A new survey reveals that today’s children are missing out on pursuits such as cycling and swimming enjoyed by past generations of youngsters, with experts blaming the findings on their parents being too afraid to let them play outside. Rather than go out and ride their bikes, the survey says that today’s kids are more … Read more
British Transport Police in Southampton have released a ‘Top Ten’ series of images of suspects that they would like to question in connection with bike thefts at railway stations in and around the Hampshire town and are appealing to the public to help track them down.The images, which can be viewed here, together with details … Read more
Yesterday, as Milan-based sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport published fresh accusations concerning BMC’s Alessandro Ballan, it was revealed that another Italian rider has tested positive for EPO, Pasquale Muto of Miche-Guerciotti. The news coincides with Spanish website Biciclismo reporting that the UCI Continental team has signed Davide Rebellin, who would be joining former Gerolsteiner … Read more
A new video game arriving at the Apple App Store later this month lets iPhone and iPad users take on the role of a fixie-riding hipster cycling through the streets of Philadelphia, with features including custom bike building, trackstanding – or dodging the traffic if red light jumping’s more your thing – and avoiding getting … Read more
They may love cycling in Belgium but even so the town of Dendermonde is to introduce fines and possible bike confiscations to try to curb, the rising numbers of what the mayor dubs “cycle terrorists” bringing two-wheeled terror to the local towpath – no, not hoodie wearing youths riding cheap MTBs on the pavement, but … Read more
Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport has today published what it says are leaked transcripts of conversations that allegedly took place between Alessandro Ballan and Guido Nigrelli, the pharmacist at the centre of an investigation into doping in Italy. The news appears to explain BMC Racing’s decision yesterday to remove the former world champion … Read more
SRAM contacted us today to let us know that they’ve unveiled a new Aero brake lever, the BL-990. In the rareified air of top TT kit it’s always nice to see a bit of innovation as opposed to just a wind flow graph that we don’t understand, so we were happy to see the 990’s … Read more
Master Lock’s Street Cuff is basically a pair of handcuffs for your bike. One end goes round the frame and the other round a Sheffield stand, railing or other bit of street furniture. There’s a hefty rotating linkage joining the two cuffs together and the whole thing is made from hardened laminated steel.Attacking this lock … Read more
I never seriously considered falling at the final hurdle of the 30 days of biking challenge, which simply requires that you ride a bike every day in April. No biggy for someone who rides pretty much every day anyway – particularly given the glorious weather we’ve had.After 29 successful days I found myself in Dover last … Read more
Organisers of the Halfords Tour Series have issued a call for volunteers to come forward and help undertake marshalling and other duties at the eight-race programme of city-centre races, which gets underway in Durham on Tuesday 24 May.All volunteers will receive a goody bag by way of thanks, while the ‘star volunteer’ will win a … Read more
