The Latest Breaking News from Joe Baker

New SRAM Red AXS groupset might be the 'lightest electronic, ever', but we spent 1,690km on it, and this is what we really thought

SRAM finally releases its new Red AXS groupset, with improved brakes and impressive weight savings

Cycling Weekly · May 15, 2024

Why the best commute will always be aboard my old steel fixie

Charming, simple, and always a great workout, this is the perfect town bike

Cycling Weekly · Apr 27, 2024

'It's real steel, it's rim brake, and I love it': Tech writer Joe Baker has ditched super bikes for a 1990s race bike

A bike with serious character, and a build cost of under £500

Cycling Weekly · Feb 17, 2024

Endura Pro SL EGM bib short review - range-topping quality for a lower price than usual

Exemplary quality, comfortable chamois - just be careful on the fit!

Cycling Weekly · Jul 11, 2023

A Colorado dad says his 8-year-old is the youngest to scale Yosemite's El Capitan, but did they really climb it?

LOS ANGELES — The headlines screamed what anyone would consider a colossal feat: An 8-year-old boy climbed to the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan on Saturday, becoming one of the youngest people to summit the world famous rock.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 3, 2022

Dad accused of lying about son's record-breaking 3000ft rock climb in 'publicity hoax'

After months building up publicity for the ascent, Joe Baker and son Sam, 8, used a scaling device and pre-rigged ropes laid by a climbing team who carried most of the gear up as well

Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022

Witnesses deny father’s claim his eight year old climbed El Capitan: ‘A publicity hoax’

‘I’m very annoyed by this because climbing El Capitan puts you in an elite group of climbers,’ observer says

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Lewis Ferguson and Josh Doig's Aberdeen and Hibs transfer exits will continue strong Scots Serie A tradition

Aaron Hickey has re-established Scotland as a market for Italian clubs decades after they shopped regularly on these shores

Daily Record · Jul 12, 2022

Former Celtic goalkeeper recalls black ash football pitch in Lanarkshire town and the freezing cold showers

The Lisbon Lion played at The Humph in Craigneuk before starting his senior career

Daily Record · May 1, 2022

Cycling Weekly tech: how we test products

A look at how CW's tech team arrives at the scores on the doors

Cycling Weekly · Oct 8, 2019