Best in Show at Bespoked Bristol 2011 Tom Donhou came again in 2012 with a collection that was more complete and yet so understated; lacking an individual star like last year's striking Pimento to catch the eye of the judges.
Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma-Quick Step, defending champion and quite literally the poster boy of this year’s Gent-Wevelgem as the picture above proves, has won the cobbled Classic for the third time, beating Liquigas-Cannondale’s Peter Sagan in a sprint finish contested by a group of 25 or so riders. Rabobank’s Matti Breschel was third. In … Read more
British Cycling has said that it is not prepared to speculate on the role to be undertaken by Dave Brailsford following this summer’s Olympic Games, after press reports last week suggested that the Great Britain performance director, who masterminded the country’s haul of eight gold medals at Beijing 2008, was looking to share his role … Read more
Among the first time exhibitors at Bespoked Bristol was Roberts Cycles from Croydon but the owner known to everyone as Chas Roberts is no newcomer to framebuilding having been in the business his whole working life and he took over from his late father Charlie who himself was a 'name' since the 1950s.
At this price, Giro’s Espadas outstrip the majority of road shoes available designed specifically for women. Sadly though that doesn’t addd up to very many shoes – because there simply aren’t enough high end women’s road shoes on the market but that’s certainly no reflection on the quality of the Espadas themselves. However you judge … Read more
This year's Bespoked Bristol is a much bigger affair than last year's innaugural event and everywhere you look there is evidence of how fast the UK handbuilt and custom scene is growing and changing with outfits like 14Bike and Tokyo Fixed moving beyond the fixed frames that made their names and Scotland's Shand upping production to keep pace with demand.
Last weekend’s Milan-San Remo provided a thrilling opener to the Classics season on our Fantasy Cycling game, and this weekend the action moves to Belgium for Gent-Wevelgem, the first of three cobbled races we’re featuring. It may not have the history or status of the other two – the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix – … Read more
Rollapaluza’s third annual quest to find the ‘King of Spin’ and ‘Queen of Cadence’ on the rollers is almost at its end, with just the Grand Finale to come at the Half Moon Pub in London’s Herne Hill on Friday 6 April, the same day the nearby velodrome hosts its traditional Good Friday International Track … Read more
Garmin-Barracuda rider David Millar has this morning undergone surgery after breaking his collarbone in a crash during yesterday’s E3 Harelbeke in Belgium. The Scot also broke a bone in his hand, his injuries coming around a month before a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will determine whether he will be eligible … Read more
The commuter specialists Milk Bikes unveiled a show special last night at Bespoked Bristol running a transmission based on a drive belt and sprockets made by the German company Continental, otherwise famous for their tyres.Named ‘ArtDA’ because of its mural paintjob by the Bristol artist Will Barras on Milk Bikes’ standard ‘RDA’ frameset the show … Read more
