Shutt VR’s Standard Bibs are decent shorts considering the £39 price tag. You don’t get the high-end features of more expensive offerings but for this kind of money, you can’t complain. You might be able to get bib shorts a little cheaper than these if you hunt around, but not by much.The Lycra used here … Read more
The UCI is reportedly investigating Leopard Trek rider Frank Schleck’s use of a Camelbak hydration system during the closing individual time trial of the Criterium International last month, apparently due to concerns that he used it to gain an aerodynamic advantage over his rivals.Schleck finished 12th in the time trial to clinch the overall victory … Read more
Campagnolo’s electronic shifting components made an appearance at last weekend’s Tour of Flanders and we’ve got our hands on some spy shots. Spain’s Team Movistar, previously Caisse d’Epargne, will be using the equipment this year – the only team to do so before it goes on sale to the public.Campag have released few details but, … Read more
If anywhere in the UK is ripe for cycle-based tourism it is Cambridge and a new company, Cambridge Bike Tours, has been launched to provide just that option. The company says it is the first of its kind to provide a programme of bicycle tours around the both city and its surrounding areas and it … Read more
HTC-Highroad’s Matt Goss remains a point ahead of the Lampre-ISD rider Michele Scarponi at the top of the UCI WorldTour rankings. However, the chase is on with Fabian Cancellara of Leopard Trek and Quickstep’s Tom Boonen moving up. Meanwhile, Great Britain have slipped towards the bottom of the national top ten, and will need to … Read more
The world of road racing is often characterised as being one of highs and lows but rarely do those opposites come as close together as they did yesterday for Zak Dempster.The Australian Rapha Condor Sharp rider took victory in the 83-mile Dengie Marshes Tour in Essex – also known as the Hell of the East … Read more
World cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has revealed that the 2014 UCI Road World Championships will almost certainly to be held in Ponferrada, Spain, located in the province of Leon in the northwest of the country.Ponferrada regularly hosts stage starts and finishes of the Vuelta a Espana, with Stage 13 of this year’s race due … Read more
Italian component brand Campagnolo has announced that it will launch new bar-end controls and brake levers dedicated to time trial and triathlon in its 2012 lineup.Engineers at the ‘Campy Tech Lab’ (Campy? We’re not happy about that) have also created TT cranksets and U-brakes, so it will be possible to equip a time trial bike … Read more
HTC-Highroad rider Hayden Roulston, who finished tenth in Paris-Roubaix last year, looks like missing this year’s race which takes place on Sunday after being hit by a car at the end of a training ride near his home in Girona, Spain.Although the 30-year-old, who was beaten by Bradley Wiggins in the individual pursuit at the … Read more
Direct action is being planned over a decision by Transport Scotland not to provide a safe crossing point for cyclists, walkers and horse-riders on an upgraded stretch of the A9.Ruaridh Ormiston, a local riding stables owner, says he will block traffic by riding a horse and carriage up and down the road in order to … Read more
