Scottish stunt supreme Danny MacAskill is back with a new video, this time showcasing his trials skills around the South African city of Cape Town.If you’ve seen his previous films, including the one shot in Edinburgh that catapulted him to fame via YouTube, you’ll know what to expect – some top-notch bike-handling skills and at … Read more
A cyclist in Seattle, Washington, had a narrow escape when he was hit by a car as he rode across a pedestrian crossing, quite literally landing on his feet after acrobatically leaping out of the saddle.Jeff Word was riding across Valley St at the junction of Terry Avenue North and South Lake Union Park on … Read more
A delegation from world cycling’s governing body, the UCI, is currently visiting Richmond, Virginia, to assess the city’s suitability to host the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.Information gathered during the visit, as well as a presentation due to take place in July, will help determine whether it will be Richmond that will be awarded the … Read more
GSI’s Java Drip is gadget for camping cycle tourists with an uncompromising caffeine addiction, the Java Drip promises fresh filter coffee without a weight penalty or palaver. Weighing only 12g, it fastens onto your mug with three plastic legs/clips, and then the dose of ground coffee is placed in the mesh followed by hot water. … Read more
Eros Capecchi of Liquigas Cannondale got his team’s first stage win of this year’s Giro d’Italia, outsprinting local favourite Marco Pinotti and Quickstep’s Kevin Seeldraeyersthe to win in the spa town of San Pelligrino Terme. The trio had slipped into a 25-strong break 55km out shortly after the race had passed through Pinotti’s home town … Read more
A cyclist has been killed on a section of road at West Byfleet in Surrey just a week after the speed limit there was due to be reduced following a similar fatality at the same location.John Austin, aged 57, died in hospital after being involved in a collision with a vehicle on the A245 Parvis … Read more
Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, has revealed that more women are using the National Cycle Network (NCN), with a 13% increase in female users during 2010 meaning they now account for four in ten users. There has also been a rise in commuting traffic, which now makes up a quarter of journeys made by adults. … Read more
I’m feeling strangely empty this morning as I type this – the Victoria Park crits are over, and my Wednesday evenings will never be the same again.First off, I’d like to thank the organizers for making it all happen and I hope that the series will return next year, bigger and better. Whilst there have … Read more
Organisers of the Tour de France may be faced with a huge dilemma following reports in Spain that 2010 winner Alberto Contador’s hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), set for early June, may now be delayed until after July’s race. CAS has subsequently confirmed that the hearing has been postponed, although it … Read more
A new survey claims that roadworks cost the average motorist in Britain the equivalent of three days a year in lost time, as well as hitting their pocket to the tune of £25 a week in extra fuel, with the problem being most acute in London – a situation that the city’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, … Read more
