A cyclist from Epsom who suffered six broken ribs in a hit and run incident earlier this month is appealing for help in tracing the driver of the car involved, which is believed to be a black Ford Focus.Craig Hughes, aged 24, was thrown from his bike when he was struck by the car as … Read more
Oscar Freire has claimed the first victory of what he insists will be his final season on the road, and his maiden win in Katusha’s colours, by taking Stage 4 of the Santos Tour Down Under in Tanunda. With the peloton splitting on the climb of Menglers Hill, race leader André Greipel of Lotto-Belisol was … Read more
Carrera’s Gryphon is the kind of bike that sells in big numbers in the UK, and for good reason. It’s a well-balanced urban machine that’s sensibly built and very well specced for the price. £370 isn’t pocket money but it’s very affordable. This bike would cost you around £20 a month on a Cycle to … Read more
UK-based pharmaceutical business GlaxoSmithKline GSK) has today been named Laboratory Services Provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, teaming up with staff from King’s College London (KCL) to analyse some 6,250 samples this summer.Competitors tested will include all medallists, with others chosen at random, with testing carried out at a World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited … Read more
Ta-dah! Here it is, folks – the new P5 time trial bike from Cervélo which the Canadian brand reckons is the most aerodynamically advanced in the world.According to Cervélo founder Phil White at the bike’s launch in Fuerteventura, the P5 features a completely new way of managing airflow and, compared to the P4 and everything … Read more
Folding bikes are always a compromise between the folded package and the ride characteristics. It’s not a straight line correlation but the basic rule is that the bigger-wheeled bikes are easier to get on with on the road, but not as easy to hoik onto a train. They don’t get bigger wheeled than the Montague: … Read more
Magura have launched their new RT8 TT hydraulic rim brake on Cervélo’s P5, denting the cable brake monopoly on Tarmac-ridden performance bikes. Could this be a shape of things to come?The new brake will be specced as original equipment exclusively by Cervélo for the next few months before other manufacturers have the option of including … Read more
The Metropolitan Police is reportedly refunding fines paid by cyclists after they were given fixed penalty notices (FPNs) in error as part of an operation against people riding their bikes, quite legally, through an area of Bloomsbury last month. Those who have been issued FPNs but not yet paid fines have been told they may … Read more
It’s a sign of the times, but I suspect that most people’s new years’ resolutions will include a promise to do more exercise. For cyclists, this usually entails more hours spent in the saddle which is easier said than done given the typical January weather these islands see. Step in the Louis Garneau Gemini bib … Read more
New figures released by Transport for London (TfL) suggest that three in four members of the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme have started to cycle in London because of it, and that the scheme is encouraging people to cycle more on their own bikes, and to spend money on cycling equipment. The news coincides, however, with … Read more
