Team Sky has confirmed its line-up for the Vuelta, which starts this Saturday with a team time trial in Benidorm. Bradley Wiggins, forced out of last month’s Tour de France with a broken collarbone, has recovered and will lead the British ProTeam outfit in the Spanish Grand Tour, the first time he has raced it.Joining … Read more
Street trials ace Danny MacAskill is back with a new video, shot as part of the Concrete Circus programme shown on Channel 4 yesterday evening which showcased urban sport such as parkour, also known as free running.The Scot shot to fame in 2009 with a YouTube video shot in Edinburgh by his friend Dave Sowerby, … Read more
A Norfolk motorist has been banned from driving for a year after police caught him using not one, but two mobile phones while driving his car.According to BBC News, 34-year-old David Secker was observed talking on one phone while apparently texting on another.Norwich resident Secker, who is unemployed, was also convicted of driving without insurance, … Read more
Its a bizarre question to ask at a time when social unrest and thieving are dominating the news wires and headlines.I was, like many others, quietly surfing through internet cycling forums when I saw the various threads kicking off about a pricing error at Oakley’s custom website.I am not even sure why, but I was … Read more
The rainbow jersey will be worn on Britain’s road’s next month, with Garmin-Cervelo naming Thor Hushovd in its squad for the Tour of Britain, which takes place from 11 to 18 September, finishing just one week before the Norwegian is due to defend his world championship title in Copenhagen.Since Italy’s Gianni Bugno retained his title … Read more
The 2011/12 Revolution Series will take place at the National Cycling Centre on October 29, November 19, January 7 and January 28.The series will see the return of the Revolution Championship with eight teams competing for points in a league format. Last season Maxgear took the title just ahead of Team Sky. Both will feature … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) has said it will draw lessons from Sunday’s Olympic road race test event, the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, after road closures led to traffic chaos in the capital. However, police and council leaders in Surrey have hailed the success of the event, which they said passed off without incident when it hit … Read more
Gipiemme is an Italian manufacturer with a venerable history and a wide range of wheels, including these Tecno 032s. They’re straightforward in appearance, with standard section 19mm clincher rims, small-flange hubs, and elbow spokes rather than straight-pull. Construction is also standard: hubs and rims are aluminium, while spokes are stainless steel. The freewheel splines are … Read more
World’s-largest-bike-maker Giant from Taiwan has entered the upgrade road wheel market with four models to cover most road cyclists’ requirements from fast commuting and training to high-performance sport. They are doing things their way too with three tubeless capable models and all the rims being 21mm wide.Giant are making a big thing of the 21mm … Read more
Wales is struggling in its bid to get more people to walk and cycle according to statistics released by the Welsh government in an interim bulletin about its Walking & Cycling Action Plan for Wales 2009 – 2013. The Principality has communities which suffer from some of the highest levels of obesity and ill-health in … Read more
