Britain’s first Cycle City is to host the nation’s first Handmade and Boutique Bicycle Show, reports Bikebiz. Bristol will be the destination for independent bike makers as well as small-scale makers of premium products, components, clothing and bike accessories exhibiting their wares.Bespoked Bristol will take place from Thursday April 28 to Sunday May 1 next … Read more
One of the biggest projects planned by Sustrans using money from the Big Lottery Fund has moved a step closer to reality after Bristol City Council’s Planning Committee gave the go-ahead to a new cycle path running through the city’s Ashton Court Estate.The route forms part of the Bristol-based sustainable transport charity’s £2.3 million Festival … Read more
Residents on a street on the route of one of Boris Johnson’s Cycle Superhighways have threatened to take Transport for London (TfL) to court if the facility is not moved, claiming that the road is not wide enough for it, creating a “recipe for disaster.”According to the Evening Standard, some 500 people living on the … Read more
Team Sky has announced its two latest signings, both from Cervélo TestTeam, and they’re two cyclists very much at opposite ends of their career – the 21-year-old Italian, Davide Apollonio, who has just completed his first season as a pro, and Britain’s own Jeremy Hunt, who has 15 years in the pro peloton under his … Read more
Kraftstoff, our favourite Austrians come good again with another Eurobike fave (we probably should have played this one before the first one but hey ho) anyway, the Edlebock was one of our stars of the show even though most of us only spotted it on the last day – the exception being the eagle-eyed Shaun … Read more
The lines on the road clearly indicate a cycle lane, the signs a few yards away mean cycling is forbidden. So it’s no wonder a Cambridge cyclist contacted the Cambridge News to inform them about the confusing signage that has been put in place at the £26 million Addenbrooke’s Hospital access road, which has just … Read more
The cycling world has given its verdict on the route of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, whose route was launched on Saturday amid the baroque splendour of Turin’s Teatro Carignano, a suitably historic and theatrical setting for the unveiling of what promises to be a dramatic race that also celebrates 150 years of Italian unification.The 3,496 … Read more
These little Backupz LEDs are brilliant if you are riding through town after the sun has disappeared. They are tiny, each the size of a key fob so you can easily stuff them safe in your pocket when you are nipping in to the to the pub for a refreshment break on your way back … Read more
A well-intentioned attempt to get more commuters from the London borough of Hammersmith cycling to work has been branded a flop after just one rider showed up. The Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle reports that for the first in a series of guided rides on June 30, set up by Transport for London to encourage more … Read more
Rupert Parson, a 37-year-old Technology Specialist, from Balham, South London, has been identified as the millionth rider of the Barclays Cycle Hire.We’re a trusting bunch here at road.cc, so while some might suggest that the millionth journey on a Boris bike was undertaken by a suspiciously media-friendly individual, we’ll just stick to the script offered … Read more
