Funny! Cotic and This Is Sheffield have produced a cool little video to show off the Cotic X cyclocross bike that was launched last year.Although the vid suggests you ‘take the fun way home’, it follows a rider who’s late for work going the cyclocross route to the office. On the face of it very … Read more
If you fancy a stab at a sportive this coming weekend, then why not head down to Tidworth, Wiltshire for this year’s Pain on the Plain on Sunday 5th June. The event consists of three different route options, all using some of the best roads around Salisbury Plain, at 50, 100 or 160km distances. In addition … Read more
Sports fans across Britain are this morning discovering what tickets, if any, they have secured in the ballot for seats at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and from what we’ve seen on Twitter, there are a lot of disappointed cycling fans out there – not least the family of Bradley Wiggins, who tweeted that his … Read more
A man who cycled naked through a community speed watch in Suffolk has been given an 18-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £500 costs.Alexander Purser, aged 23, who works at Suffolk Ski Centre, was driving through the village of Acton near Sudbury last June when he “spotted a community speed watch group in a … Read more
The Madison Shield Protec Men’s Roubaix Bib 3/4 is a good value option for your legs until the sun really breaks through. The mid-weight Roubaix fabric is just right for spring and autumn riding or cooler summer days and they’re comfy and well made for the money. Just be careful of the sizing. For £50 … Read more
Alberto Contador looks set to defend his Tour de France title next month after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed that the appeal against the decision of the Spanish national cycling decision, the RFEC, not to sanction him following his positive test for clenbuterol in last year’s race will not be heard until … Read more
In part 2 of our canter through the Charge 2012 range we look at four completely new bikes, and see what 2012 has in store for two of the stars of the 2011 range, the Mixer and the Tap. The four new bikes are all urban models the Scourer and Zester combine the two areas … Read more
Unipublic, organisers of the Vuelta a Espana, have confirmed that two-time winner Denis Menchov’s Geox-TMC team, which also includes former Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre in its roster, is one of four outfits to have received a wild card entry to this year’s race. The others are the Spanish team Andalucia Caja Granada, France’s … Read more
BMC Racing has announced that it has lifted the suspension it imposed four weeks ago on Italian riders Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio ahead of allegations being published in Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport that the pair were being investigated by Mantova-based prosecutors conducting an enquiry into doping.The newspaper printed what it claimed … Read more
Nottingham-based cycle campaign group Pedals has set up an online petition to protest at the removal without consultation of two cycle lanes in the West Bridgford district of the East Midlands city.The two lanes, at Musters Road and the junction of Rectory Road and Melton Road were removed by Nottinghamshire County Council at a reported … Read more
