Wing-mirrors, it seems, are considered high-value items in the Cambridge area.Earlier this week we told you about an appalling incident in which a cyclist was kicked unconscious after clipping a car mirror in the city and now another such minor collision has led to violence just a few miles away.The Cambridge News reports that a … Read more
Well, tiffin – or more appropriately in keeping with the theme, a cafe au lait – has been taken and the random number generator coaxed off the picket line outside a French fuel depot, and the winner is Damien Worrell, who said “Je veux un! pretty please!”, and he’ll soon get to practice his French … Read more
The prospect of a new walking and cycling route in Harrogate has moved a step closer, as the date for the public inquiry into the Bilton to Ripley bridleway has now been set for February 16 next year. The inquiry will allow a planning inspector to decide whether the proposed new bridleway should be built or … Read more
Liquigas-Doimo rider Franco Pellizotti has been exonerated of manipulating his biological passport by the Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping (TNA), the national anti-doping tribunal CONI, the Italian Olympic committee.Pellizotti, third in the 2009 Giro d’Italia – he was subsequently elevated to second after Danilo di Luca failed a drugs test – was suspended days before this year’s … Read more
No doubt about it, the Supernova Airstream is a classy looking light with a great beam pattern for road riding. The mount has its upsides and downsides, and side illumination isn’t the best, but the overall impression is of a light that’s superbly made and very useful. You pay for that quality though.German outfit Supernova … Read more
Two pallets of Campagnolo clothing have been stolen from the back of a lorry en route to Jim Walker & Co, Campag’s exclusive clothing distributor in the UK. The clothing consignment was stolen earlier this week and includes T.G System gloves and knee warmers, Raytech gloves and jackets and Racing pants and bib tights.If a … Read more
Deaths and serious injuries at speed camera locations in Scotland have reduced by 56% compared to the period before their installation. That is perhaps the most striking finding contained within statistics just released by the Scottish Government. An official statistics bulletin published by the administration looks at the statistics relating to Scotland’s speed camera programme … Read more
Well we had a tremendous response to this rather special schwag grab, not surprisingly, and we now know where you all live (well, 1,100 of you anyway) which will help us in the long run to make the site more useful for everyone. More on that later. There can only be one winner though, so … Read more
Regular viewers will have seen us get a quick grope at the Cotic >X< at the Cycle Show a short while ago, and now we’ve got one to play in the dirt with. Hooray.First thoughts out the box are that it’s a real looker, in its alternative colour to the “Correct For ‘Cross” orange one … Read more
While last weekend saw Philippe Gilbert win the last big race of the 2010 season, the Giro di Lombardia, the cycling year is never quite over until the route of the following July’s Tour de France has been announced. Together with some of the sport’s biggest stars and the massed ranks of the press we … Read more
