Assos has reportedly won a legal battle to prevent the UK-based online retailer ASOS from selling products under that name in the upmarket cycle clothing company’s home country of Switzerland – a home win for bib shorts V the little black dress.According to the website This Is Money, Assos persuaded regulators at the European Union’s … Read more
With the success of the Etape Caledonia is was only a matter of time before someone else managed to swing another closed-roads event in another less populated bit of the UK. It’s not likely to happen any time soon in the home counties, but if you can get yourself to Wrexham in October – and … Read more
A drunk driver in Kentucky who killed an 11-year-old boy who was riding his bike has been sentenced to 35 years in jail after being convicted of murder, wanton endangerment, criminal mischief and driving under the influence.Dylan Geitgey died last June after being hit by a car driven by 31-year-old Angela Baumia, herself a mother … Read more
Pietro Ferrero, heir to the family confectionery business whose subsidiary Estathé sponsors the Giro d’Italia’s maglia rosa, has died of a heart attack while cycling in South Africa.The 47-year-old, an avid cyclist, was taken ill as he rode his bike close to Cape Town. Heir to the Ferrero fortune together with his brother Giovanni – … Read more
The Traitor Luggernaut 3spd is on-trend on two fronts, with its lugged steel frame and Sturmey Archer hub for clean retro looks with gearing options. It’s a good all-rounder too, happy to be pressed into service as a sturdy do-it-all machine, and it doesn’t shy away from winter-ravaged roads and unsurfaced excursions. The bike’s let … Read more
New sponsors, new tweaks to the format of some stages with the introduction of closing loops and a new look to the final day with an individual time trial past some of London’s best-known landmarks before a circuit race on the same roads – those are some of the key features of the 2011 Tour … Read more
Now this looks neat, a compact chain-tool that could be discreet enough to hide in a seat-pack but sturdy enough to be genuinely worthwhile if anything goes wrong on the road, with the handy selling point of having a life-saving split-link compartment hidden in the body with actual split-links in it. Plus it’s from the … Read more
Heads up! Incoming! There’s no let up as the Classics season enter its last few days. The Flèche Wallone is the sixth race in our season-long Fantasy Cycling competition, brought to you in association with Evans Cycles, and it’s on Wednesday, not Thursday as previously advertised (sorry). That means you have until tomorrow morning to … Read more
If you think that arty and wistful footage of wizened pro cyclists suffering on unsuitable surfaces is something restricted to continental Europe, then think again. The UK has some homegrown challenges too, and the best-known among them is the Rutland-Melton International CiCLE Classic, which features 105 miles of racing on roads and farm tracks. The … Read more
Two stories featured prominently in British national newspapers in recent days have starkly illustrated the polarisation of public feeling when it comes to cyclists. Last Friday, The Independent launched a front-page appeal to end the slaughter of cyclists on the nation’s roads, complete with pictures of some of the victims. The Daily Mail, meanwhile, provided … Read more
