Everyone needs a “pub bike”, over the years mine have taken many forms but usually / always a SS; low maintenance issues, less pinchable and simply direct for town.I recently fitted 32’s to my Alu, v-braked bike for extra Tow Path and pot-hole protection and my 1st impressions have been good, fast enough, robust and … Read more
Mark Cavendish went for an early sprint in the Tour of Qatar this afternoon, launching himslf through a gap a little under half a kilometre from the line to take his second stage of this week’s race and leave his rivals standing in what was a hard-fought and somewhat scrappy finish. Daniel Oss of Liquigas-Cannondale … Read more
Greater Manchester Police have issued an appeal to trace a motorist who struck a cyclist, causing him to be thrown over his car’s bonnet and leaving him lying in the road in what seems to be a road rage incident last Wednesday lunchtime in Fallowfield, Manchester. However, whether the motorist deliberately drove at the bike … Read more
Just three days after Alberto Contador was stripped of the 2010 Tour de France title by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the same body has banned 1997 winner Jan Ullrich for a period of two years, the suspension backdated to 22 August 2011. Ullrich retired in February 2007, but the announcement is likely to … Read more
You did have Boonen, right?Nothing could match the might of the Omega Pharma – Quickstep train yesterday, not even Spartacus. Boonen took the win and, barring any disasters, the overall classification. He has 31 seconds’ lead over Tyler Farrar, which should be plenty enough to stay in the ochre jersey for the last two stages.Team … Read more
A California man whose own bicycle was stolen last month floored a thief on Tuesday with a tackle that sounds worthy of last weekend’s Superbowl to help someone else get theirs back.Perhaps inspired by having watched American Football’s finest go head to head on Sunday, 54-year-old Carlos Babcock had no hesitation in grappling with a … Read more
You know the old saying, ‘cover your head, 40% of heat of lost through it’ and while that may be a bit of a myth there’s no denying that a layer under your helmet can really increase your cold weather comfort on the bike. Craft’s Zero Extreme WS (Wind Stopper) Skull Hat is one option … Read more
Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert, co-chair of the All-Parliamentary Cycling Group, has tabled a three-hour debate on cycle safety in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament on Thursday 23 February.The debate, which builds in the proposals put forward in The Times newspaper’s Cities Fit For Cycling campaign, will enable MPs to debate issues surrounding … Read more
Even Mark Cavendish doesn’t divide opinion in the British Cycling scene like David Millar, and that is saying something..! But why is the Scot seen as so controversial and marmite-esque? Here’s what I think…David Millar exploded on the world cycling scene at the turn of the millennium having dominated stages in the Tour de L’Avenir in … Read more
French police this morning arrested Patrice Ciprelli, the husband and coach of former world and Olympic cyclist Jeannie Longo, on suspicion of having bought doping products including EPO over the internet.L’Equipe reports that a dozen officers from an arm of the French police responsible for environmental and public health raided the couple’s apartment at Alpe … Read more
