Sunday’s Amstel Gold race was another cracker, with Philippe Gilbert coming back to form to take a second consecutive win. In the Fantasy Cyling overall table it’s all change again, with a new leader, and don’t forget that there’s another stage coming hot on the heels of the last one!First off, the week’s top scorer. … Read more
Data released by the Home Office have disclosed that the number of motorists captured speeding by speed cameras in 2009 fell below 1 million for the first time since 2001. The figures predate last year’s election, meaning that the number of drivers caught speeding is likely to have fallen further still since then as many … Read more
With their country often highlighted, together with The Netherlands, as providing a model to which others should aspire when it comes to bicycle use, you’d forgive the Danes if they rested on their laurels. After all, the Scandinavian country already has among the highest usage figures of bicycles in the world. Not a bit of … Read more
Natural Campsites, which operates from some 140 locations throughout The Netherlands in or close to nature reserves, has revealed that the chief focal points of its 2011 season, which has just opened, will be sustainability and bicycle camping.Not to be confused with naturist camping – we can’t be the only people to have wondered, since … Read more
Fixie Inc. create a pretty select range of steel and titanium bikes of the road and fixed variety, almost to the point of being fashionably niche and they’re not afraid to be innovative or quirky, depending on your point of view, with belt-drives, Velcro mudguards and bike-polo mallets featuring in the mix, and the Pure … Read more
We’ve featured stories before of the sometimes excessive zeal with which the NYPD deals with cyclists caught riding on the sidewalk or jumping red lights – not to mention those who have done nothing wrong whatsoever. Such stories also get a lot of coverage in local media, so it’s unsurprising if a passer-by might be … Read more
Philippe Gilbert of Omega Pharma Lotto won the Amstel Gold Race for the second year running this afternoon, after fighting it out in the final few hundred metres with Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez. Leopard Trek’s Andy Schleck had attacked 12km out but never established a big enough cushion to stay clear and frustratingly for the Leopard … Read more
Writing this post-ride whilst willing on my flailing road.cc fantasy team in the Amstel Gold… Like me they need bit of a boost this week! Last Sunday I was one of a few hundred eager riders praying at the church of Rapha.cc’s Hell of the North ride-a sun filled, ‘social event’ that was excellently organised. … Read more
Don’t want to turn up down the pub sounding like you’ve come from a tap-dancing lesson but don’t have the time to swap your pedals over? You need casual cleats, and Chrome’s Kursk Pro is more casual than most. They’re pretty good on the bike too, but watch out for the sizing. Round these parts … Read more
Not so long ago we tested Park’s TS-8 truing stand and you can have this Feedback Sports Truing Station for £40 less. On paper it’s more fully featured than the Park, in reality it’s a little more fiddly to use although it’s still a perfectly serviceable workshop addition, and decent value. The most notable thing … Read more
