If you live in London and you want some riding inspiration, then new help is at hand courtesy of the London Bike Ride app. The app is the brainchild of Andreas Kambanis, who blogs at www.londoncyclist.co.uk, and it’s based on his recent eBook of London rides.The app costs £1.79 from iTunes and is a step … Read more
London cyclists face being slapped with £200 fines if they ride in lanes reserved for VIPs zipping around the city when it hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, which will affect key routes including the A40, Victoria Embankment and Marylebone Road.Officially, the 108 miles of roads affected are known as the Olympic Route … Read more
Oops! What with the excitement of the Tour de Suisse we rather forgot about another Swiss-related thing we were supposed to be doing: picking the winners of our BMC tee schwag! But now we’ve remembered and www.random.org has done its implacably impartial finger pointing. And the people it’s pointed at are:St.JohnEvans Tourerrobbo764SaturdayboyoldmaidstonianWell done to those … Read more
Rapha-Condor-Sharp were last night crowned 2011 Halfords Tour Series Champions at London’s Canary Wharf, although the win on the evening went to Jonny McEvoy of Motorpoint Pro Cycling, clinching the only win of this season’s championship for the defending champions.London-based Rapha-Condor-Sharp may go by the nickname the men in black, but spent most of the … Read more
If you’ve not heard of Sumattory before, that’s probably because the Spanish brand is a recent arrival on the cycle clothing stage. The Hermida Signature Series is named after 2010 world champion mountain biker Jose Antonio Hermida, although there’s not a massive difference between a lot of cross-country MTB clothing and road wear.The chamois in … Read more
We saw the new Impulso for the first time at the Bianchi 2012 launch on Tuesday and we were the first journalists to take it out for a ride on Wednesday. We also put some time in on the Oltre and the Infinito, but the big news was the new Impulso so let’s home in … Read more
Cycling’s world governing body today issued a statement which, while regretting Alberto Contador’s decision to ride in this year’s Tour de France, also asked riders, fans, and the media “to show the utmost sense of responsibility in the coming days and weeks” despite any sense of disappointment or incomprehension they might feel at the Spanish … Read more
Steven Kruijswijk of Rabobank put in a fine attack from a little over 2km to win Stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse today. Levi Leipheimer of RadioShack was second with Damiano Cunego finishing second and retaining the race lead. The stage was overshadowed by Colombian rider Juan Mauricio Soler being airlifted to hospital with … Read more
This morning’s big news story in the cycling world – Mark Cavendish looking likely to join Team Sky for 2012 – broke just hours after the sport’s governing body, the UCI, announced a planned radical shake-up of transfer rules that will allow riders under contract to change teams just days after the end of the … Read more
That’s knicker as in three-quarter length cycling trousers. They’re a godsend for the commuter, tourer or recreational cyclist, combining a relaxed look with long-term riding comfort – when they’re well designed. Bontrager’s Commuting WSD Knicker looks to be just that.They’re made from a tough but super stretchy fabric, treated with a bamboo charcoal finish for … Read more
