Ian Stannard has become the third Team Sky rider in as many years to win the British national road race championship, attacking fellow escapees Russell Hampton of Raleigh-GAC and Sky team mate Alex Dowsett to win by more than a minute in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire this evening. Dowsett finished second and Hampton becomes the first … Read more
Sharon Laws has become the new British women’s road champion in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire this afternoon, just days after she was dropped from the Great Britain squad for the Olympic road race, which takes place five weeks today.News of the 37-year-old’s victory over two of her AA Drink-leontien.nl team mates – defending champion Lizzie Armitstsead … Read more
The driver of a coach involved in a crash that claimed the lives of two cyclists in Cumbria in December 2010 has been acquitted by a jury of causing their deaths by dangerous driving. The accused, 44-year-old Robert Wightman, was also been found not guilty on two counts of the lesser charge of causing death … Read more
Council bosses in Cheltenham are to set up cameras to monitor cyclists who ride on pavements in the centre of town.In the High Street and the Promenade, cyclists regularly take to the pavement as a short-cut through town, but police say it’s impossible to enforce a ban on pavement riding, and it would be preferable … Read more
Solo do their Classique jersey in a whole selection of designs; this Velux one is new.Rather than relating to the slanty windows, Velux is actually a reference to Luxembourg – ‘velo’, as in bike, and ‘Luxembourg’, as in the duchy. ‘Sans égale’ means ‘without equal’ or ‘unparalleled’, so if you want to treat it as … Read more
Earlier this week we reported how Sustrans interviewees on the National Cycle Network cited high fares and fuel costs as reasons to get on their bikes. A new survey says that the primary reason for heading out on two wheels however, is fun.A new YouGov survey put ‘fun’ up op of the list of reasons … Read more
A man has been found not guilty of causing the death by dangerous driving of a promising young cyclist.Lewis Balyckyi, 18, who was due to move France as part of the John Ibbotson Fund, which sponsors young riders to race with a semi-professional team for a season, was cycling along North Road in Bretherton, near … Read more
This classy bag from German luggage masters Deuter is almost the perfect companion for well-heeled commuters. Not so great if you want to stick a laptop in with your sandwiches though.I was initially sceptical – the bag looked too small to be properly useful to me, but the main compartment extends once unzipped and has … Read more
Helicopter BikeIf you think it’s a headache getting motorists to co-exist alongside cyclists, just wait until it’s pilots we’re having to worry about too.A bunch of Czech engineers and beardy enthusiasts are working on the FBike, a six-prop helicopter bike that allows the rider to rise up and out of traffic – at least for … Read more
Sir Chris Hoy has slammed a ‘misleading’ report in the Guardian newspaper that stated that his company paid him £325,000 in loans as part of a possible tax avoidance scheme.The article alleged that in a year when Hoy’s company dividends were slashed, an open-ended loan for almost the same amount lost was paid to him … Read more
