Earlier this week we reported on the launch of the new Bradley Wiggins Foundation, today we can tell you about their first fundraising event, the Ride With Brad Sportive.
August the 19th is the date for your diary when you can join Bradley who will hopefully be trailing clouds of Tour and Olympic glory behind him on a choice of routes over the quiet Lancashire lanes on which the Modtather trains.
Bank holidays, eh? It rains. This one’s a double bank holiday so you can expect it to rain really, really hard. No matter though, because no doubt you weren’t going to don a bin liner and stand on a London street hoping for a glimpse of the Queen’s hat. There’s better things to do with … Read more
Zak Dempster last night won Round Seven of the 2012 Halfords Tour Series at Canary Wharf, and with team mates Scott Thwaites and Russ Downing also getting into the top ten, Endura Racing was also the team winners on the night and extended its series lead to 11 points.Dempster, winner of the round in Durham … Read more
Shimano are giving their top-level Dura-Ace groupset a major redesign for 2013, moving it from 10-speed to 11-speed for the first time, lightening the shifting and adding extra braking power.We’ve been lucky enough to try the new 9000 Series Dura-Ace on the roads of Belgium with Team Sky, but before that we’ll take you through … Read more
In part two of our photo set of Phil Gale’s pictures from the two stage finale to this year’s Giro we head to Milan where the morning after tackling the brutal queen stage of the race featuring five climbs including the Mortitorolo and the Stelvio the riders faced a very different final challenge a 28.Km … Read more
High5 Zero electrolyte drink comes as a tube of 20 tablets. You mix one or two with water in your bottle and drink it to replace minerals in the body lost via sweat, which helps to prevent muscle cramp. We reviewed this product back in 2010, but it’s recently been re-launched with a high-profile advertising … Read more
We’ve told you that Shimano have redesigned their top-level Dura-Ace groupset for 2013; the electronic Di2 shifting gets a major overhaul too. The system had to be updated to make it 11-speed and bring it into line with mechanical Dura-Ace, but Shimano have introduced other big changes with the new 9070 Series Di2 too… ElectronicsFor … Read more
3T are launching new London Editions of some of their components to coincide with the Olympics.We first showed you some of the products when we spotted them at the Taipei bike show back in March. We’re so far ahead of the game, us. Now we have more details and prices.So, the London Editions are, according … Read more
Bristol should lose its status as the UK’s first, and so far only, Cycling City if plans for a new Rapid Transport Scheme go ahead says John Grimshaw one of the founders of Sustrans.Mr Grimshaw contends that Bristol made a permanent undertaking to ensure that walking and cycling would be improved by any new transport … Read more
The Bell Gage manages to combine a high level of comfort with plenty of ventilation and a light weight.This new helmet takes over from the Volt at the head (thank you very much) of the Bell range – it’s the one that Bell’s sponsored riders are now using. It’s considerably lighter than the Volt, our … Read more
