Cutting vehicle speeds, particularly at junctions, and improved road surfaces would be the single most effective measures to increase the safety of cyclists on Britain’s roads concludes a new report, Infrastructure and Cyclist Safety, commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT).The report which brings together all the existing data on cycliing infrastructure in the UK … Read more
For a roadie, getting invited to Campagnolo’s HQ in Vicenza, northern Italy, is a high point. It’s like getting to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. I mean, this isn’t any old bike company… this is Campagnolo. Actual Campagnolo. And we’re here. Walking around. Eyes wide. Looking at stuff… At Campagnolo.Allow me to get all misty … Read more
Road safety charity IAM has welcomed new investment in Britain’s motorway and A road network announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in his Autumn Statement this afternoon, but has said that priority needs to be given to repairing existing defects such as potholes that expose those on two wheels to a particularly high … Read more
The Lakeland based bike shop DC Cycles has spun off a new web-based venture based on the owners’ realisation that “women really aren’t very well served by bike shops.”DC Cycles in Ulverston owned by Charis Drysdale and her mechanic husband Dave has been open two years and focusing mainly on Dave’s workshop service and accessories. … Read more
Public transport operator First Group has joined forces with Yorkshire-based cycle training provider Pedal Ready to provide cycle awareness training to its drivers in Bradford and other towns and cities throughout the region.The initiative, which also sees stickers placed on buses to warn cyclists to take care while riding near them, forms part of the … Read more
The partner of a cyclist killed in London earlier this year is appealing for witnesses to come forward as she pursues a claim for compensation against the operators of the lorry involved to help pay for the care of their infant daughter.Peter McGreal, aged 44, died four days after he was hit by the lorry … Read more
British Cycling is urging the nation’s bike riders who are signed up to the social network Twitter to help back Mark Cavendish for BBC Sports Personality of the Year by using the hashtag #CAV4SPOTY in tweets mentioning him. Meanwhile a charity that represents women’s sport says it is “disappointed” that no women made the shortlist.Besides … Read more
Hamilton and Alonso, Mancini and Tevez, Kate Moss and pretty much any pretty popstar of the last decade. Great on their own, but a bit of a disaster together. That pretty much sums up On-One’s Pompetamine. Dropping Shimano’s hot new Alfine 11 speed hub into the classic Pompino singlespeed frame promises so much but ends … Read more
The Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme in London has won a European award for the bank that sponsors it.Barclays’ success at the European Sponsorship Awards, held in Amsterdam last week, came in the Business to Community category.In their citation, judges from awards organisers the European Sponsorship Association said: “The simplicity and effectiveness of the Barclays Cycle … Read more
Technology transfer: it’s big in sports these days. Look to Formula One for aerodynamic advice on your frame; sailing for your waterproof fabrics and such. Golf would never have something to offer, though, would it? Well, apparently so. Hirzl, who make both these full-finger Gripp Tour FF riding gloves, and a mitt-style version too. And, … Read more
