Yorkshireman Mike Hall arrived in Greenwich just before one o’clock this afternoon after smashing the round-the-world bike ride record. The 31-year-old from Harrogate took around 91 days, 18 hours to circle the world from west to east, averaging almost 200 miles per day. As well as crossing the finish line on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee … Read more
The Canyon Shorts from Pearl Izumi are casual-looking summery shorts; just what the doctor ordered for summer café rides and trips to the local fete.The Canyons are designed primarily as mountain bike shorts, with Pearl Izumi’s specialist mountain bike chamois pad, and are aimed at warmer weather spring and summer use, being fairly short in … Read more
Pupils from a school in South Shields are spending their half-term riding along a 250-mile ‘Green Route’ linking the community on South Tyneside with its twin town Wuppertal in Germany.The trip results from a challenge issued by students from the Gymnasium Kothen secondary school in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Wesphalia, when they visited South Shields last year, … Read more
Plenty of eyebrows may have been raised last week when Plymouth was named the most cycle-friendly city in Britain, but the Devon city has now become the latest place in the country to roll out Balanceability, an initiative designed to help children aged between two and a half and six years to quickly learn the … Read more
Former Great Britain cyclist Ray Eden, killed in March last year after intervening in a dispute between neighbours, has been commemorated by having a boat named in his honour by Doncaster Rowing Club, where he pursued his other sporting passion. The boat, called ‘The Raging Eden’ to reflect his strong rowing style, was bought with … Read more
Leading cycling and road safety organisations including CTC, Sustrans and the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) are backing an appeal from British Cycling that calls on the government to act urgently to review sentencing in cases involving the death or serious injury of cyclists. The campaign follows a number of recent cases in which motorists convicted … Read more
Sponser Sport Food is a Swiss brand of nutrition products, now available in the UK. Liquid Energy is a carbohydrate gel served up in a tube with a cap, just like toothpaste, handy for refuelling on the go.As with gels from some other brands, Sponser Liquid Energy consists of both glucose and fructose. This, claims … Read more
A six-year-old boy who lives in Stone, Staffordshire, has embarked on a 113-bike ride from his birthplace, Northampton, to Tower Bridge in London to raise money for a hospice after being inspired by the story of a girl named Tilly. Halfway through his journey, he has already beaten his £1,000 fundraising target.Edward Dyster set out … Read more
Based in glamorous Barnoldswick, Hope have been turning aluminium lumps into sparkly objects of desire for some years now. The Vision R4 is the latest in their established range of lights and belts out a hefty 1000 lumens from its tiny head unit.The R4 is a separate unit from its power source, with the 2.6ah … Read more
Two cyclists from Hampshire will later this month set out to attempt to beat a record that has stood for nearly 50 years for the fastest men’s tandem ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats. As well as beating that record, set in 1966, Dominic Irvine and Ian Rodd aim to raise at least £50,000 … Read more
