Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the unexpected consequences of the current crisis has been the great Lycra bloom of 2020. The few of us ...

Cycling shorts are the latest fashion trend for men. But are men really going to wear them away from their bikes, asks Paul McLauchlan Cycling shorts are the latest fashion trend for men. But are men ...

A new survey by the British Heart Foundation has suggested that the thought of wearing Lycra is enough to put middle-aged people off cycling. Apparently, a third of the 2,000 professionals it polled ...

Picture this . . . the alarm goes off on a Saturday morning, Freddie Mercury can be heard screaming “bicycle” at the top of his lungs as the man exits the bed, stumbling towards the wardrobe. He doesn ...

For years, middle-aged-men-in-Lycra (Mamils) have stoically defended their right to squeeze into tight-fitting cycling gear despite the sniggers of, well, practically everyone else. But now even Sir ...

I’m in Starbucks, looking at a perfectly formed bottom. I don’t mean to look, but it’s right there in front of me, pert and peachy in black Lycra teamed with a short vest, waiting for its owner’s ...

We heard him before we could see him. Strutting like a peacock in full plumage, his specialist cycling shoes clicked along the paving as he marched from bicycle to outdoor coffee table in skin-tight ...