Cycling Weekly's Tech Editor Michelle Arthurs-Brennan is a traditional journalist by trade, having begun her career working for a local newspaper before spending a few years at Evans Cycles, then combining the two with a career in cycling journalism.
When not typing or testing, Michelle is a road racer who also enjoys track riding and the occasional time trial, though dabbles in off-road riding too (either on a mountain bike, or a 'gravel bike'). She is passionate about supporting grassroots women's racing and founded the women's road race team 1904rt.
Favourite bikes include a custom carbon Werking road bike as well as the Specialized Tarmac SL6.
Height: 166cm
Weight: 56kg
Latest articles by Michelle Arthurs-Brennan
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Specialized due to issue recall on Tarmac SL7 bikes
The brand says harsh impacts may put "extraordinary stress on headset components and may initiate a crack in the fork’s steerer tube"
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan •
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Is the new Specialized Crux the lightest gravel bike in the world or the most capable cyclocross bike?
The Crux has been rebranded as a gravel bike, but cyclocross riders need not fear
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New Continental GP5000 S TR is hookless compatible but the brand wants you to follow the rules
Continental is encourageing education over recommended tyre pressure, if you are going to run a hookless tyre and rim - so we decided to show readers what happens if you don't
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New Trek Checkpoint SLR moves IsoSpeed to the top tube, but forgoes front suspension
Trek has relaunched the Checkpoint gravel bike for 2022 with a three model line up
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan •
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We sliced open Hiplok's new anti angle grinder lock - but it was hard going
In the process, we ground down five angle grinder discs, and the process took us over twenty minutes
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How to use a foam roller: exercises and stretches
Foam rolling can aid recovery and stave off injury - we outline a ten minute routine you can do daily to keep your muscles happy
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan •
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Does sports science only tell us half the story?
Research papers make the basis for much of what we know about exercise science. But are scientists ignoring half the population?
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan •
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Wahoo Systm absorbs The Sufferfest into a new more corporate app (and you should absolutely check it out)
The Sufferfest founder says its ardent fans went through 'all the stages of grief', but the new app is a much more complete system (with vowels)
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan •
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New BMC URS gravel bike features front suspension
The bike which won this year's Cycling Weekly gravel bike grouptest has been bolstered with a coil-sprung system for 2022
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