World champion steeplechaser Marta Dominguez appears to be set to challengefor Olympic gold in London next year after a judge in Spain ordered doping charges to be dropped against the athlete, who had been arrested last year as part of Operacion Galgo. Domingo thus becomes the second high profile Spanish sports star to escape doping … Read more
The first thing to bear in mind when reviewing a jacket called a Secco Condom is that there’s no point in making any jokes about the name because they simply won’t be funny. So we’re not going to do that. Let’s get that straight right from the start.Right, this jacket is featherlight – no, seriously, … Read more
Results of a poll carried out by road safety charity IAM suggest that one in ten cyclists would give up riding their bikes if the wearing of cycle helmets were made compulsory. A further three in ten claim that they would carry on riding without wearing a helmet. The issue is a topical one, and … Read more
Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas has given his thumbs-up to the route of September’s Tour of Britain, which with its final-day time trial in London could make him one of the favourites to clinch the overall title should he still be in contention at that stage, assuming he takes part in the race.No plans have yet … Read more
Tonic Fabrication’s superbly named Vanishing Point frameset is another in our recent run of very lovely all-black bikes (there’s more on the way too), in this case handcrafted from a mixture of Columbus Zona and True Temper OX Platinum steel tubing in Portland Oregon.Pretty much everything about the Vanishing Point is interesting. For a start, … Read more
When you are snivelling up the last hill of the day, cold, exhausted, fight fighting against the dying of the light as the car behind you is forced to change into a crawling gear while you weep to strangle another turn of the pedals out of your hollow legs you are just another cyclist. They … Read more
It was Philippe Gilbert who flexed his considerable muscles to take a fine win at the Fléche Wallone yesterday, leaving a trail of top-class riders in his wake as he stormed up the Mur de Huy. And in Fantasy Cycling land it was pablo’s peddlers doing the muscle-flexing, with an astonishing haul of 108 points … Read more
Jenny Jones, the Green Party’s candidate in next year’s London mayoral elections has called for the city’s black cab drivers to be given cycle awareness training similar to that now being provided to bus and lorry drivers.In a statement released earlier this week, she said: “Both black cabs and cyclists are a big feature of … Read more
Thanks to Pedro’s Vise whip, from now on my battered and unloved chain whip stays in the toolbox! Retailing at a cool £50 and backed by lifetime warrantee, it definitely falls into the (MARKETING SPEAK WARNING!) prosumer category-hardy enough for the rigors of a busy bike shop but within the reach of home mechanics. On … Read more
Home favourite Philippe Gilbert today won his second Ardennes Classic of the week and on Sunday will have a chance to make it a hat-trick of victories in Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The Belgian attacked on the imposing final climb, the Mur de Huy and established what in theis race is a huge margin over his competitors, with … Read more
