Day 3 of The Times newspaper’s Cities Fit For Cycling Campaign sees the paper publishing a 12-page ‘Guide To Safe Cycling’ and encountering something of a backlash from some cyclists in the process. Parts of today’s guide have not been universally well received, and while there is undoubtedly huge support for the campaign amongst cyclists, … Read more
Submissions are now open for the Twelfth Annual Bicycle Film Festival. BFF are looking for any new films with a bike-related theme and any style is acceptable; animation, experimental, narrative, documentary and music video.According to the BFF , there’s no fee to enter your film; you just download a submission form from the link below … Read more
Designed to be a response to problems encountered by users of traditional bottle cages who have smaller geometry frames or mountain bikers with rear suspension, the Slidecage is a fiendishly simple idea. As well as accessing the bottle from the top as per normal, the user can choose instead to slide it out of the … Read more
TV action man Ben Fogle is famously up for anything and soon he’ll be swimming, cycling OR running for the environmental and conservation organisation WWF. The thing is, he is letting visitors to the WWF website choose which. Fogle is a WWF Ambassador and encouraging people to participate every day in their planet-saving activities under the … Read more
Tourism officials in Yorkshire will in May this year welcome a delegation from Tour de France organisers ASO as the region bids to host the Grand Départ of cycling’s biggest race in 2016.Welcome to Yorkshire will host the ASO delegation for two days, reports the York Press, showing them hotels that would be used, the … Read more
Federal prosecutors in the United States investigating allegations of doping centred around Lance Armstrong and his former US Postal Service team have closed the case with no charges being brought against the seven-time Tour de France champion. However, the US Anti-Doping Agency has said that it will continue with its own enquiry into doping within … Read more
The CTC today announced that Gordon Seabright will take over as its new Chief Executive from the beginning of March. Mr Seabright replaces Kevin Mayne at the top of the UK’s largest cycling organisation as he leaves after 14 years to take up a new role as Director of Development for the European Cyclist’s Federation.Mr … Read more
Onix are releasing two new carbon-framed road bikes in the spring: the racy Onix Black RH Pro and the sportive-friendly Onix Black RH. The RH refers to Rob Hayles, the former track world champion and British road race champion who is now the development tester for the Preston-based brand.As you might have guessed, the Pro version … Read more
Knog’s new Blinder lights for front and rear are a step up in apparent build quality with a metal and rubber clip and a cute design that the style media will love. The lights with their inbuilt USB plugs somehow look very at home on recharge nestling in the back of an iMac. A veritable snowstorm … Read more
City of London police have confirmed to road.cc that a cyclist involved in a collision with a coach on Bishopsgate this lunchtime has died. It is the first fatality of a cyclist in the capital during 2012.A spokesperson for City of London police said: “ City of London Police was contacted at 1305 on Friday … Read more
