A sell out crowd at this weekend’s Revolution track meet at the Manchester Velodrome saw road world champion Mark Cavendish storm to a win in the scratch race they also witnessed another storming performance from Team UK Youth who took the overall win on the night and to lead the overall Revolution Championship.Revolution 34, yes … Read more
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has ordered an immediate review of all junctions on the capital’s Barclays Cycle Superhighways following the deaths of two cyclists at the Bow roundabout in recent weeks. London Cycling Campaign (LCC) however insists that the Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) are already aware of what needs to be done … Read more
Elite Ozone Endurance Protect Cream is a chamois cream which does its job well, although you’d hope so, sitting as it does at the top end of the price scale. The thick consistency and added menthol help bolster the cream’s status as a premium product. If your derrire deserves only the best, Ozone is probably … Read more
Anatomically there’s no hugely influential reason for female specific armwarmers, but aesthetically it’s nice to be thought of. The rather cheekily named Her Pleasure Armwarmers neatly address a similar niche in the market to the likes of Sugoi with their decorative armwarmer offering, highly functional kit but with a funky twist.The Her Pleasures aren’t just … Read more
The Avon and Somerset Police and Cycling City have made a series of short films featuring NYC “supreme expert” Hal Ruzal offering advice on locking your bike as well as safety and maintenance tips.The boundlessly enthusiastic Hal Ruzal rides his bike 10,000 miles per year so reckons in his 30 year cycling career has ridden … Read more
In one of the most compelling applications of data visualization we’ve yet seen, a data mapping firm has used police data to produce a map of road traffic casualties in Great Britain between 2000 and 2010, broken down by class of user, age and severity of incident. The interactive map is embedded at the bottom … Read more
While we were out in Vicenza having a go on the new EPS groupset we also had the opportunity to talk to Flavio Cracco, the engineer who’s been at the helm of the project. And we got him to show us round the nuts and bolts of the electronic drivetrain. So if you want to … Read more
Matt Baker’s BBC Children In Need Rickshaw Challenge from Edinburgh to London has come to an end this evening, with the TV presenter raising an incredible £1,263,272 to get the annual charity appeal off to a flying start.Matt, getting a no doubt welcome massage from Pudsey Bear as he spoke about his adventure with fellow … Read more
Brighton based clothing makers Morvelo have launched their Autumn/Winter clothing range through the medium of film.As they put it, “Forget models pouting to the camera, looking moodily off into the distance. They wanted a race.”The vid features local riders Phil Moore and Gareth Jones in their own cyclo-cross event; across town to a sprint finish … Read more
Transport for London ignored recommendations that Bow roundabout needed to be made safer for cyclists by experts it commissioned over a year before two cyclists were killed there it has been revealed by the London Cycling Campaign (LCC). The LCC is now demanding to know why TfL and the Mayor ignored their own experts’ findings?LCC … Read more
