If you’re familiar with Cateye’s excellent Loop Light then these lights from Nite Ize will look pretty familiar. Nite Ize make the Loop light for Cateye, and this is their version, which is a bit different and just as good.It uses almost the same internals – a single LED mounted atop two 2106 button cells, … Read more
Cycling clubs from across England are queuing up to book track time at a new velodrome planned for Derby before a board has even been laid.Derby City Council submitted a formal planning application for the 250 metre covered track, which will form part of a £22 million Multi Sports Arena complex designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects … Read more
Fancy riding 850 miles through some truly spectacular landscapes of Vietnam this November, and doing it for a good cause, that’s what on offer on the Cycle a Difference ride – a charity ride supported by many big names in the bike industry which aims to raise money for the Newborns Vietnam charity.The ride is … Read more
Can you laugh at yourself? Good, because you’re probably in here somewhere, even if it’s as a roadie cameo. Every once in a while we see a video that makes both cyclists and non-cyclists spit their coffee over the keyboard and have a good old belly laugh. Chapeau to Sons of Science for a beautifully … Read more
Two former employees of Serco, the company that operates London’s Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme, have been pleaded guilty of fraud after making bogus refund payments through the scheme totalling £46,000 to friends.Nana Boateng of Enfield and Jose Dias from Clapton, both aged 26, each admitted on one count of fraud by abuse of position at … Read more
Fireworks had been predicted on today’s Stage 5 of Paris-Nice which fiished with the three-kilometre climb of the short but brutal Montée Laurent Jalabert above Mende this afternoon, but it wasn’t Alejandro Valverde, the man most had predicted would prevail here, who provided them. Instead, it was Vacansoleil-DCM’s Lieuwe Westra, sixth overall this morning, who … Read more
Outdoor clothing specialists Rohan have shipped an initial small range of cycling-specific garments in men’s and women’s patterns and colours.Veritable living legend Chris Boardman has long been an advocate of the Rohan clothing brand and although he lives on the wrong side of the Pennines from Yorkshire where the company started in 1972 it must … Read more
The charity Access Sport and event organiser Andy Cook have confirmed that the second edition of the annual Ride Around London sportive will be held on Sunday 30 September. Some 1,500 riders are expected to take part in the event, which will see a choice of 60- or 115-mile routes.Riders will set off on the … Read more
Scott’s CX Comp comes in just over that magic £1,000 price barrier but if you shop around you can find these being sold for ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme friendly prices. Mind you, while it shares the innate versatility of all cross bikes and it is not without the odd commuter-friendly eyelet, this is bike aimed … Read more
TRP will launch a hydraulic road brake lever that features buttons for Shimano’s Di2 electronic shifting later in the year, probably around June or July.Here’s what the brake/shifter, called the Hywire, looks like, as shown on TRP’s stand at this week’s Taipei Cycle Show. The only thing is, the finished version might well have changed … Read more
