The legality of a controversial British Olympic Association (BOA) rule prohibiting athletes who have been banned for doping to be selected for Great Britain at the Olympic Games is to be decided at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a case brought by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA). A decision in favour of … Read more
Halfords are wheeling out the venerable Viking ‘racing since 1908’ brand name on a sub-£200 fixie called Racemaster.The look is classic with white contrast panels against a sky-blue painted steel frame. Fixie purists will be offended by brake cable braze-ons to the top top tube but it comes with a pair of sidepulls anyway and … Read more
Look at the spec and Madison’s Prime waterproof jacket looks like just another decent quality entry-level technical model to add to the pile. Look at the jacket though and you’ve got a really versatile jacket that doesn’t, as the blurb puts it, “scream cyclist” and is ideal for round-town duties and other outdoor activities too.The … Read more
‘World’s biggest bike makers’ Giant from Taiwan have rolled out a new service called ‘Click & Collect’ which enables customers to browse for their perfect bike online and then collect it perfectly set up from their preferred Giant dealership.The system for now is available for the UK mainland and Northern Ireland but Giant apparently have … Read more
BBC TV presenter Matt Baker arrived in Peterborough at around 10.30pm this evening, leaving him with two more days in the saddle in his Children In Need Rickshaw Challenge from London to Edinburgh. So far, the former Blue Peter host, who now works on The One Show, has raised nearly two thirds of a million … Read more
Online bike retailer Wiggle has launched a mobile version of their award-winning website. They’re saying today on launch that “it has almost all of the same features which has made the main site so popular around the world.”The new version of the site that automatically detects when it’s being accessed by a smartphone allows users … Read more
Silva calls the Velo ‘a perfect product for the advanced commuter’ and that’s as good a description as any of the light’s strengths. The Velo’s three-LED head is very similar to Silva’s Minox head torch – the Swedish company has years of experience with head torches and is seeking to use that knowledge to break … Read more
Mark Cavendish’s quest to win the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games in the road race on Saturday starts next week when he starts his training for the coming season. Speaking at yesterday’s launch of the Right To Play 2012 Bike Ride at the Specialized Concept Store in London’s Covent Garden, the … Read more
The Northwave Evolution SBS is a high-end shoe from the Italian cobblers in Treviso and the racing slipper of choice for the likes of Cancellara, Greipel, Gilbert, Hincapie and the Schleck brothers, so lord knows what I’m doing with them.As you’d expect from a top clog Northwave have shoehorned a whole boxful of features into … Read more
Cyclists heading to the Olympic Park during next summer’s Games will be “deliberately directed” away from Bow Roundabout a Transport for London (TfL) official said yesterday he also said that any design changes to the roundabout or the road layout recommended following the deaths of two cyclists there in the last 3 weeks would be … Read more
