French sports newspaper L’Equipe has today reported that Specialized is set to replace Pinarello as Team Sky’s bike supplier from next season, with the partnership worth a purported €6 million a year to the British ProTeam.As supplier to HTC Highroad, Specialized of course supplied the bike that Mark Cavendish rode to world championship success in … Read more
Mike Hall arrived back in Greenwich on Monday, smashing the record for cycling round the world by a fortnight. We’ve now had the chance to catch up with Mike to reflect on his extraordinary achievement.When we say ‘extraordinary’, check out a couple of quotes from Mike that illustrate just how astonishing this feat is.“I got … Read more
Glasgow’s Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome is set to become the third venue in the UK to host a round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in less than two years when the world’s top track stars race there from 16-18 November.The venue, built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, follows the Olympic velodrome in … Read more
National circuit racing champion Graham Briggs of Raleigh-GAC last night took his team’s first individual victory in the 2012 Halfords Tour Series in Colchester, with Endura Racing placing three riders in the top nine positions to consolidate their lead at the top of the team standings. Earlier, Eileen Roe of Team Ibis Cycles had won … Read more
The Etxeondo Trier is a high-quality summer jersey with some neat features.It’s made in Spain from Meryl Microfibre fabric – fine nylon and elastane. This is lightweight stuff and very stretchy so you get a body hugging fit without it feeling at all tight. I like that; I have a real aversion to clothing that … Read more
Team Sky and Gatorade are giving fans the chance to win one of 100 bidons that will be used in the forthcoming Tour de France, signed by riders taking part in the race. The sports drink brand, owned by PepsiCo, has also released a quirky video starring Team Sky rider Alex Dowsett and one of … Read more
Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins this afternoon rode a stunning time trial in Stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, putting in the quickest time of 1:03:12, more than half a minute quicker than second placed Tony Martin of Omega Pharma-Quick Step, the world champion in the discipline, to consolidate his lead in the race he … Read more
The Saris Bones 2 isn’t just the best looking bike carrier, it’s also one of the best at actually doing the job.The Saris Bones design has been around for a wee while now but the design has stood the test of time: this is a proper classic. It’s the kind of rack that braces on … Read more
A picture of a lone cyclist in Richmond Park and one of a cyclist riding along the South Bank close to the London Eye with Big Ben in the background have won first place in the professional and amateur categories, respectively, in the Barclays ‘London by Bike’ competition, which attracted more than 1,000 entries.The pictures … Read more
After dismissing him as a contender for this years Tour de France here, I am starting to feel a pang of guilt when it comes to Andy…As I write this the full impact of his Dauphine flop is getting more and more journalists more and more feverish.Not content with being dropped on a third cat climb … Read more
