‘We present the Dark Plasma. Carbon fibre frame. Quality components. Top performance. Affordable price.’ say Vitus on their website, well it’s only polite that roadcc takes a look to give a second opinion.Vitus makes a return to the UK market via Chain Reaction Cycles with a road range of 6 of which the Dark Plasma … Read more
Great Britain has won its first gold medal of the 2011 UCI Track World Championships in the women’s team pursuit, Dani King, Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel beating the United States easily in the final. In the women’s team sprint, however, Australia’s Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch just pipped Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton to … Read more
If there were a word for a suitcase that can be carried on your back, then the Slicks Suit25 would be the definition of that word. And by suitcase, I mean just that: luggage that will carry a suit in it. On your back.Having to wear a suit at work can complicate plans to cycle … Read more
Britain’s only one day international classic style road race, the Tesco-sponsored Rutland – Melton International CiCLE Classic continues to grow in popularity.In fact this year, its seventh, the race has proved such a draw that organisers have had to decline some teams’ entries.Race director Colin Clews told the Rutland Times: “This year demand for places … Read more
Transport for London has reopened consultation over the removal of a cycle lane leading on to Blackfriars bridge in the face of anger from the capital’s cycling community, reports the Evening Standard.The road layout on the northern approach to the bridge was due to be changed as part of an upgrade of the railway station … Read more
French sports daily L’Equipe has published a list of 11 teams that it says plan to break away from the UCI and form their own rival to the UCI World Tour. The two men it says are at the heart of the project are Johan Bruyneel and Jonathan Vaughters, managers of, respectively, Team RadioShack and … Read more
Children’s bikes brand Islabikes are running a Family Activity Day on Saturday 26 March – that’s this Saturday – at its premises in Ludlow, Shropshire.Children will get the chance to learn to ride with help from experts, develop new skills at kids’ coaching sessions – they can borrow an Islabike if they don’t already have … Read more
As expected the UCI has today announced that it will be appealing to the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) over the Spanish National Cycling Federation’s decision to clear Alberto Contador without further punishment after he failed a test for clenbuterol during last year’s Tour de France.The UCI had 30 days to lodge an appeal … Read more
The Lebanese Army is searching for a group of seven Estonians cycle-tourists who were kidnapped yesterday in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The army, together with Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces has already carried out several raids in the mountains surrounding the village of Kfar Zabad where it is believed the cyclists may have ben taken to.The Bekaa … Read more
The Tour of Britain has announced a major new sponsorship deal with logistics firm Yodel, under which the company will sponsor the Yodel Sprints jersey and become official logistics partner to the race. The company, previously known as Home Delivery Network and which acquired DHL’s domestic parcels business last year, will also undertake a similar … Read more
