Just six weeks after its launch, London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has achieved half of the £20,000 fundraising target it set itself under its ‘No more lethal lorries campaign,’ but the organisation is calling on more donations to help it combat the threat posed to cyclists by trucks on the capital’s streets.The initiative was launched in … Read more
For some riders, it may be getting too late in the year to think about exposed legs, but if you’re still road-racing, or getting ready for ‘cross, it’s worth having a look at the new Pace Roubaix bib-shorts from dhb.Replacing the model known as the Earnley, the Pace Roubaix bib-shorts boast a new cut and … Read more
Click read more to go into this post and then use the embedded player to listen to episode two of the podcast… now named “The CycleCast”. Thanks to Dave and Tony for letting me promote the podcast through the site… hope to get one of them on the show maybe in due course !! Enjoy.
I spotted this on the Affinity bikes website, supposedly this collaboration with fancy fashion designer Ralf Lauren has been ‘under wraps’ for a while now. As far as I can make out to my untrained eye balls, the global fashion house has chosen some frame colours and picked out some components that were ‘hip’ a couple … Read more
Kirk to Bridge… Err, perhaps I’ve been watching too many episodes of Star Trek but One23’s rear led is strangely reminiscent of the US Enterprise with a quaint profile and adjustable bracket but performance outstrips many twice the price. Simple, weatherproof and remarkably solid construction and with batteries available on pretty much every street corner … Read more
A disabled people’s advocacy group says it is “outraged” that an experimental order allowing cycling in Woking town centre has been made permanent, but insists that it is supportive of most of the work carried out by Cycle Woking.The Surrey community is one of Cycling England’s Cycling Towns and as such received a grant of … Read more
Purveyors of high-quality cycling clobber Shutt Velo Rapide have been offering free postage on all orders throughout October, which means you have precisely until the end of the weekend to take advantage. Shutt’s new Winter Bib Tights, for example, made from a fleecy Roubaix fabric with a water repellent outer, are £59. And with free … Read more
Colnago’s all new C59 range-topping super bike certainly turned a few heads at Eurobike. Hand made and hand painted in Italy, this is Italian top end carbon at its finest and something of a statement of intent from Mr C – there’s none of your BB30 bottom bracket shenanigans going on here, and Colnago continues … Read more
There’s no news yet of when London’s Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme will be fully rolled out to allow non-members of the scheme, residents and visitors alike, to use its distinctive navy blue bikes, but one enterprising hotel has got around the issue by purchasing multiple memberships on behalf of its guests.Since last month, tourists and … Read more
A Pinarello FP1 was literally up for grabs as part of a promotional stunt for the launch of Lord Alan Sugar’s autobiography this week.Thousands of fake bank notes for the “Bank of Sugar” were attached to a hoarding in Golden Square near Regent Street, central London and passers-by were encouraged to grab them.But hidden amongst … Read more
