A teenage driver who admitted causing the death of former British Cycling employee Rob Jefferies through careless driving has been given a 12-month community service by magistrates in Weymouth and ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.Student Lee Cahill, aged 18 and from Wareham, was also banned from driving for 18 months and … Read more
We posted the other day about Brompton’s Limited Edition ‘London’ model launched in honour of the London Bike Show going on as you read this – and there are more pictures of the Vic Lee artwork featured on the frame, bag and free print in our gallery here – but the news that will be … Read more
Well, there’s a whole lot of you out there who wouldn’t turn your nose up at a £1k set of wheels. Who knew? Over two and half thousand of you stuck your names in the hat, making this our second biggest schwag grab ever; the only one bigger being a very shiny Giant TCR…It took … Read more
IG Markets, sponsor of Team Sky and a partner of the Tour of Britain, including sponsoring the leader’s jersey, is inviting cycling fans to get involved and decide upon the status of some races in its Pro Cycling Index, launched last year.Currently, it is running a poll on Facebook to determine whether two of the … Read more
We’re surprised it hasn’t happened before, but now it has: UK light supremos Exposure have been working on a dynamo-powered system and they’re showing the prototype at the London Bike Show at ExCel this weekend.Obviously Exposure have a long and illustrious history of creating very good battery-powered bike lights; we’ve recently reviewed the Diablo, Joystick … Read more
The Etape Cymru is back for 2012, with this year’s edition taking place on Sunday 9 September, and what’s more, new owners with experience of large-scale closed road events who have promised to avoid mistakes made last year that saw the event attract stinging criticism from some participants.New organiser Participate Sport’s chief executive, Nick Rusling, … Read more
Northwave’s Blade bibs are good-quality Super Roubaix tights with enough warmth for most winter conditions and a decent Elastic Interface pad to keep you comfy.The fabric is Super Roubaix (polyamide/elastane) throughout apart from a mesh section over your upper back. Chances are that you’ve used Super Roubaix before: it’s brush-backed fleecy stuff and mega-stretchy both … Read more
World cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has roundly condemned this week’s leak of information regarding events said to have taking place at the hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in November in the Alberto Contador case, and said none of its staff was responsible.In a report published by media worldwide on Wednesday, … Read more
Pillars of the cycling community Dawes Cycles have launched a range for the recession with ample numbers of sensible urban bikes for less than £500 and the shop owners at the launch we went to in Bristol agreeing they look great for the money. Despite holding their prices, a couple of the pricier flagship models … Read more
The new charity Cycle a Difference – Save a Baby is using the platform of the London Bike Show going on now and over the weekend to kick off raising money and awareness for their work in Vietnam to save newborn babies from the effects of disease or just lack of “the medical care that … Read more
