In a marketplace full of sloping top tubes, tall head tubes and compact chainsets frames like Ragley’s Cragg Vale are becoming a rarity these days. Traditional style geometry and a headtube so short it’d make most time trial bikes jealous all come together to create a proper roadie’s machine and one of the best bikes … Read more
Team Movistar rider Xavier Tondo was killed this morning after what was described as a ‘domestic accident’ in local reports. Tondo, 32 is thought to have dropped his garage door as he was leaving for a training ride in the Sierra Nevada mountains with his team mate Beñat Inxtausti; earlier reports said he was going to … Read more
Well that’s another week of fast and furious racing completed in the Giro d’Italia. It’s had everything: attacks, stacks, last-minute road closures, giant climbs and lightning-quick decsents. And it’s been the week where Alberto Contador has stamped his authority on the race; short of something beyond the Spaniard’s control, he seems to have the race … Read more
CBS has this evening aired its 60 Minutes season finale interview with former US Postal Service rider Tyler Hamilton in which detailed allegations of doping have been levelled at seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. When trailers for the show, which has taken six months to research and produce, were first aired last … Read more
Catlike’s Vacuum helmet is a distinctive and well thought out helmet that is a good all round bet for a wide range of riding styles. Described as ‘very European’ by my local bike shop owner the styling is certainly original and it’s available in a variety of colour schemes. The silver white, black and grey … Read more
Matt Goss of HTC-Highroad won the closing Stage of the Amgen Tour of California in Thousand Oaks this afternoon, while Chris Horner of RadioShack won the race overall with his team mate Levi Leipheimer taking second place 38 seconds behind. Goss took the stage win just edging out Peter Sagan of Liquigas Cannondale who put in … Read more
There’s nowhere like the big races to see the latest cutting-edge bikes so our man Simon went snooping with road.cc’s best camera at the Giro last week…The Dutch Vacansoleil-DCM squad ride both Noah and Helium road bikes from Belgian brand Ridley. The Noah is designed with aerodynamics in mind while the Helium, pictured here, is … Read more
Mikel Nieve made it two wins in the Alps in two days for for Euskaltel-Euskadi in Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia this afternoon following Igor Anton’s victory on the Zoncolan yesterday, with Stefano Garzelli second. Again, however, the day’s real winner was third-placed Alberto Contador who once more put those with pretensions to challenge him … Read more
Twitter is likely to be abuzz from midnight UK time tonight as cycling fans in the US get to see the much-anticipated season finale of the CBS news magazine show 60 Minutes which levels further allegations of drugs use against Lance Armstrong. Among those tweeting as the report unfolds on screen will members of the … Read more
CTC members have voted to take the necessary steps to allow the organisation to convert to charitable status after 133 years as a mutual. At its recent AGM the organisation whose membership now stands at a record 67,058 voted to chance the CTC’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and convert in to a membership charity … Read more
