As a loyal Bianchi owner of 4 years now I look forward to their infrequent owners club updates. The emails are written in what we call at work “Italish”, a bizarre hybrid of the two languages.The owners club hasn’t really changed my life or my use of the bike. Maybe if owners got discount in … Read more
National newspaper The Guardian has ignited a debate by posing the question of whether ghost bikes, now employed around the world to mark the spot where a cyclist lost their life and acting as a memorial to them, may deter people from riding bikes by giving the impression that cycling is more dangerous than it … Read more
A lightweight windproof is an incredibly useful piece of cycling kit and the Vento from OneTen is a solid option.The Vento is made from polyamide (nylon) and it stops the wind stone dead. That means it’s handy pretty much all year round bar the height of summer. It takes up about half a jersey pocket … Read more
Fabio Carlino, the man jailed nearly three years ago for allegedly supplying the cocaine that killed Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion Marco Pantani, has had his sentence overturned by Italy’s highest court. The late cyclist’s mother, however, condemned today’s verdict as “a disgrace.”Pantani, who in 1998 became the last man to win both … Read more
The Pheos sits at the top of Alpina’s road range, a mixture of polycarbonate, EPS and carbon fibre. A weight of 248g is towards the lighter end of the market comparing it Giro’s Ionos at 304g so one for the weight weenies.The Pheos uses a similar setup as the Giro Ionos of carbon fibre sections … Read more
If you’re looking for an endurance challenge for the summer, then don’t constrain yourself to these fair shores. There’s plenty of interesting events not far away on the continent. There’s the Rad Am Ring, a 24-hour road/mtb event on the legendary Nürburgring, and a bit closer to home you can ape the chaps in their … Read more
Lupine make some of the most serious (and expensive) bike lights going and this Piko is the baby of the bunch. It comes in three flavours, Max (which we have here) Mini and Ultra.The Piko Max is a small torch style unit aimed squarely at the booming all-in-one market that the likes of Exposure have … Read more
Floyd Landis, the American cyclist who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title after failing a drugs test, has been convicted by a French court of hacking into the computer records of the laboratory that tested the sample in question.The 36-year-old, tried in his absence, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence. The state … Read more
A woman in Boulder, Colorado who found that her bicycle had been stolen while she was in a bar managed to recover it after arranging to meet the thief when she discovered that he had put it up for sale on the website, Craigslist.The woman, 25-year-old student Kathryn Lucas, discovered her Trek road bike had … Read more
With just over two months to go before the 2nd London Bike Show opens its doors at Excel in East London the exhibition has signed up more major brands according to the organisers.Big names like Trek, Shimano, Brompton, Crank Brothers and American Classic are already booked but according to VOS Media who run the show … Read more
