A female cyclist in Yorkshire had a very lucky escape when she was thrown off her bike while crossing a bridge and plummeted 25 feet into a river below, suffering two broken ribs. Emergency services say that the outcome could have been much worse for the the unnamed woman, aged around 30, after she hit … Read more
You may remember the Port-a-Shop toolkit – we tested it back in 2009 and it received high praise, tester Simon Hartwell calling it the “ultimate travel tool-kit that’s more than good enough to use at home too”. Well now it’s even more ultimate, as Lezyne have produced a strictly limited HTC-Highroad edition with even more … Read more
Rapha’s Pro Team Jersey is a light and airy performance top with some well thought out features, it’s also Rapha’s first foray away from Sportwool and in to synthetics, even so there’s the usual Rapha caveat: it doesn’t come cheap. Most of the panels on the Pro Team jersey are made from a lightweight polyester/polyurethane … Read more
Peter Sagan of Liquigas Cannondale pipped Damiano Cunego of Lampre ISD in Grindelwald to take Stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse, but the day belonged to the Italian who put in a thrilling ride to catch and pass the riders ahead of him on the final climb then put in a fearless descent before being … Read more
Bradley Wiggins’ performance in winning the Criterium du Dauphiné yesterday has seen him climb from 31st to 12th in the latest UCI world rankings published today, and has helped Team Sky rise to eighth in the team rankings. In good news for Great Britain’s hopes of being able to field a full complement of riders … Read more
Okay. After a fun night of trying to get the server back on its feet and a game glitch that affected everyone’s tactics, we’ve decided to neutralise today’s stage and run the game on from tomorrow. Everyone’s team will be reset to the one they finished the Dauphiné with, and transfers will be limited to … Read more
With less than four weeks to go before the first of an unprecedented two Etapes du Tour this year, Rapha is hosting its fourth annual Etape evening in London on 22 June to help ensure that entrants are fully prepared for the challenge ahead.During the evening, two sessions will be held at London’s Charlotte Street … Read more
Next summer, the eyes of the world will be on East London as the 2012 Olympic Games get under way with the opening ceremony on 27 July – but 12 months ahead of that, Mabley Green in the Lea Valley, just across the road from the Olympic Park, will host a Celebration of Cycling Festival … Read more
For those of us based in Yaxley, the windswept trek from the football ground to the Admiral Wells is a neccessary evil to get out of the village and into the hills for riding.The A15 from the Crossroads to Normans Cross seems to have turned into the main straight at Silverstone as people race to … Read more
A website has been launched that plans to provide information on cycle hire facilities throughout the UK, giving a single point of reference for those planning a trip elsewhere in Britain or visiting the country from further afield.Giving it the does-what-it-says-on-the-tin name of Cyclehireinfo.com, the website’s founders say: “Put simply, we want to make it … Read more
