Dave Brailsford, British Cycling’s Performance Director, insists “we’ve got more to come,” after Great Britain’s track cyclists returned home from last week’s UCI Track World Championships in Melbourne with gold medals in half of the ten events that will feature at the Velodrome in this summer’s Olympic Games.In the build-up to London 2012, Brailsford has … Read more
The driver of a London rickshaw has been fined £100 and has to pay costs totalling a further £145 after being caught racing another rickshaw along a busy street in the West End.Md Islam, aged 21, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to a charge brought under section 54 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839.That … Read more
These Etxeondo Attaque shorts are excellent but there’s just one thing that puts us off and that’s the small matter of the £230 price tag.We’ll come back to the price in a bit and try to ignore that particular elephant in the room for the time being. In terms of quality, we have to say … Read more
It is one of the most iconic locations in cycling, the mythical Velodrome in the industrial city of Roubaix, metres from the Belgium boarder and the finish of the Queen of the Classics, the Hell of the North. I arrived moments before this year’s victor, winning by force, Tom Boonen. The stands in this simple … Read more
Tour de France legend Bernard Hinault is to ride in an organised cycling event in Ireland for the first time in May when he takes part in the Tour de Conamara. The event will form part of a four-leg international sportive series with a Celtic theme – the other three are next Saturday’s Tro Bro … Read more
Georgia in Dublin’s Hustle and Bustle Jacket is a love or hate piece of cycling kit. If you love it, it’s a truly innovative design, that looks a bit different and raises the spirits, whilst still managing to be functional and technical cycle wear. Or you’ll hate it. It’s a fact.Bizarrely you may even find … Read more
A cyclist in San Francisco who allegedly posted to an online forum to lament the fact his helmet had broken in an incident in which he struck a pedestrian who later died of his injuries may face vehicular homicide charges. The same post suggested that the cyclist had ridden through a red traffic light, although … Read more
Tom Boonen’s Paris-Roubaix win on Sunday was the culmination of a remarkable start to the season for the Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider and also a remarkable start to the career of the new Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL4 that he was riding.So far this season Boonen has won Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders as well … Read more
Jeremy Clarkson, the opinionated presenter of BBC motoring show Top Gear and bete noire of Britain’s cyclists, has said that he would live in Copenhagen “in a heartbeat” – and it’s all down to the city’s embrace of cycling as a means of getting around.In an article that appeared in the InGear section of last … Read more
As the plane touched down in Edinburgh on Friday afternoon the sunshine greeted us with some lovely spring warmth. We dropped off our stuff and headed to Ronde to meet everyone, say hello and take a quick look at the space I’d be filling for my first ever exhibition. I find words like ‘Exhibiton’ and … Read more
