A ten year old is to take on the French mountain stage of Mt Ventoux to raise money for a hospice.Gavin Siebert from Oxford will ride the climb with his father Eric next Saturday, and hopes to raise money for Helen & Douglas House, where a relative was cared for.Gavin told the Oxford Times: “I … Read more
The Giro d’Italia was interrupted yesterday – by an ornamental stuffed fox wearing a pink scarf.As the stage neared the summit of Monte Grappa in the Veneto, a man popped out of the crowd brandishing his taxidermy. A fox is in contention for Stage 20 of the @giroditalia. Yes, a fox!! pic.twitter.com/PTbTBHKI0f — Eurosport UK … Read more
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will take an advantage of 39 seconds into the Giro d’Italia’s decisive final time trial after a highly entertaining stage won by Thibaut Pinot (FDJ). Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has slipped to fourth overall, but remains well poised, just 53 seconds adrift.Quintana started the day with a 38-second advantage over Dumoulin but would … Read more
Suplest makes some rather snazzy shoes, and the new Crosscountry Edge/3 Pros are hard to miss. The sole is brilliant, nailing that delicate balance between stiffness and comfort, and the upper is rugged and cleans easily. The Boa dials aren’t the sleekest, but the extra protrusion makes them easy to operate in big gloves. The … Read more
North West Velo Fest 2017 will begin on Friday June 9 with the city’s World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR). The two-week festival, now in its sixth year, is described by organisers as a free, non-corporate, DIY event and will run until Saturday June 24.Run in cities the world over, WNBR is designed to highlight the … Read more
Seeing as the sun’s out, it’s time to pretend. Find your nearest hill, whack on your thinnest jersey, close your eyes and imagine you’re on the side of a mountain in the south of France.That’s the dream, right? Well if it is, then it’s time to share it with us.Show us your local Mont Ventoux. … Read more
1. Viitor Fonseca rescuing a kitten was just purrfectViitor Fonseca of the Equipe de Ciclismo de Taubaté found the kitten, which had apparently lost its mother, while on a training ride last week. With the animal clearly needing help, there was only one thing for it – Fonseca, wearing of course a Catlike helmet, tucked it … Read more
A detachable trolley that turns a normal bike into a cargo bike (or more accurately a cargo trike) has almost reached its $80,000 funding goal on Kickstarter in just one week.BikeBiz reports that the load-carrying trolley started out as an academic project at Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy but designer Yadan Ofir is now looking to start … Read more
A Gloucestershire cyclist has claimed he was chased by a truck driver after taking a Stroud cycle lane up what is otherwise a one-way street.Gloucestershire Live reports that drivers are often unaware that cyclists are permitted to ride both ways along Lansdown where cars are not.The anonymous cyclist told the newspaper that when he used … Read more
Friends of a cyclist left paralysed and stranded in a Spanish hospital are trying to raise €25,000 to bring him home to the UK.Former prison officer and lecturer in engineering, John Telfer, 57, from Corbridge, Northumberland, had an accident on a rural road, landing on his neck.His phrenic nerve was paralysed leaving him unable to … Read more
