The 2024 Tour de France is a hot bed for new road bike tech and this year is no different. Sam Gupta has rounded up seven weird bits of tech from this years race that he thinks are worth knowing about. There’s everything from new continental tyres, automatic chain waxing machines, aero nose covers, 3d printed mounts and painted handlebars.
This team from The Netherlands have built the world’s longest bicycle after previously setting a record for the longest tandem bicycle, too.
Ivan Schalk, Joost Sweep, Jimmy Vermeeren, Sander Vissers, Bas Zuidema, Steffie van de Riet, Daan Husson, Toine Kleemans, Jasper Korving and Op De Beek Hebben We De Langste were inspired by a longstanding interest in Guinness World Records and a desire to follow dreams and achieve something incredible.
on the Circuit Paul Ricard located at Le Castellet in South of France, I have reached a speed of 333 km/h on a rocket-propelled bicycle, after only 4.8 seconds of acceleration. A velocity of more than 300 km/h on a skinny and completely stripped bicycle, this is amazing, and a bit crazy! Who thought that one day a daredevil on a bicycle, with a rocket under the saddle, could travel the quarter mile in less than 7 seconds? – François Gissy
May 29, 2022 E-bikes are brilliant but just how capable are they, how far can they really go when it comes to climbing? Thanks to our friends at Ribble we’ve brought one to one of the world’s most famous climbs, the Stelvio Pass in Italy to see if we get over this epic climb!