The outward appearance won’t change very much from the white-with-a-hint-of-pink that’s sold well for them, it seems – our most recent reviewer of the Hybrid Comp Fi certainly liked it – but the Boardman women’s models will be getting a 2012 revamp this month, particularly on the top carbon model to bring it into line … Read more
Kenda is known as a budget brand, and the Kadence tyre is not expensive, but it does a jolly good job for the price. On picking up one of these tyres, the first thing I noticed was the low weight. The Kenda website claims 197g per tyre (the all-black version) and 205g (with colour hoops) … Read more
Pablo Lastras of Movistar says that it was his experience that helped him judge the right time to attack to allow him not only to win Stage 3 of the 2011 Vuelta in Totana today but also to take the race leader’s jersey from Leopard Trek’s Daniele Bennati.It’s the third Vuelta stage win of Lastras’ … Read more
Ibis has carried out what it’s calling refinements to the layup of the carbon-fibre Silk SL road frame to bring the weight down to 2.2lbs or, as we Europeans like to say, 1,000 grams which is neither a bad weight for a top-notch race frame nor a too shocking price for £1,549.99* including the matching … Read more
Following on from the success of Rapha’s first female specific products last year, the company have released a few more items into the wild one of which is the short sleeved Women’s Club Jersey. This is a quarter zip companion to the Women’s Classic Jersey, and comes with a few different new features, and without … Read more
I have important news directly from the cutting edge of cycle training. Based on extensive first-hand research I can reveal that sitting next to a swimming pool in southern Spain for ten days doing very little apart from swigging tequila and eating tapas makes it quite hard to cycle anywhere when you get back home. … Read more
Pablo Lastras of Movistar attacked three fellow breakaway riders on the day’s final climb to win Stage 3 of the 2011 Vuelta in Totana this afternoon, and also moves into the race leader’s red jersey. French champion Sylvain Chavanel of Quick Step was second, 17 seconds down, with Mark Irizar of RadioShack third. The peloton … Read more
We’ve reviewed kit before from women-focused clothing and accessory brand Ana Nichoola, but what you may not know is that when not designing items aimed at female riders, the brains behind the brand, Anna Glowinski, will more likely than not be riding her bike.Competing across a range of disciplines, Anna is just one of the … Read more
Alexandre Vinokourov is set to make a surprise return to racing in October’s Giro di Lombardia. It had been thought that the Kazakh had ridden his last professional race during last month’s Tour de France, when he crashed out on Stage 9, fracturing his femur.The rider had always planned to retire at the end of … Read more
Essex Police is to disband its dedicated bike squad in Southend just 18 months after it was set up as part of a sweeping overhaul of its operations designed to save £41 million over the next four years. The news follows the revelation that paramedics on bikes have been withdrawn from three cities in Yorkshire … Read more
