Additional footage posted to YouTube of an incident in the Gloucestershire countryside showing a black clad woman attempting to push a slow-pedalling cyclist off his bike, the subject of an appeal by local police as we reported earlier today, appears to cast events in a new light.According to the video posted to the site on … Read more
Trek have come up with a new paint scheme for the bike of everyone’s favourite peloton hardnut, Jens Voigt, that is getting its first airing at the current Amgen Tour of California.The bike features the German rider’s famous “Shut up legs” quote prominently along the top of the top tube, along with a wolf’s head … Read more
Organisers of the Tour of Britain have announced details of this year’s Tour Ride line-up, enabling entrants to the sportives to ride the same roads as the pros in four of the stages that will feature in September’s race – those in Scotland, Wales, East Anglia and Stoke-on-Trent – with a fifth ride also tying … Read more
Gaerne marks 50th birthday with light, shiny new G-Chrono shoesItalian shoemaker Gaerne is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year and to mark the occasion here’s some very shiny, very light and very trick new shoes: the G-Chrono line-up.Claimed weight is a not-very-heavy 275g per shoe thanks to a carbon sole and BOA L dual-reel closure. … Read more
English company OneLuggage makes gear for business travel, some of which looks useful for commuting cyclists. The Practical Shirt Carrier is just that: and it’s not hiding its light under a bushel. It is indeed a practical way of carrying your shirt so that it doesn’t get creased and rumpled in your bag on the … Read more
Gloucestershire Police have issued a witness appeal following a bizarre road rage incident in which a woman, believed to be the female passenger in a car, assaulted a cyclist for riding too slowly on a quiet country lane – the incident was filmed probably by the driver of the car in which the woman was … Read more
Today’s stage heads north west, the opposite direction to yesterday’s, but is 63km shorter and much closer to the coast, giving it an entirely different profile and a rare opportunity for the sprinters, who don’t have too many chances left in the race.There’s a rolling profile, although nothing too taxing, and the final 2km represent … Read more
1) If you’re packing for a 300km audax and you have a choice of mending a small hole in your best, comfiest shorts or packing some other shorts, MEND THE HOLE IN YOUR BEST SHORTS.2) Check your equipment. For example, if you make sure your charging lead for your phone isn’t a loose fit then … Read more
Domenico Pozzovivo of Colnago-CSF Inox, the diminuitive climber who comes from the Basilicata region in the instep of Italy’s boot, attacked on the steepest part of today’s final climb to win Stage 8 of the 2012 Giro d’Italia at Lago Laceno on the day the race reached its southernmost point this year. Movistar’s Benat Intxausti … Read more
Focale 44 is a fixed/commuter bike brand from BMX Groupment, an Andorra-based company that – you guessed it – specialises in BMX. This is the third year of producing fixie bikes, and there’s a range of models, which seem to all be built around the same basic frame. This test bike is the Focale 44 … Read more
