Sam Challis
Tech Editor at Cyclist
Editorial Assistant at Britain's premier road cycling magazine, Cyclist.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
cyclist.co.uk | Sam Challis
The first thing that greets a visitor to Colnago’s headquarters in Cambiago, Italy, is an imposing metal sculpture. It’s a huge globe around two metres in diameter, and on a plinth underneath are the words ‘When the bicycle is art’. Perched on top of the world is a metal rendering of Colnago’s C42 time-trial bike. It’s ironic because that was one of the brand’s earliest carbon fibre frames, but it leaves no doubt as to the esteem in which Ernesto Colnago holds his bikes.
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3 weeks ago |
cyclist.co.uk | Sam Challis
The spring races are in full swing (or are they? I’m all disorientated now that there’s no non-paywalled TV coverage, thanks for that TNT), so this week our one-stop-shop race guides were out in full force, with ones published for Brugge-De Panne, E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem.
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1 month ago |
cyclist.co.uk | Sam Challis
How the body adapts when it’s exposed to exercise in hot conditions is only just beginning to be properly understood, but the potential benefits are already becoming clear. Heat training is now being talked of in the same breath as altitude training, except adaptations occur more quickly and from training that is more convenient for athletes’ schedules.
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1 month ago |
cyclist.co.uk | Sam Challis
Cyclist tech editor Sam Challis thinks the new BMC Teammachine R is the perfect modern race bike in every way but one.
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2 months ago |
cyclist.co.uk | Sam Challis
Just as the bike world is looking to rouse itself from its winter hibernation proper – the WorldTour season has properly kicked off, and my inbox is filling up with product launches happening in the near future – Geraint Thomas goes and drops the bombshell that he’s retiring this year. OK, it’s no huge surprise, but it’s still sad to see one of Britain’s best ever riders leave the racing side of the sport.
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