Rein Taaramae of Cofidisthis afternoon clinched the French team’s second stage win of this year’s Vuelta on the summit of La Farrapona, but the real drama was unfolding behind as Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome again blew the GC group apart, just as they had done on the climb up to La Covatilla … Read more
Ever wished you could put a suspension seatpost on your road bike without looking like a complete idiot? Well, now you can thanks to Canyon. We’ve not seen many things at the show that have really impressed us in terms of innovation, but the Canyon VCLS flat spring seatpost is brilliantly simple and we really, … Read more
We’re out of Eurobike in a few hours so we’re on a mission to sling as many pics of 2012 bikes your way before we go. So, here we go with some more road bike filth…Ridley are shouting loudly about what they’re calling their Fast Concept which is essentially a name for some of their … Read more
These TLO bars from Schmolke must be some of the lightest handlebars available weighing between 130 – 150 grams*, they are also gold… well, gold plated. Lucky really because If they were solid gold we’d be talking around five and a half grand just for the gold, they’d probably be a bit flexy too. Mind you … Read more
Wilier announced earlier in the year that they are launching a new high-end TT bike called the Twin Foil – pro team Lampre have been using it over the past few months and we’ve had the chance to have a good look at Eurobike.The biggest difference from normal is the front end – more specifically, … Read more
Michael Albasini of HTC-Highroad, winner of Stage 13 of the 2011 Vuelta in Ponferrada this afternoon, says that its team will continue to fight for victories ahead of it being dissolved at the end of this season. There’s been no news as yet of who the 30-year-old will be riding for next season, but if … Read more
Michael Albasini of HTC-Highroad outsprinted his fellow members of a big breakaway group to win Stage 13 of the 2011 Vuelta in Ponferrada this afteroon. Eros Cappecchi of Liquigas Cannondale finished second, with Daniel Moreno of Katusha third. Team Sky’s Bradley WIggins retains the race lead, coming home in the group containing the main GC … Read more
Remember the Cinelli Laser from the 1990s? Course you do. Those fillet brazed tubes with aerodynamic filled sections. That seat tube that wrapped around the wheel. As a track bike it was a top performer for many years, and it was made in various incarnations as a road machine too. There were versions without seat … Read more
When we need a bit of a bike porn pick-me-up on the Friday after the road.cc party, we generally head over to the German Carbon Group stand. Those three words are a cast-iron guarantee of some very trick, very light and very expensive bikes.First up is the Schmolke Namur Sub 6. Schmolke make some pretty … Read more
Pashley are making a splash at this year’s Eurobike with the prototype of their new super-high end all steel Sprinter race bike, the Stratford on Avon company is also reviving the GB component brand and the new sprinter features GB bars, stem and seatpost.Made from Columbus XCR tubing built up using hand made lugs with … Read more
