In the second instalment of Dan Craven’s training diary, we catch up with him as he goes about winter training, the Namibian way. Cheetah racing is optional… Max Leonard and Laura Fletcher report.Namibia is the world’s second least populated country, so you’d think there would be an abundance of open roads to train on, and … Read more
Street trials supremo Danny MacAskill is back with a new video that sees him return to Macdonald Cycles, the Edinburgh bike shop he was working at when the Inspired video shot by Dave Sowerby propelled him to fame a little less than three years ago. Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the shop itself has … Read more
The Derby-based Forme bike brand is holding a dealer launch today for the 2012 bikes and among them apart from more hybrids and city bikes is an expanded road range that includes a couple of crossers, racers with a higher spec apart from the value models they’re already known for and a full-on aero time … Read more
London Assembly Member Jenny Jones, the Green Party’s candidate in the forthcoming Mayoral Elections, says that basic issues that would make life easier for the capital’s cyclists are still not being dealt with, as outlined in this blog post from her. She has also published a report, Cycling In London, based on research compiled through … Read more
Cycling’s most famous father-to-be, world champion Mark Cavendish, is urging children, parents and staff across the UK to take to their bikes next month for this year’s edition of Sustrans’ Big Pedal.The initiative, aimed at encouraging kids to get active, will see 900 schools compete for prizes, as well as raising money for the sustainable … Read more
Bont’s Vaypor shoes are lightweight and amazingly stiff and you can heat-mould them to your feet for an excellent fit.You’ve probably heard of Bont shoes, if only because the UCI banned their Crono time trial shoe last year. Bonts certainly attract a lot of attention because they’re very different from the norm – not just … Read more
World cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has claimed that new figures released by auditors Ernst & Young show that men’s pro cycling is in rude health, but doubts have been expressed over whether the sums quoted reflect the true state of the sport. The UCI announcement coincides with news that doubt surrounds the future of … Read more
We got alerted to this video on YouTube today (thanks othello!) of Thor Hushovd having a blast over the cobbles on a recce of the Paris Roubaix. But what that he’s riding? It’s certainly not a standard issue BMC Team Machine and looks as though it might be a special Classics bike. Perhaps the new … Read more
Need a tyre for your wheelbarrow? Kenda make one. Need a tyre for your wheelchair? Kenda make one. Need a tyre for your fork-lift? You can get one from Kenda. Need a tyre for your bicycle? Kenda can help out there too, thankfully no matter what the bicycle they even have a selection for cyclocross … Read more
Spanish newspaper ABC says it believes that Jorg Jaksche or Michele Scarponi may be the ‘protected witness’ the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) planned to call in last November’s hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne regarding Alberto Contador’s positive test for clebuterol during the 2010 Tour de France. In a further … Read more
