Arundel Gecko Grip bar tape and I got off to a bad start thanks to our test sample’s hit n’ miss adhesive and ineffectual finishing strips. However, things improved and while it’s not quite on par with my all time favourite Lizard Skins DSP it does have a similarly reptilian name. It also does much … Read more
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know it’s Saturday. Friday came and went, and what with the excitement of a long trip north to see Zyro followed by a Volvo catastrophe and subsequent journey from hell back… well, it slipped our mind. Luckily, like the great eye of Sauron, road.cc never sleeps, even if it is a … Read more
One of the predictions we recently made for 2012 was continued growth in cyclocross sportives, and if you’re within striking distance of the M4 corridor there’s a great chance to try the format out next Sunday at Woodcote in the Chilterns, between Reading and Oxford.Woodcote first hosted a CX Sportive last year, and this time … Read more
Whew!! It’s been a very busy past few months. The Track Cycling World Championships are almost here now and preparations have been ramping up. I’m just back from my third training camp in the past 3 months and only have just over a week to go until I leave for Los Angeles and the final … Read more
Alejandro Valverde, back in the peloton after serving a two-year doping ban, proved the strongest rider today as the Santos Tour Down Under saw its first ever summit finish on Old Willunga Hill, but it’s the man he pipped to the line, Simon Gerrans of GreenEdge, who tonight wears the race leader’s jersey.Both riders are … Read more
TV presenter Tim Lovejoy has got his first taste of riding a road bike ahead of taking part in the charity Right To Play’s Liege to London ride next July, leaving the Belgian city the morning after the Tour de France starts there and arriving at London’s Olympic Park three days later.Lovejoy was co-presenter of … Read more
This week’s Tech Roundup comes courtesy of UK distributor Zyro’s Open House dealer show and stars high-end Spanish cycling kit from Etxeondo with a legendary racing heritage, super-light disc rotors – possibly for road use – from Ashima, patriotic Cateye computers, new shades from Tifosi and some clever lubes from Fenwicks.That’s just a fraction of … Read more
South Northamptonshire MP Andrea Leadsom’s ‘dangerous cycling’ private member’s bill missed receiving a second reading in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon. Although it was on the order paper, it was well down the list, and as it turned out only the Daylight Savings Bill was debated in the chamber. National Cyclists’ organsiation CTC told … Read more
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set a date of 7 February 2012 to hear the UCI’s appeal against the decision of the Russian cycling federation, the FVSR, not to ban former Katusha rider Alexander Kolobnev as a result of his positive test for hydrochlorothiazide during last July’s Tour de France.The 30-year-old was the … Read more
A former Granada TV presenter will this evening take to the stage of the Lowry Studio at Salford Quays to pitch his idea for a play, called Peloton, that is inspired by some of the legends of the Tour de France and his own participation in the Etape du Tour.The play has been written by … Read more
