British bike brand Raleigh has announced that it has reached agreement on the sale of the business to Accell Group of the Netherlands.The sale, which has been rumoured for several weeks, is expected to be completed by the end of May, subject to approval from the German competition authorities.Accell Group – home to such brands … Read more
London minicab firm Addison Lee is set to lose the sole contract it currently has with the Government for private hire car services. The decision is linked to chairman John Griffin’s instruction to his drivers a fortnight ago to use illegally bus lanes. Yesterday, Transport for London (TfL) won an injunction against the company on … Read more
Bontrager’s road ‘R’ tyres come in a range of four options – top of the tree being the R4 with these R3s a notch below.Out on the road the low weight of 185g per tyre makes them easy to whip up to speed while the 120tpi casing has enough suppleness to iron out small road … Read more
Wow! These are… interesting. They’re “fixed gear helmet masks” from Smirk Masks of Berlin – each one a unique creation.Smirk Masks is the brainchild of Mirco Erbe, known to the world as Smirk. He started out as a graphic artist and became art director at a big German TV station before jacking it in and … Read more
Calling all London cycle commuters… CycleSurgery are celebrating the opening of their new store (is it us or are they opening a lot of shops lately?) in Lancaster Place, Waterloo with a free bike breakfast between 7 and 9am tomorrow morning. So if you’re in the area and you fancy some post-ride refueling for free … Read more
At first glance the Aqualite Extreme looks like a very promising cycling specific waterproof jacket, especially for commuter duties. It’s extremely light, packs down small and comes in a fairly violent shade of hi-viz pink that’ll certainly get you noticed. It has a good collection of features and it’s not expensive.The shape is contoured, with … Read more
The Tour de Korea, which yesterday saw the cancellation o the fourth of its eight stages due to torrential rain, was plunged into further chaos today as photographers’ motorbikes were involved in a series of crashes, one involving former British champion Kristian House of Rapha-Condor-Sharp. In a move aimed at ensuring the safety of riders, … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) has today secured a High Court injunction against minicab firm Addison Lee that prevents the company from encouraging or instructing its drivers to use bus lanes in the capital pending the outcome of a judicial review on the issue. Earlier this month, Addison Lee’s chairman John Griffin had written to the … Read more
Despite their all-conquering road and mountain bikes Trek have skulked somewhat in the shadows when it comes to cyclo-cross. They’ve had models kicking around but you’d be hard pushed to spot them either on the shop floor or the race course. The Cronus range could change all that.Trek have come out their corner punching hard … Read more
This September’s Tour of Britain will conclude with a stage in Surreyfrom Reigate to Guildford culminating with the riders battling it out over the cobbled climb of the county town’s High Street, leaving the identity of the overall winner in doubt till the last day. Billed as the “hardest yet,” this year’s final stage will … Read more
