Manchester cyclists have pedalled nearly seven times around the world – 170,000 miles – as part of the Transport for Manchester Cycle Challenge. The three-week competition, masterminded by the CTC, ran from the May 14 to June 5, taking some of the least summery summer weather on record, but still 2,000 cyclists took part. Workplace … Read more
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has formally charged Lance Armstrong and five other individuals, among them current RadioShack-Nissan team manager Johan Bruyneel and sports doctor Michele Ferrari, in connection with doping charges related to the period 1998 and 2011.Armstrong has been suspended from competition with immediate effect, including from triathlon, a sport in which … Read more
Step aside, most aerodynamic wheel in the world, there’s a new most aerodynamic wheel in the world! That’s what Mavic reckon, anyway – they’re touting their CXR-80 tubular as the new zenith of slippery wheel technology.To be accurate it’s a wheel system, not just a wheel. The tubular tyre is an integral part of the … Read more
Like many cyclists, my Sunday mornings usually involve packing the car in the pre-dawn chill en route to the far corners of the country for some race or other. I’d dearly like a van but I have to make do with a 10-year-old Corsa packed to the gunnels with bike, spare wheels, tools and enough … Read more
David Millar, no longer subject to a lifetime ban from representing Great Britain in the Olympics, is one of eight men named today by British Cycling as being candidates for the five places in the men’s road racing team at London 2012. The governing body has also named five women of whom four will figure … Read more
Tommy Godwin, winner of two bronze medals at the 1948 Olympics and subsequently GB team manager and president of the British Cycling Federation, joined Members of Parliament and others participating in yesterday’s All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (APPCG) annual ride to launch Samsung Bike Week, which begins on Saturday and runs from 16-24 June.The 92-year-old, … Read more
Andy Schleck of RadioShack Nissan this afternoon confirmed that he will not be able to take part in this year’s Tour de France, describing it as the “biggest disappointment” of his career. The 27-year-old confirmed at a press conference in his native Luxembourg today that an MRI scan yesterday had revealed that he had broken … Read more
The BBC moved quickly today to dismiss a report in The Sun that gave the impression that the broadcaster had recruited Davina McCall to help front some of its cycling coverage in this summer’s Olympic Games, with the TV star’s publicist saying that there had been confusion as a result of her role as a … Read more
Funny where reviewing takes you. If it wasn’t for the Ribcap Jackson, I’d never have heard of Reynolds’ Dilatancy. Nothing to with the tubing company, nor the sort of thing that makes your doctor blush. It’s the tendency of various materials to thicken when put under ‘shear stress’ – what you and I would call … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined staff from the organisation in New York City last week as well as diplomats and local campaigners for a bike ride in Manhattan to publicise the benefits of cycling as a sustainable means of urban transportation. The ride came ahead of the rollout next month of Citibike, New York … Read more
