If you get the chance to watch the Giro d’Italia team time trial on television tomorrow (Wednesday, 9 May), keep an eye out for the new Twin Foil aerobar on Lampre’s Wilier bikes.It’s a new carbon monocoque bar designed for the Wilier Twin Foil that we reviewed at the start of the year – although … Read more
LOCOG have confirmed that charges will apply to the Olympic Road Race viewing area on Box Hill. If you want to be there in person it’ll cost you up to £15, or £5 for juniors and seniors. “Tickets will be £15 full price and £5 for young people and seniors for the viewing area at … Read more
The Sportful Hot Pack Vest is a good windproof gilet that’s incredibly lightweight and takes up hardly any space in your pocket when you don’t need it on.It’s made from nylon with a little polyurethane thrown in there, and rather than a vent across the yoke, you get mesh panels that run down either side … Read more
With summer approaching – accompanied, hopefully, by better weather than we’ve experienced of late – Cycling Scotland is once again urging the country’s drivers to give schoolchildren space and time to allow them to ride safely to school, and this year has produced a TV advert as part of its campaign.The appeal coincides with an … Read more
Sunday morning was spent driving up the M4 from our home town of Bristol to Hillingdon for The Hunt, London’s first fixed gear crit race. The weather was pretty gloomy, but the atmosphere was buzzing, with a mixture of nerves & excitement from most riders in attendance. Like us, many people had never ridden a … Read more
Following 30 years of success with the British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride the BHF are launching the London to Brighton Night Ride, a moonlight twist on their world famous event. Just like their renowned mid-summer ride the Night Ride starts on Clapham Common and finishes on Brighton seafront with 60 miles of … Read more
A Hampshire man has been given a suspended prison sentence after driving after a teenage cyclist and ramming him with his girlfriend’s car in a road rage incident in Surrey in March last year.Sammie Wyatt, aged 24, claimed that the 17-year-old victim of the attack had scraped his girlfriend’s car after deliberately riding at it … Read more
The chain spotter – otherwise known as a chain catcher – that SRAM introduced as part of their new top-end Red groupset earlier in the year will soon be available to buy on its own aftermarket.The chain spotter is integrated with SRAM’s new Red Yaw front mech, but now you’ll be able to get it … Read more
Brighton & Hove City Coucil is to introduce contraflow cycling in 12 one-way streets in a move aimed at getting more people cycling and improve local infrastructure, as well as tackling the issue of people cycling on pavements, on paths or through alleyways.The changes are being introduced in Brighton’s North Laine area and have been … Read more
We’re sure there’ll be plenty of people cursing Roberto Ferrari this morning after his ‘spirited’ sprint left Mark Cavendish with third-degree road rash and Taylor Phinney with a hole in his ankle. Matt Goss came through the carnage unscathed to take the win.So with Cav out of the equation it got a bit harder to … Read more
