Cyclists in the South of England, Yorkshire and Merseyside appear to be benefiting most from efforts by rail operators and others to make it easier for people to combine bike and train journeys. That’s the message from yesterday’s National Cycle Rail Awards 2011, held in the august surroundings of the Members’ Dining Room of the … Read more
Altura Shield Waterproof gloves are ideal for training, touring, commuting and cross country mountain biking thanks to hardy weatherproof construction, comprehensive detailing and competitive pricing. However, gel padding designed to protect the Ulnar nerve area induced precisely the tingling it was supposed to alleviate – for me anyway.The shell is made from a clever multi … Read more
It already seems like a milestone of the passing year’s parcours but the Prendas Ciclismo “Les Mémoires du Peloton” calendar is only three years old with this new edition coming.The 2012 version goes on sale on the Prendas Ciclismo website November 21st and once again it features the work of Bristol’s PhotoSport International photo agency, … Read more
A gallery in Seoul, Korea is showing the work of Yeong-Deok Seo; an artist who represents the human body in bicycle chain.Yeong-Deok Seo graduated from the department of Environmental Sculpture at the University of Seoul in 2010 but has already exhibited all over South Korea’s capital since 2008 when he won the Grand Prize at … Read more
Mystery surrounds the omission of RadioShack-Nissan and Vacansoleil-DCM from the list of teams, published yesterday, that have been awarded UCI ProTeam licences for the 2012 season. The pair are the only two teams holding existing ProTeam licences that have been referred to the UCI’s licence commission.A short paragraph towards the end of the UCI statement … Read more
Stratford Town Hall is the place to be this evening (Thursday) for anyone interested in what sort of cycling legacy will be left behind in the Olympic Park once all the 2012 hoopla is over. Tomorrow evening between 6.30 and 8.30 The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) will be presenting its plans for road and … Read more
As cyclists we all know that mobile-phone-using drivers are a dangerous nuisance, and here’s the proof. UAE newspaper The National reports that during the recent outage in the Blackberry network, which affected email, internet and messaging services for users of the popular smartphone, accidents fell by 20% in Dubai and 40% in Abu Dhabi.The drop … Read more
We first tested these tights a year ago – in November 2010 – so we thought we’d update our review to cover how we’ve got on with using them since then. Well I say “we”, what I mean is “I”… you can take team bonding too far y’know. The price for this winter, 2011-12, remains the … Read more
A North London doctor who stopped during her commute home from work to treat a motorcyclist who had been thrown from his bike has spoken of how her own bicycle was stolen by an opportunist thief.The incident happened at the Archway end of Holloway Road during last Friday’s evening rush hour as Jennifer Perry, aged … Read more
If, like the vast majority of us, you missed out on tickets for the track cycling events at London 2012, later this month you have one last opportunity to get a seat in the velodrome to see some of the world’s top cyclists in action with tickets going on sale at 10am sharp on Thursday … Read more
