HMRC have announced that from 1 January 2012, VAT will be applicable on any payments made under the Cycle to Work scheme. This ruling is in response to a recent European Court of Justice judgement, and HMRC has confirmed that provision of a benefit via salary sacrifice to employees constitutes a supply of services for … Read more
It is being dubbed the Battle for Blackfriars and the call to arms – or at least bikes – has gone out across London. The capital’s cyclists are being summoned to a flash ride tomorrow evening at 6pm on Blackfriars Bridge to protest the failure by Transport for London to alter its designs for what … Read more
The One23 Ceramic/Carbon is a trick Shimano compatible bottom bracket that is sure to spruce up your drivetrain. A quick spin of the pedals with this model installed and I was quite simply blown away (sad, I know)! There is noticeably less friction than with my usual Shimano XT BB installed; the smoothness approached that … Read more
We love a New York police story here at road.cc as we can laugh heartily at their buffoonery without fear of being shot like a sick or injured racoon. News reaches us via the Gothamist of an incident, partially captured on video, in which a cyclist was knocked off his bike by a New York … Read more
The UK’s largest bicycle retailer this afternoon showed us the new models in its middle Carrera brand. There are road bikes as before, an increased emphasis on hybrids and a cool £450 singlespeed. As ever, you can’t touch them on price.We met Ed Hurrell, the chap responsible for all the ‘premium’ bikes including Boardman and … Read more
A 43-year old driver who struck and killed a cyclist in Greater Manchester last year was driving on a provisional licence and had no insurance, a court in Salford has heard. The Manchester Evening News reports that last November, Sandra Humphreys drove into medical researcher John Allen from behind as he made a lane change … Read more
It’s always a bit patronising to the other residents, not to mention cartographically incorrect, to say an individual’s actions or achievements have put their homeland “on the map.” So we won’t.But in the case of Mark Cavendish and the Isle of Man, an awful lot of people will probably have heard about the little island … Read more
This Sunday the inaugural Graeme Obree Classic Sportive will set off from Auchincruive College in South Ayrshire with over 250 cyclists tacking the 65 or 45 mile ride options. The endurance route is set to challenge the strongest riders with 65 miles of energy-sapping roads heading south and south east, crossing the famous Nick o’ … Read more
With the focus for the 2012 Olympics being firmly centred on London, it’s good to hear of places within the UK profiting from the Games that don’t lie within the magic home counties catchment area. It is now highly likely that the Team GB track cycling team will be using Wales for their pre-Games training camps, … Read more
This September, from 17th to 25th, the city of Copenhagen in Denmark will be celebrating the occasion of its hosting the UCI World Road Championships 2011 and its status as a cycing city by putting on over a week of bike orientated activities and events throughout the city and surrounding area- a Festival of Cycling … Read more
