Mr Hoyte's previous work has included a giant snowman sketched from an 87 mile ride around London, a group of birds that took him 7 hours and 51 miles to complete and a face that required 78 miles of riding around Cardiff... and now he's struck again with what he describes as his most ambitious ride yet.
The 52-year-old spent almost five hours riding around his hometown of Cheltenham creating the three-headed Strava masterpiece, and told Gloucestershire Live that for obvious reasons, he had plenty of time to put into this project: "Because of lockdown, I couldn't go anywhere so I thought this would concentrate the mind.
"I stared at the maps a bit more along Cheltenham and I actually ended up using one of the faces from my previous drawing and I added the two figures from either side."
Some have theorised that the face on the left is Worzel Gummidge and the one in the middle is Boris Johnson; although Mr Hoyte claims they don't represent anyone in particular. He plans to strike in Manchester and Milan next, as well as returning to ride out some more sketches in London.
Plenty of bikes and onlookers on foot, distinct lack of monuments to 17th century slave traders...
ICYMI - Cycle Logistics companies across the country have slashed their prices to help fight off the flood of motor vehicles hitting our towns and cities.
We're leading the way with 1/3 off all jobs for at least the next month. https://t.co/3X72gCNKZA
— Pedal Me (@pedalmeapp) June 8, 2020
The London-based e-cargo delivery firm have extended their offer - which was initially a third off for their taxi service - to deliveries, with riders able to carry a 150kg load on-bike or up to 200kg towing a trailer.
They claim this is to fend off the increasing numbers of motor vehicles returning to the streets as the lockdown begins to lift, saying: "After implementing the 1/3 off discount for passenger jobs yesterday, we started to think that we could do more to help London to bridge the gap to become a truly cycling friendly city.
"To help to keep the city moving more efficiently we need to think about logistics and how cargo is moved. It's vital that we maintain the momentum of the shift from vans to more environmentally friendly delivery methods. Pedal Me is perfect for this so we have reduced cargo jobs by 1/3 as well.
"We have to reduce the numbers of motor vehicles on London's streets. Pedal Me is cheap, efficient, fast and environmentally friendly. We have highly trained riders who can carry 150kg of load on a single bike, as well as the possibility of towing 200kg on a trailer as well. We can take advantage of the manoeuvrability of bikes and the access to faster routes that bikes can take."
The bike was originally gifted to Pope Francis in 2018 when Sagan made a visit to the Vatican with his mother - a practising Catholic - and now the one-off Specialized Venge is set to be auctioned off in aid of the Vatican's We Run Together charity.
Funds raised from the special weekly auctions between 8th June and 8th August will go towards providing support for medical personnel in hospitals in the northern cities of Brescia and Bergamo, particularly hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
As we previously reported, Halfords Group PLC have now shut down Cycle Republic's online store, and are in the process of handing over a number of their high street shops to electric scooter specialists Pure Electric; but as one road.cc reader informed us, there was a brief period of panic as the Cycle Republic website - that has now ceased operations - was redirecting to Tredz (also part of the Halfords Group) this morning. Customers were not able to view any order details on the Tredz website made on the now defunct Cycle Republic site.
However, Cycle Republic customers with outstanding orders have now been informed that everything will be taken care of via this web link, which says:
"We will fulfil all orders placed on cyclerepublic.com.
"Information for orders placed by account holders will remain viewable here. For any orders placed on a guest account please refer to your order confirmation email.
"Any existing warranties or cycle care plans will be honoured by Halfords."
Video evidence that even cows hate cyclists🚴♀️ 🚴♂️ 🚴♀️
— Vusi Sambo (@VusiSambo) June 7, 2020
We're not sure where this (fortunately very rare) incident took place, but the caption on this clip and some of the gleeful comments underneath are also pretty distasteful - luckily, it looks like the cyclist was ok.
We reported on a more positive cow-related incident back in 2017, when a cyclist on a bike ride with friends in northwest Spain stopped to deliver a calf after spotting a pregnant cow in distress. Moo-ving stuff indeed...
Hens teeth attract a premium.
(pic from local MTB FB group) pic.twitter.com/tN8ZCsTJyT
— LukeB_MTB (@LukeB_MTB) June 8, 2020
While it's not at all fair to compare LBS inner tube prices to large online retailers - who have been known to sell them at tiny profits margins or even a loss to entice you in - on the scale of 1 to taking the pee this is probably towards the higher end of the scale. How about going tubeless instead?
Here's what you missed on road.cc if you were otherwise engaged this weekend...
British woman breaks Everesting world record – and gets mansplained over saddle height
Fuji suspends sales of bikes to US police forces after seeing them used against protestors
Virtual Tour de France on custom Zwift routes planned for July
Cyclist has nose, cheek and thumb broken in road rage attack
Two-year-old riding 45 miles (in 12 days) for charity – a mile for every minute her sister lived