 behind leader Jonas Vingegaard and with a 57 seconds cushion keeping him on th...

Well, Im sorry to share depressing news as we head into the weekend, but this one is too close to home for me to ignore:This was Thursday morning, at rush hour, on a bridge bike path Ive described in the past as a complete shitshow:Police officers responded at 8:21 a.m. after a 39-year-old man riding a stand-up electric scooter crashed into a 35-year-old cyclist. The e-scooter driver was traveling westbound, while the cyclist was traveling eastbound, the police said.The men were brought to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Queens, where they were pronounced dead. Photos taken in the aftermath of the collision show a white bike snapped clean in half, with an orange e-scooter lying next to it. The crumpled front tire of the bike rests against the bridge.The scooter involved will apparently do over 50mph:The photos of the crash site appear to show aTeverun Blade GT Suit II+ e-scooter, billed on the companys website as a wolf in a suit that can reach almost 53 m.p.h.Beneath its sleek, understated design lies immense power and explosive acceleration, the companys description reads. Every twist of the throttle delivers thrilling speed while maintaining effortless control, turning your daily ride into an extraordinary experience.And yes, both riders were wearing helmets:Somewhere I said that if you feel like you need to wear a full-face helmet then you have no business being in a bike lane, but I cant remember where, so Im going to say it again, even though its kind of gross to do so right after the person has just died. Sorry.I probably havent ridden over the Queensboro Bridge (or the 59th Street bridge as I usually call it, or the Ed Kotch Bridge as nobody calls) since at least last summer, since I live pretty far from it, though prior to that I was using it somewhat regularly, since my friend who died last year lived in Queens and I was going back and forth to his place often. As a regular user of the bridge hed often talk about how bad the bridge had gotten in recent years thanks to all the motorized contraptions on it, and holy crap was he right. In fact, in recent years the Queensboro Bridge bike path had become notorious, and Id say it always felt like an accident waiting to happen, but thats not accurate, because the accidents werent waiting to happen at allthey were very much happening:So I wasnt surprised to learn about this most recent crash, though the fact that it left both people dead is of course shocking, as is the image of the mangled bike. Im fairly certain the Queensboro is the steepest of the East River bridges, so no matter where you are on the span theres always really fast head-on traffic in at least one direction. Before the proliferation of micromobility at least the uphill traffic would be moving slowly, but thanks to motors now the uphill and downhill traffic can easily be moving at 20- or 30-plus miles per hour. So welcome to a new era of multiple-fatality head-on bike path collisions, I guess. The opening of the separate pedestrian path on the south side of the bridge was supposed to mitigate the clusterfuckery of the bike pathand maybe it did, though as someone who hasnt ridden over the bridge in like a year Im not qualified to say, and obviously it didnt prevent this crash:Plus, no matter where you ride in the city youll invariably encounter people on high-speed electric contraptions like the one involved in this collisionwhich are already illegal, though it certainly isnt stopping anybody.In the aftermath of this latest collision both the smuggies and the NIMBYs will tell us what the city need to do to solve the problem once and for all, and I suppose there was a time Id have done the same thing. But now I just feel sad for a fellow cyclist who didnt get to finish a ride. Also, the zany e-contraptions just keep getting faster, and I just keep getting older, and so I feel more determined than ever to ride away from the city instead of further into it. Why point my bike that way when I can point it this way instead?Hey, I guess I can ignore it after all

An Instagram post from a Red Bull - Bora - hansgrohe WorldTour team training camp appears to confirm the presence of a new Specialized Tarmac SL9 (and what we suspect is a new Hammerhead rearview radar). Photobombing the image from the top of a team car, the new race bike is distinctive for its noticeably flaring fork crown. The design also sees the leading edges of the fork blades set further forward than on the Tarmac SL8, something we saw when studio renders leaked online over a week ago. Classic photobombing technique on show, here.... Otherwise, the design is remarkably similar to the Tarmac SL8's, confirming the brand's all-rounder approach to its flagship race bike is set to continue. The renders from our previous story showed a redesigned seatpost with a narrower insertion section flaring out to a deeper aero section higher up. That's unclear in this image, owing to the presence of a large sensor device. The device appears to be a rearview radar, given it has a red light on the top, but its presence is notable because it doesn't clearly resemble a design we've seen before. The fork is the clearest indication that this is a new bike, while the rearview radar appears new too. The team is sponsored by SRAM, and accordingly uses Hammerhead Karoo bike computers (Hammerhead is owned by SRAM, and Karoo devices are supplied with some of SRAM's AXS groupsets). It's logical, then, that this rearview radar is a prototype Hammerhead device designed to work with the brand's head units, expanding the brand's ecosystem with a device to rival Garmin's Varia and Wahoo's Elemnt rearview radars. When will the Tarmac SL9 make its race debut? Remco Evenepoel rode this Olympic champion's tribute Tarmac SL8 at the 2025 Tour de France while racing for Soudal-Quick Step but will he race the Tarmac SL9 this year? Simon von Bromley / Our Media So far, it's unclear exactly when the Specialized Tarmac SL9 will make its racing debut. But it feels a good bet that, if at least one team is testing it now, the bike will be raced wholesale by Specialized's sponsored teams at the Tour de France. It's also likely that we will see prototypes in upcoming Tour 'warm-up' races, such as the Tour Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes (formerly the Critrium du Dauphin) and Tour de Suisse. Consider our eyes peeled.

