Where’s your bike? Chained up in town where you left it, or in the hands of some nefarious type in a lockup in the bad part of town? Once your bike gets nicked normally your only course of action is to ring the Police station for your crime number and then get onto your insurance … Read more
Many cyclists will have experienced a big truck coming too close for comfort, not many of us though will have had one get as close as the cyclist in the eastern Chinese city of Wenling who was forced to leap for his life when an articulated container lorry tipped over while speeding to make the … Read more
A new legal framework to address the issue of uninsured drivers, estimated to account for 4 per cent of motorists, is moving ahead with Road Safety Minister Mike Penning due to lay the final regulations before Parliament later today.The new rules make it illegal to keep an uninsured vehicle. Currently, it is only an offence … Read more
The LAS Squalo looks quite distinctive, from the front it’s a bit like a multi-eyed monster staring at you. I quite like it, but it might not be for everyone. The Squalo is distinctive also because it comes with two sets of pads: a winter one with mesh covering the holes in the helmet and … Read more
The already fraught relationship between the UCI and the sport’s leading teams appears to have plummeted to new depths this afternoon after a number of team managers walked out of a meeting in Brussels with Pat McQuaid, president of the governing body, amid news of an extraordinary email sent by the latter to Garmin-Cervelo’s Jonathan … Read more
As predicted the first of the 5000 free helmets and high vis tabards given away by the AA last week is up for grabs on eBay… we all saw it coming, (sorry, I’ll get my tabard). The upside is that those of us feeling glum about missing out on the chance to dress up like a … Read more
A club champion cyclist from Lancashire is appealing to fellow bike riders to keep an eye out for two high-spec bikes stolen from his home, worth a combined £10,000. The bikes were stolen from the home in Earby, Lancashire of Jason Bateman, a member of Pendle Forest Cycling Club and current holder of the North … Read more
It doesn’t hurt THAT badly. Getting a metabolic assessment where you cycle to your max with a weird mask strapped to your face is never going to be particularly pleasant, but I’ve known worse. Sure, you’re in pain, but it’s only really bad for a matter of seconds and, unlike an interval training session, you … Read more
Basically the love child of messenger bag and office satchel, Lezyne’s town caddy is literally organised down to the last millimetre and undeniably very stylish for shorter hops. Codura/nylon construction is what you’d expect at this end of the market and does a very reasonable job of keeping the contents safe and dry while resisting … Read more
Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, has welcomed a report entitled Clearing The Hurdles from the Greater London Authority (GLA) regarding the provision of transport during next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, reinforcing that forecasting of demand for transport during the events needs to be improved, and that walking and cycling should take a more central … Read more
