These Proviz Winter Cycling Gloves are an absolute steal and perfect for most types of road riding thanks to a combination of clever design, keen pricing and good quality materials. Like others at this end of the market, there’s some trade-off in terms of water-repellency but they’re genuinely wind-proof and remain toasty-even fully saturated or … Read more
Scotland’s Transport Minister, Keith Brown, is urging his fellow Scots to leave the car at home and embrace alternatives such as cycling, walking and public transport in the New Year.The SNP politician, who represents Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, made the call in his New Year Message, published on the Scottish Government website.However, Mr Brown has been … Read more
Leaving aside the electrically-driven gears from two manufacturers now that we wrote about in part 1 of our 2011 roundup, the manufacturers at Eurobike – always our Tech News highlight of the year – were keen in areas other than showing off who had the cheapest Shimano Ultegra Di2 bike.As our extensive coverage from Germany … Read more
The widow of former 100-mile national time trial champion and Great Britain cyclist Ray Eden has said she is “disgusted” at the people who took items left at her husband’s grave before Christmas.Eden died on March 18 this year three days after sustaining head injuries after trying to intervene in a row between a couple … Read more
The Altura Pocket Rocket is the lightest, least frills waterproof jacket in the Altura range. It packs away really small, weighs next to nothing (110 grams for size medium – without stuff sack – 128g with) and is – surprisingly – actually waterproof.Features include a (non-waterproof) full-length zip, a full-length stormflap, some reflective trim and … Read more
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Greater London Assembly, has called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to relax rules that require authorisation from the Secretary of State for Transport before ‘Trixi mirrors’ can be installed at junctions.Describing the current regulations as “daft,” Ms Pidgeon, quoted on MSN, says: “After so many … Read more
On the day that Spanish team Movistar announced Juan Jose Cobo the winner of the 2011 Vuelta a España has signed a two-year contact following the demise of the Geox setup, component makers Rotor have launched a special batch of their 3D cranks in not just the usual red anodised finish but with a laser-etched … Read more
Just a fortnight after Flying Scotsman Graeme Obree revealed plans to attempt to break the world human powered vehicle speed record, a competing bid has been launched by Dutch former speed skater Jan Bos – raising the prospect of a battle similar to that involving Obree and Chris Boardman, among others, for the Hour record … Read more
So, I have a Wattbike to train on for the next three months. Cool. Now I just need to get down to some hard work in the saddle.Do you know much about the Wattbike? The clues are in the name, really. It’s a static bike that accurately measures your power output. Those are the essentials. … Read more
There’s less than three weeks to go until the Tour Down Under gets the 2012 pro cycling season under way, but it will have to be some year to top the season just gone, which was filled with drama and thrilling racing from the start.Sifting through the year’s races to produce a top ten was … Read more
