Sir Bradley Wiggins has said he is aiming for a sixth Olympic gold medal at Tokyo in 2020 – but in a boat rather than on a bike after developing a new passion for rowing.The Daily Mail reports that the 37-year-old plans to compete at the British Indoor Rowing Championships in December.He is being coached … Read more
Flaér Guard is a protector spray designed to be used on a clean bike to give a bit of extra shine and protection from the elements. It does a great job on glossy surfaces, leaving a really nice finish, but on matt paint jobs it looks a bit naff. It is supposedly safe to use … Read more
A London cyclist has written to Mayor Sadiq Khan and Greenwich and Lewisham councils about the use of retractable dog leads. Robert Perkins suffered slashes to his face, back and clothes as a result of an ‘almost invisible’ lead stretched across a path in Blackheath.London News Online reports that Perkins was cycling along a path … Read more
A study published today in The Lancet Haematology has found that EPO has “little effect” on the performance of amateur cyclists during road races.Researchers from the Centre for Human Drug Research (CGDR) in Leiden, the Netherlands, undertook a double-blind, randomised trial involving 48 well-trained male amateur cyclists aged between 18 and 50.They said that there … Read more
Brian Cookson has given a strong hint that he believes UK Sport should take much of the responsibility for the cultural problems at British Cycling that were recently highlighted by the Annamarie Phelps-led independent review. Cookson, who led British Cycling for 17 years before becoming UCI president in 2013, told the BBC that he didn’t … Read more
MET-sponsored Dimension Data riders have been spotted wearing a new aero road helmet in their final preparations for the Tour de France – and now a teaser video has been dropped ahead of its launch next week. Review: MET Strale helmetMET say the helmet will make a “new landmark in performance”, and is been released to … Read more
The Tour de France hasn’t even started yet and Geraint Thomas is already fed up of answering questions about Sir Bradley Wiggins. The three-week race is shaping up to be an extraordinary test of the Welshman’s mental as well as physical endurance.Team Sky has been facing questions ever since Russian hackers published Wiggins’ medical files … Read more
Bib shorts should be black, so says the Velominati rule to which Rule#XIV gives its name, but there’s plenty to like about these #C Series models other than the traditional colour and relatively subtle branding.The #C bib shorts are Rule#XIV’s lower-priced bib shorts, coming in at £135, but the features read like a wishlist of … Read more
So we’re in Düsseldorf for the build-up to the Tour de France Grand Depart on Saturday, roaming around the team hotels trying to shoot as many of the race bikes as we can, and as luck would have it the first team we bumped into was Dimension-Data. And here’s Mark Cavendish. Cavendish Cervelo S5 – 1 (1) (Image … Read more
Swedish company Hövding has announced a partnership with Absolutely, one of Britain’s oldest courier businesses, that will see it supply the London-based firm with its innovative airbag cycle ‘helmet’.In a joint press release, the companies say that “many professional couriers shun helmets because they are uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time and are … Read more
