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Brooks £500 giveaway – we have a winner!

A Cambium saddle, a Pickwick bag, a Cambridge cape and a multitool - who's won it?

Wed, Oct 01, 2014 14:02

Garmin unveils Forerunner 920XT GPS multi-sport watch + video

Offers “advanced cycling features” including power meter compatibility

Wed, Oct 01, 2014 13:22

Ponferrada 2014 on-bike footage crash aftermath

On-bike video “the way to go” for cycling, says UCI president Brian Cookson (+ videos)

Governing body permits on-board footage at world championships, cameras catch spectacular crash

Wed, Oct 01, 2014 10:58

Packtasche cardboard pannier (picture source Packtasche)

Architecture students design cardboard panniers (+ video)

Packtasche, a nifty way to bring home the bacon (and other groceries) – foldable panniers you pick up at the checkout

Wed, Oct 01, 2014 09:42

Just in: New Merlin Cycles PR7 costing just £300

An aluminium frame, carbon fork and Shimano Claris groupset feature on Merlin's new £300 PR7 road bike

Wed, Oct 01, 2014 09:27

Fernando Alonso presents Nairo Quintana with maglia rosa at S18 of 2014 Giro (pic credit Gian Mattia d’Alberto, LaPresse)

Fernando Alonso gets backing for cycling plans – but status of pro team project remains unclear

"MAMILs" - tick; cycling "the new golf" - tick; but F1 ace's entry into sporting side of cycing still unclear

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 21:04

Video: Giro d’Italia 2015 promo released

Film looks back at this year's race as 2014 season draws to a close

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 20:48

Ello founder Paul Budnitz with one of his bikes

Bike designer is the man behind fast-growing new social network Ello

No ads and no data tracking on very spare social site, says founder

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 15:43

Scottish cyclist trapped under train after apparently riding his bike along station platform

Police believe man fell off bike as he rode on platform at station near Glasgow

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 15:32

Polar launches M400 combined GPS watch and activity tracker + video

New Polar M400 watch combines GPS functionality with daily activity tracker features

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 14:17

Rider punctures at 80kph as saboteurs target Valleys Velo sportive

Drawing pins spread on descent of Bwlch cause dozens to puncture

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 13:04

Update: Europcar claims it didn’t place cyclist & pedestrian warning stickers

Car hire company back-pedals after being slammed in social media

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 12:32

London:cyclist in traffic (copyright Simon MacMichael).jpg

London cyclists needed to help with medical charity’s major research project on cycling injuries

Barts and the London Charity wants to hear what matters most to riders at public meeting next week

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 10:38

Team Sky confirms signing of Nicolas Roche and four others

Sky adds Brit, Czech rising star, first Dutch rider & Irishman, plus welcomes return of original member

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 10:32

2015 cyclocross bikes from Whyte, Van Nicholas, Ritte, Raleigh, Beacon, Bianchi and Boardman

A roundup of some of the latest cyclocross bikes ready for the winter season

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 09:53

Broken bike (CC licensed image by garryknight, www.flickr.com)

Witness appeal after Yorkshire cyclist dies following HGV collision

49-year-old man who lost leg in incident on Saturday dies in hospital

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 08:14

Mont Blanc (licensed on Flickr under CC BY-ND 2.0 by Alain Wlbert)

‘The Fastest Classroom on Earth’ – Disadvantaged kids in 350km Mont Blanc cycling challenge

Youngsters to take on some of the toughest climbs in the Alps

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 20:18

Royal Courts of Justice, London (picture bortescristian, Wikimedia Commons)

Six years on, legal action continues over York cycle path death of teenage cyclist Ruby Milnes

Inquest last week concluded 17-year-old's death was "accidental" - civil proceedings now being brought

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 15:32

Luck's Invictus shoe is a blank canvas where your imagination can go wild

Spanish shoemaker Luck offers massive customisation options

Choose your own graphics, width & biomechanical tweaking

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 15:06

GoPro launches updated Hero4 Black and Silver video cameras

Updated Hero4 video camera offers higher quality and better ease-of-use

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 13:18

See.Sense intelligent bike light automatically flashes brighter and faster to improve visibility

Kickstarter funded intelligent bike light now available to buy

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 11:28

Round-the-world cyclist does 1,000-mile book tour by bike – on £7.65 a day to highlight living wage (+ video)

Julian Sayarer’s book Life Cycles follows his global circumnavigation

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 11:10

Portsmouth cycling (CC-BY-NC licensed via www.flickr.com/photos/tigernoah/)

Councillor suggests red light & pavement cycling crackdown after Portsmouth injury rate soars

(Councillor in charge of traffic & transportation) Nine percent increase in cycling casualties in 2013

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 10:55

Craig MacLean and Neil Fachie (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk)

Track star Craig MacLean gives backing to Scotland’s presumed liability campaign

Change in law would make motorists respect cyclists more, says Olympic and Paralympic medallist

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 10:08

Scottish police appeal for witnesses after hit-and-run seriously injures cyclist

White van man fails to stop

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 09:16