A little over a fortnight since we reported on ITO’s interactive map of road traffic casualties in Great Britain, the BBC has now produced its own set of graphics highlighting, among other things, the death toll on the country’s roads.As far as we can tell, the local maps the BBC has produced showing road traffic … Read more
The UCI WorldTour starts in Australia on January 18th with the Tour Down Under. The newswires meanwhile are buzzing with team presentations and intrigue over team kit all of which you’ll see covered in our news stories like these today on RadioShack Nissan and GreenEdge. What we won’t be forgetting though is the bikes and … Read more
A coroner’s inquest in Hull has heard how a teenage cyclist died from head injuries sustained when a deer jumped over a fence and into his path as he rode at an estimated speed of 40 miles an hour.As reported on road.cc at the time, Ben Madden, aged 15 and from Brough, died in Hull … Read more
The cyclist killed in a collision with a lorry in Bermondsey, South London, has been named as 22-year-old Eleanor Carey, known as Ellie.
Originally from Guernsey, she had completed an art foundation course at Kingston University in South West London, reports The Guernsey Press & Star.
GreenEdge Cycling has described as “historical” yesterday’s announcement that it has been granted a UCI WorldTour licence for 2012-13, making it the first Australian team to secure top-flight ProTeam status.Last year, another Australian venture looking to break into the sport’s elite, Pegasus Sports, missed out on securing a place among the sport’s top 18 teams … Read more
What do you want a bottom bracket to do?a) Spin smoothlyb) Carry on spinning smoothlyFSA’s BB-8000 has done both for me all year.The BB-8000, available in both BSA and Italian versions, comes with oversized cartridge bearings that sit in forged and then CNCed cups. The same BB is available with ceramic bearings too but that’s … Read more
World cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has today anounced that RadioShack Nissan, the team formed through the merger of the former RadioShack and Leopard Trek teams, and the new Australian outfit GreenEdge [full story on them tomorrow – ed], have both succeeded in obtaining ProTeam status for the 2012 season.With commendable foresight or unseemly haste, … Read more
You can’t beat a bit of day-glo for the darker months and Polaris RBS Hoolie gloves are an absolute bargain for general riding thanks to solid, weather resistant construction and effective gel padding. Some have suggested the Scotchlite detailing wasn’t generous enough and should extend to the fingertips. I have some sympathy with this argument … Read more
What the makers Condor describe as their entry-level ‘cross frame is still pretty luxurious by the standards of most of the breed; especially if it gets used as a winter training bike or urban commuter which are surely the purposes this Bivio-X will be mostly justified for, even if the owner does get to play … Read more
Cycle campaigners in South West London have hit out at “patently dangerous” traffic calming measures, which instead put cyclists at risk of death and serious injury and insist that there are serious deficiencies in safety audits carried out for Transport for London (TfL) which they claim play down the risks to which cyclists are exposed … Read more