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There are too many all-black wheels these days stealthy matte carbon rims, black spokes, black anodized nipples, and hubs painted black everywhere you look. Its all so boring. A few brands are fighting back. And now its nice to see DT Swiss spicing things up a bit with this all-silver limited edition aluminum FR 1500 Classic gravity bike wheelset. You get all their best tech for enduro, freeride & DH premium 240 hubs, fast DEG engagement, user-adjustable DF anti-kickback function hidden inside and now in glorious shiny silver.DT Swiss FR 1500 Classic Silver DEG DF LTD gravity wheelsNow frankly, Im more than a little annoyed by the fact that DT Swiss decided to make this entire limited edition wheelset campaign in Black & White. Sure, it looks artsy. And its true that theres no color to be found on the wheels outside of some red bearing seals pressed inside the hub or the red DT special grease inside the oversized star ratchet. But what makes a silver wheelset really shine is how it differs from bland black wheels, and how it reflects the colors of everything around it whether thats the paint job of your bike, or the trees and wildflowers next to the trail.Korbinian Engstler shared photos of the silver wheels on his white Ghost bike at Bike Republic Slden (Photo by Janik Steiner/DT Swiss)See what I mean! Shiny silver gravity wheels are awesome. my own custom DT Swiss Classic Silver & Pink 350 DEG + EX511 enduro wheels (Photo/Cory Benson)Like, the set I custom-built myself.OK, enough ranting about shininess. Onto the core techTech detailsTheres nothing new on these limited edition wheels, just proven rims, spokes, and hubs laced together to build a bombproof wheelset for whatever type of gravity-infused mountain biking you prefersuper tough FR541 aluminum rims with extra impact resistance & built-in pinch flat protection30mm internal x 35mm external x 21mm deeptubeless-ready 605g per 29 rim (claimed)built on 240 Classic DEG DF 6-bolt disc brake hubsfast 90T / 4 Ratchet DEG engagementadjustable 0 / 10 / 20 DF anti-kickback device insideBoost 15110 & 12x148mm spacing onlylaced 3x with 32 RevoLite round double-butted J-bend spokes and Pro Lock Squorx alloy nipplesonly available in full 29er, curiously SRAM XD only, although Shimano HG & MicroSpline DEG freehubs are available separatelyASTM Cat 5 rated for DH, with a rider+bike weight ot 140kg/309lb2030g wheelset weight (claimed )DT Swiss FR 1500 Silver LTD wheels Pricing, options & availabilityTechnically, an ultra-tough aluminum Freeride & DH wheelset at 2030g theyre really not terribly heavy, meaning you definitely could run them on an enduro bike, too. In fact, its actually about 100g lighter (at the hubs) than the shiny silver DT wheels I built up myself with a lighter EX511 rim, Revolites & the pastel limited edition 350 DEG hubs last year. my custom silver DT wheels heading out for some bikepark laps in Szczyrk (Photo/Cory Benson)I love riding those custom-labeled wheels on my long travel enduro test bike, and expect to see them again close up next month with some all-new tire tech, coming soon!Officially, DT Swiss calls the FR 1500 Classic Silver DEG DF wheelset a limited edition. And it will only be available in some international markets. But there isnt a set limited number of wheelsets available. So, its more a case of pick up a set before they stop making them.We do know that the shiny silver gravity wheels sell for $1034 / 900 for the pair. And they are only available in a full 29er set with a SRAM XD driver. But at least you can swap in another standard DEG freehub for Shimano or alt drivetrain compatibility. The FR 1500 Silver LTD wheels are available now from select European dealer shops in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland & the United Kingdom, plus Canada & the USA. OR you can snap up a set online from Bike-Components.de.DTSwiss.comThe post Limited Edition DT Swiss FR1500 Gravity Wheels Shine in Classy, Classic Silver appeared first on Bikerumor.