Those chaps at Trek aren’t the only ones with a shiny new bike to get all misty-eyed about, you know. The start of the Tour is always a big time for new bike announcements and this year is no exception. Next to break cover is the new – deep breath – Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think … Read more
The Cyclepedia iPad app, first unveiled last year and which builds on the book of the same name to showcase the collection of bikes amassed by Austrian designer Michael Embacher, has had a major overhaul, with 26 new race and track bikes added as well as 85 cycling jerseys and five video clips of Sir … Read more
More often than not, I’ve found women’s bikes to be much more comfortable straight from the shop, with far less tweaking than required by unisex or men’s bikes. I’m clearly Ms Average as far as women’s bike builders are concerned – and I found that to be true for the Specialized Ruby Elite too.The Ruby … Read more
Giro d’Italia organisers RCS Sport have confirmed that next year’s 96th edition of the race will have its Grande Partenza in Naples, the most populous city in Southern Italy. It will be exactly 50 years since the one and only time the city played host to the start of the race, back in 1963.The Giro … Read more
Entries are now open for the annual Severn Bridge Sportive, taking place this year on Sunday 25 August to coincide with the Castle Combe Cycling Festival, with the motor racing circuit on the Wiltshire/Somerset border acting as base for the sportive.Event organiser, Andy Cook said: “We are delighted to have the booking system for the … Read more
Trek are launching a new version of their Madone road bike that is designed to be both ultra light and ultra aerodynamic; the US brand claims that the 2013 model puts in a market-leading all-round performance.We’re in Belgium for the launch at the moment and we’ll be riding the new bike tomorrow. In the meantime, … Read more
Team Sky’s Alex Dowsett, the reigning British national time trial champion who narrowly missed out a place on the longlist for the Great Britain Olympic squad earlier this month, has called for drugs cheats to be banned for life. However, the 23-year-old from Essex insisted that his comments were aimed at those committing such offences … Read more
The Lezyne Carbon-10 multitool is seriously light yet it manages to pack in most of the key features you need to get home should you suffer a mechanical out on the road.You know a multitool is going to be expensive when it arrives in its own shiny tin with its name on the top. Open … Read more
Transport Minister Norman Baker has today announced that £15 million is being made available to local authorities in England, other than in London, for schemes to improve the safety of cyclists at junctions. That sum however is dwarfed by those spent on many individual road improvement schemes each year, and the head of sustainable transport … Read more
The 99th edition of the Tour de France, which starts in Liege on Saturday, is one of the most eagerly anticipated ever on this side of the Channel, with real hopes that Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins can become the first British rider to win cycling’s biggest race. He’ll face a battle though from defending champion … Read more
