You know those Flandria name decals we featured in the urbane gifts for urban cyclists roundup? Well, the nice man at Flandria made us some special road.cc ones. The whole road.cc wouldn’t fit in the flag space so we just went with the ‘r’ on a nice blue background. We think they look ace, and … Read more
Mark Cavendish has followed in the tracks of some of the biggest names in British cycling, as well as a number of less heralded and nowadays almost forgotten ones, in being named the 2011 winner of the Bidlake Memorial Plaque.Graham Thompson, Secretary and Treasurer of the FT Bidlake Memorial Trust said “In a year when … Read more
‘High performance aluminium is back’ say the folks at Canondale and after riding the CAAD10, I’d be inclined to agree. Canondale are experts at the aluminium road bike, producing favourites among those looking for a capable race machine without the price tag of a top-level carbon option. The CAAD 10 is the latest incarnation, available … Read more
Cycling campaigners, road safety groups and two high-profile London bloggers will unite next Tuesday evening at King’s Cross to send out a vital Christmas message to Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London, asking, “Why are Londoners at least twice as likely to die in a bike crash as the Dutch?”The vigil, which also calls … Read more
Scott’s Helium Plus is a very good jacket for the cold weather, offering windproof insulation and water resistance in an athletic cut.The Helium Plus is made mostly of a soft Windstopper material from technical fabric-specialists Gore. It justifies its name by preventing cold air getting through while the inner face is Superroubaix soft, fleecy, deep … Read more
Tour de France organisers ASO have confirmed further details of the opening week of the 100th edition of the Grand Boucle, taking place in 2013, when the race will resume on the French mainland with a team time trial in and around Nice following its first ever visit to Corsica.That team time trial will take … Read more
Dorset Police are urgently trying to trace a hit-and-run motorist who failed to stop after hitting a cyclist and throwing him 10 metres through the air, leading to him suffering injuries including two fractured vertebrae.The Bournemouth Echo reports that the incident that left father-of-three Justin Graham in Poole Hospital for four days happened at around … Read more
Patients at a hospital in Dorset who are suffering from problems related to their joints are being prescribed cycling as a way of heading off the onset of conditions such as arthritis and reducing the need for hip replacement operations.According to Rob Middleton, consultant and orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, cycling on a … Read more
Freedom is the road brand of WTB. They describe the Racine saddle, which is similar to the WTB Rocket V Race, as a ‘lightweight racing model’. Weight is pretty good for a chrome-moly railed saddle, but the price and ride feel suggest that this is an entry-level sports saddle for generic riding duties rather than … Read more
A youth court in Mold, Flintshire, North Wales has fined a 15-year-old male cyclist £100 for dangerous cycling and ordered him to pay £200 compensation to a 56-year-old woman who was left unconscious after he crashed into her while riding a BMX bike which had no brakes.The incident happened in July near Carewys this year … Read more
