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We interrupt your scheduled Vuelta viewing... ...to bring you some rather nice road bike/gravel bling from the Italian Bike Festival introduced by the ever irrepressible Shoddy Dave: PS another great Brennan win, Stage 4 for him, 6 for Visma in total, and chapeau to his relatively unknown...

Mike Sinyard returns as Spesh CEO - after 2 CEOs in 4 years. With Landgraf hoofing it, maybe the 76 year old can start getting exciting bikes out again and end the bland corporate culture Landgraf and Scott Maguire (Dyson?!!) were driving the company. Sinyard is still the owner, (Merida 35%)...

O'Briens pub in Philadelphia did just that on the circuit of the Classic last weekend! A big mister hanging over the street outside the pub soaking all the riders as they came through!

45% of Catalans want independence. 44% of Scots want independence in latest polling. Not much difference. Both are countries in their people's eyes whether they want independence or a continued status quo. Catalans have their own language, customs, music, culture and National Flag. If you visit...

Yeah bit odd that, or just not capable of helping at pointy end anymore. The team make up wasn't exactly stuffed with mountain domestiques.

Yeah though same issues came up in this year's Tour with even Pog publicly suggesting early morning starts, like 5am. Prudhomme immediately dismissed this. They need their live TV rights and stage finish towns spend a fortune to host the tour, they want people on the streets. I don't think...

Original part response to Stefan's know any catalans...

Yes. Frequently when in Barcelona and there used to be a Catalan couple living here whose kids were in same year as mine. Plenty of late night discussions on geo politics language culture and red wine. Or fuelled by red wine. Irish people by default very interested in other cultures/nations...

The last week of this Vuelta will be brutal. On today's rest day the chess head scratching within Bora and Movistar will be intense. Roglic is 2.10 behind. On a flat 36km TT course he could snatch the red. He is an impressive vastly experienced time trialer and bluntly Mas is not great...

Talked to any Catalans lately?

Hilarious. Or Spain with 3, that's very funny too. Or Belgium, nearly split in 2, or Italy and how many regions want devolution/independence 3? 4?! Canada and its federal structure would also like a word, they must be worth a chuckle, looking at you Alberta right now, and the ol' Quebec...

Oh that's closer than I thought. And good news on the battery.

M Might be worth calling Dolan in Lancashire and seeing if you could test ride and talk to them about it. I didn't notice if it has a removable battery, looked very sleek so maybe not. and agreed that is not helpful to your long rides.

Sounds ike the two are poles apart; Polini been around for 80 years, I just checked. They make parts for motor sports, motor bikes/mopeds and even flight (ultralight motors) with a solid long term engineering reputation. Built their first e bike motor 10 years ago. Sell e motors systems to...

Polini are Italian, family firm, long established, think since the 1950s in motorbikes and mopeds. Their ebike motors are popular in Italy and are very reliable -they are remarkable because are designed to be easily repaired. Polini issue a parts list (with codes) so you can just order whatever...

Rab, given Yamaha's rep I wouldn't be surprised if they throw in some new bearings, give it a quick grease and it'll be back on the road! Seeing how many miles you've done I bet the motor is like that Toyota Land Cruiser that Top Gear tried to kill one time, even chucking it off a building...

Legally as a bicycle, a throttle can only be used for walk assist up to 3.7mph. Up to 15mph it is legally classed a moped. You'll need a provisional or full motorbike licence unless you already have a car licence which covers it, you'll have to complete a one day CBT course, the ebike...

Mas doing what is needed. Every second on these mountains is vital, and not enough yet to be safe. Yesterday got 25 seconds with enormous effort. Psychologically it was bigger, Gall and Roglic again had no answer. But watch Roglic he is still conserving energy most of the day, only expending in...

That Philadelphia Classic last weekend looked great craic. Great to see such massive crowds on the circuit and a good circuit too. Young Irish 20 year old Killian O'Brien won the inter sprints and was aggressive in early breaks. Hopefully the big crowds will bring it back each year and more...