Spod’s Cage Rocket might sound the stuff of bad Fifties sci-fi flicks but serves as a refined, albeit relatively expensive alternative to the butchered bottle, freezer bag and elastic band bodge for hauling, everyday ride essentials.Made in the US of A and available in seven relatively tasteful complimentary/contrasting colours; the shell is constructed from high-density … Read more
Early heads-up fixie fans for a UK-first criterium-style but fixed-gear race called The Hunt at West London’s Hillingdon circuit on Sunday 6th May 2012.No registration site details yet at which point it will appear on the road.cc What’s On, meanwhile early information stands at:One Race | 45 Minutes + 5 Laps | Brakeless Fixed Gear … Read more
The Vulpine brand will launch on March 14th 2012 consisting of five garments designed according to founder Nick Hussey out of “frustration that cycling clothing has been stuck in a Lycra-warp for 30 years.”Vulpine meaning from Latin ‘like a fox’ is something he’s worked on for years, feeling like many a club cyclist that the … Read more
The local transit authority responsible for the Tyne & Wear Metro system has rebuffed calls for a trial of allowing bicycles other than folding ones to be taking on its trains that link Newcastle, Gatehead, Sunderland and North and South Tyneside.According to the Evening Chronicle, local passenger transport executive Nexus says it is “not the … Read more
Knog’s cheeky, no-nonsense approach to LEDs made a splash when they hit the UK a few years back with the Frog. The Aussie company had solved the problem of complicated fixings and brackets to keep your light and bicycle in happy attachment. Plus, they were fun and simple.Since then Knog have developed their product range … Read more
World cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has announced that it has approved in principle the addition of a new, five-day stage race in China to its WorldTour Calendar for 2012. It is proposed that the new race, the Tour of Hanghzhou, would begin in the week following the Tour of Beijing in October, which itself … Read more
Cycle parking specialists, Bike Dock Solutions, has deployed hidden cameras to highlight the ease with which thieves can steal a bike, even in busy surroundings, without anyone intervening to ask them what they are doing.Filmed at Dagenham market in East London, more than ten ‘thefts’ were staged of a bike during a 60-minute period, none … Read more
The 2012 season has already started so it’s high time we summarised the overall state of play with the bike and equipment sponsors of cycling’s Premier League, the 18 teams comprising the UCI WorldTour.The relationship of the teams and their equipment sponsors in the off-season is rather like the annual school disco where couples may … Read more
The UCI Licensing Commission has today been asked to rule on whether the Saxo Bank can continue to be a part of the WorldTour following the Court for Arbitration in Sport’s decision earlier this week to impose a two year doping ban on Alberto Contador and to strip him of all his results and ranking … Read more
A new company called Cyclo Bicycles will deliver in 6 -8 weeks any one of a small selection of frames made in Columbus or Deddacciai steel tubing.Cyclo is based in Barcelona but the frames are made in Italy and the things that appeal to us are that the colours are beautiful and the workmanship good … Read more
