It has emerged that Mark Cavendish, competing for the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games in next Sunday’s road race, turned down an offer from his HTC-Columbia team to put him up in a five-star hotel in Delhi, instead opting to stay with his team mates in the much-criticised athletes’ village.A number of high-profile … Read more
The East Yorkshire town of Beverley is already counting the windfall – an estimated £500,000 according to the East Riding Mail – from a fourth consecutive visit by the British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships.The Mail got the scoop of the town’s selection for a record fourth time from the event’s media chief, Michael Boyle. … Read more
DHB have completely overhauled their clothing range for winter 2011, essentially going back and designing a whole line-up of new products that includes several superfine merino wool base layers.We’ve been riding in the Merino Zip Neck Long Sleeve Baselayer in DHB’s M_190 fabric. M_190? It means it’s a 190g-weight fabric, as opposed to the M_150 … Read more
Normally we don’t report on provincial Canadian politics. In fact we have never before reported on provincial Canadian politics, but there’s a first time for everything, right? We’ve always thought Canadians were up there with the more enlightened European nations when it comes to advocating cycling in urban areas. We might have to think again, … Read more
A bike rider charged with assaulting a taxi driver in an incident which left the cyclist himself unconscious after the cabbie apparently strangled him with his own scarf has walked free from court after magistrates said the driver’s evidence was “not credible.”As reported on road.cc in June, Jared Kelly, aged 39, issued an appeal via … Read more
Cycling fans attending this week’s Cycle Show at London’s Earls Court will have the chance to meet stars including Olympic champion Rebecca Romero, Paralympic and World champion Jody Cundy and emerging mountain biker Annie Last, says British Cycling.The trio will be at the British Cycling stand and the Test Track at the show which opens … Read more
Show season is gathering pace now, but before we plunge in to this week’s London Cycle Show let’s take a look at another gallery of 2011 bikes from our trip to Eurobike (and there is still plenty more to come). This batch features big names doing interesting things in the shape of Focus and Merida, … Read more
Birzman tools are fairly new to the workshop scene; although the company has been working in the bike industry since 199, it only started its consumer tool division in 2007. The tools are certainly stylish, with the Dragonfly chain rivet extractor and Zacoo 5 degree track pump both picking up design awards in the last … Read more
For movie buffs in and around the capital there’s a chance to generate your own entertainment on October 10 on Streatham Common in South London. That’s when environmental awareness group, Sustainable Streatham, will be hosting a cycle cinema which will run entirely on pedal power. The evening is the group’s contribution to the 10:10 campaign … Read more
For a number of years now Premiership football fans have had to be careful when purchasing replica kit online.A number of websites offering superb deals exist and you can snap up the current shirts of Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona et al for as little as £8. (no Weymouth ones surprisingly…)They are of course fakes, but … Read more
