Coming in at 297mm long the Lezyne Road Drive isn’t really a mini-pump, it’s hard to be truly mini when you’re A4 length, but it’s too small for a frame-fit pump, yet it comes with it’s own alloy bottle-cage mounting bracket so it must be some strange breed of mini-pump then, a midi-pump maybe.Like the … Read more
In an odd reversal of the more familiar not-in-my-backyard style wrangling that often besets local politics, a tug-of-war is underway in Crawley, West Sussex over the location of a new BMX track The Crawley News reports that Labour councillors are claiming that Conservative Lenny Walker, Crawley Borough Council’s cabinet member for leisure and culture, is … Read more
Parts and accessories manufacturer BBB were showing off their vast range at the Cycle Show in London, including many interesting new designs for 2011. Here’s our pick of the crop…BBB – it stands for Bikeparts for Bikers by Bikers, dontcha know – are introducing two new road helmets. The posher one is the Griffon (€79.95 … Read more
The question of how the rollout of hundreds of docking stations, thousands of hire bikes and miles of cycle superhighways is progressing is being addressed by the London Assembly’s Transport Committee. The Committee is attempting to determine the extent to which these new initiatives are getting more Londoners cycling and you can help answer that … Read more
Moon’s Gem 3.0 is intended as a get you home safely back up rear light or the sort of thing you might take along to the summer race meet. Light, discrete and boasting cutting edge design, but most importantly of all delivering as a reliable and very convenient extra light attached to luggage and clothing. … Read more
The family and friends of a woman who was crushed beneath the wheels of a tipper truck and subsequently died have expressed their dismay at the level of punishment handed down by the judicial system in cyclist death cases.Television producer Eilidh Cairns was just 30 when struck by the vehicle while cycling to work through … Read more
David Millar powered his way to victory in the Commonwealth Games Time Trial in Delhi today, claiming Scotland’s first ever gold medal on the road with a time of 47:18:66 and adding to the bronze medal he picked up in Sunday’s road race.The Garmin-Transitions rider was the last man out on the 40km, pan flat … Read more
Team Sky’s team principal Dave Brailsford has denied reports that former World Time Trial Champion Michael Rogers has signed from HTC-Columbia, carried by newspapers including the Sydney Morning Herald.The Australian newspaper had said that 30-year-old, who last year won the Tour of California and the Vuelta a Andalucia, was expected to join Team Sky to … Read more
Police in Cambridge issued ten fixed penalty notices last week in a crackdown against cyclists riding the wrong way up a one-way street last Thursday, but were unaware that further up the street, a woman was warning other bike riders of the operation.According to the website Cambridge News, police say that they would have arrested … Read more
If you’re after a lightweight clincher that really zings along the road, Schwalbe’s Ultremo does the business – it’s been one of our favourite race tyres for a while now.Our R.1 pair (that’s R for race, by the way) hit the road.cc scales at just 188g apiece – slightly higher than the manufacturer’s claimed 180g, … Read more
