When you stop for a ‘comfort break’ and are passed by two riderless horses galloping towards a group of cyclists on the bridleway in the distance, you know you’re not on a normal ride. But then Rapha’s Hell of the North ride never claimed to be a normal ride.Now in its second edition, the Hell … Read more
Road safety minister Mike Penning has reportedly pledged his support to a private member’s bill seeking to introduce an offence of causing death or serious injury through reckless or dangerous cycling. However, the Department for Transport has stressed that his remarks were made in the context of a private conversation. Meanwhile CTC has said that … Read more
Bradley Wiggins reckons Team Sky’s early season form has been fantastic and believes that he is on track for a big performance in this year’s Tour de France.Speaking ahead of yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix race, the three-time Olympic gold medallist also said that he’s feeling less pressure to perform in the Tour this time around.Wiggins was one … Read more
Le Beau Velo bike shop in Shoreditch, London, was broken into last night and many high-end Italian bikes and frames worth thousands of pounds were stolen.The boutique shop, which deals mainly in Viner, Legend and Frondriest bikes, has been in existence for just a matter of months although proprietor Mal Pires has already built up … Read more
The Classics season has been a cracker this year and the Paris-Roubaix was no exception: dust, cobbles, crashes, tears, fanatical support and a kick-start to Garmin-Cervelo’s season courtesy of John Vansummeren’s solo win. And in the road.cc and Evans Cycles Fantasy Cycling game there were some big scores posted, and changes at the top of … Read more
He may have swung the axe that felled Cycling England but Transport Minister Norman Baker, whose portfolio includes cycling, walking and local transport is said to be lifelong bike enthusiast.When he swings a leg over his bike, however, he does so without protective headgear and perhaps befitting a Liberal Democrat MP he says he feels … Read more
The TCR 1 is the middle bike in Giant’s aluminium TCR range – not to be confused with the carbon TCR Composite, TCR Advanced or TCR Advanced SL bikes – all of which are built around the same frame and fork package. The entry-level model is the Shimano Tiagra-equipped TCR 2 (£990) and top of … Read more
Anyone who’s ever read anything written about bikes anywhere will probably be aware that the holy grail of bike design is a machine that’s – let’s all say it together – laterally stiff yet vertically compliant. So when we saw the Roundtail on Bikebiz and read that Finite Element Analysis shows that the design provides … Read more
The sun shone and it was blue skies rather than mud that greeted the combatants on today’s Paris Roubaix. On a spectacular day of crashes, splits and dust it was Johan Vansummeren who soloed off the front off the leading group to take the line at the Roubaix velodrome and salvage Garmin-Cervelo’s classics season after … Read more
Cycle sport is to get a new rider ranking system, the IG Markets Pro Cycling Index, which will be compiled by sports statistics provider sports stats specialists Opta, who already provide statistics and player rankings for football, cricket, rugby and tennis. The IG Index is designed to reward “moments of brilliance rather than months of consistency” … Read more
