FSA – Full Speed Ahead, if you want to be formal about it – have developed a new crank, bottom bracket and frame system that they reckon will become the standard for high-end frame and drivetrain component design.We know what you’re thinking: another new system. Great, because the world is crying out for just one … Read more
Ask a bikey person how much you need to spend to get a decent steed and chances are they’ll tell you that £300 is the baseline… you can drop that by 40 quid now, because the Vitus Vee-1 easily qualifies. It won’t suit everyone but I loved it: it’s genuinely capable of urban and off-road … Read more
It’s been a while and many brands and models have been considered but I have finally lashed out for a new bike.Of the major choices I was swayed by the Revolution brand at Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Operative and their road/sportive models. This was based on my successful purchase of a single speed from them last year.Good alloy/carbon mix … Read more
Kinesis UK have launched a new website that’s bigger, better and easier to use than ever before. The new site showcases the fully updated Kinesis UK range and allows you to navigate around the site in a more fluid way, so finding information on all aspects of the frames, forks and bikes is far quicker. … Read more
If you like to go by bike and you’re one of the growing number of Android users in the UK, then good news: Cyclestreets, the Cambridge-based UK cycle routing outfit whose systems power the Bike Hub app, have released a fully-featured routing app for Android phones. It’s available now on the Android Market.CycleStreets is a … Read more
We were out snapping as many of you as possible on the Mountain Mayhem Sportive, and although we don’t think we quite got everyone there’s still nearly 700 pics to rifle through – did you get papped?The album is available on Picasaweb and it’s searchable too: just type your rider number into the search box … Read more
The CTC and Sustrans have combined with a number of environmental and safety organisations to fight Government proposals to allow longer lorries on to Britain’s roads as a means of cutting congestion. The move has drawn wide ranging criticism from a variety of campaigning groups who yesterday combined to back the findings of an independent … Read more
Members of the Scottish Parliament have given their backing to a campaign seeking to get bus operators to allow bicycles to be carried on them.While the issue has been raised as a result of the difficulty of reaching the Glentrees mountain bike centre near Peebles, south of Edinburgh, which cannot be accessed by train from … Read more
Northwave’s Evolution bib-shorts are a technical and race ready accompaniment to the Evolution jersey we tested recently and together they form a really comfortable and high performance outfit suitable for long mountain days or short races alike… or indeeed just a good day out on the bike. If you’ve got a carbon fibre bike the … Read more
If, like us, you’re used to seeing decent municipal amenities for cyclists in your friends’ holiday snaps of european towns, rather than on your way into work, then you’ll be both surprised and delighted that Cyclehoop have installed the first of their Bicycle Bollard public pumps in London. The first two pumps are at Banyard … Read more
