Done a few sportives, ticked off the odd Etape or even Gran Fondo and looking for something similarly challenging but less crowded? A bit of time with Rpm90 could be right up your col then. Rpm90 are a new company offering top-quality cycling holidays on some of the best of Europe’s lumpy roads.Rpm90 is the … Read more
A man in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China has hit upon a novel way of ensuring potential theieves are deterred from trying to take his bike while he pops into the shops, with his golden retriever dog standing guard with one paw on the bike until he returns.What’s more, his four-legged friend, known locally as the … Read more
Australian WorldTour outfit GreenEdge has announced that it will change its name to Orica-GreenEdge after recruiting the explosives, chemical and mining services company as co-sponsor. The change of name will take effect from the Giro d’Italia, which starts on Saturday, with Orica’s name appearing prominently on team kit, although “a whole new visual identity” for … Read more
Lezyne is a US company producing a wide range of tools, lights and other bike accessories, including this very nice Tech Drive HP pump. The HP stands for ‘High Pressure’ and the Tech Drive does exactly that: it gets your tyres up to high pressure, in an impressively short time for a mini-pump.This pump is … Read more
Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has pleaded with the organisers of London 2012 to provide more tickets for competitors’ families at the Games and help resolve his dilemma of choosing which of his nearest and dearest will get to watch his bid to become Britain’s most successful ever Olympian from inside the Velodrome.The track … Read more
With only three days to go until the London Mayoral elections, and cycling the hottest topic this year, the five main candidates attended a hustings today to discuss the issue.Jointly hosted by The Times and Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity in Westminster, the rivals went head to head on the eight points of The Times’s … Read more
Courier bags like this Pacific Outdoor Equipment Vancouver have a couple of advantages over backpacks for short journeys. One is – theoretically – ease of access: you can swing the bag around on your shoulder to delve into it. Another is that the bag sits lower on your back, so you don’t get as sweaty. … Read more
Floyd Landis, whose accusations of doping against Lance Armstrong and other members of the former US Postal Service team were at the centre of a federal grand jury enquiry that was shelved earlier this year, is now himself the target of a fraud investigation related to funds he raised to try and clear his own … Read more
More than half of the respondents to a survey by British Cycling on cycling in London, timed to coincide with this week’s mayoral elections, say that giving bike riders more dedicated space on the roads to cyclists should be the greatest priority for whoever is elected mayor on Thursday. That issue garnered twice the level … Read more
If you’ve got some cash to spend on a cycle-to-work scheme for an all-purpose commuter bike then chances are you’ll spend a fair chunk of time looking at bikes like this one: the Cube Hyde Pro. It’s a hub-geared urban workhorse with an MTB-derived geometry and a solid spec for the £585 asking price.We’ve seen … Read more
