Dutch mountain biker Rudi van Houts of the Multivan-Merida team has been cleared to ride again by his national federation after testing positive for clenbuterol at the end of October. While the national association, the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie, held that the rider was culpable of having clenbuterol in his system, it accepted his explanation … Read more
The head of Giant, the world’s biggest bicycle supplier, has warned that a surge in sales of bicycles following last week’s earthquake and tsunami will affect short-term supply of bikes.As reported on road.cc earlier this week, commuters in Tokyo rushed to buy bicycles on Friday to help them get home, and scheduled power cuts and … Read more
Sturmey’s S2 kickshift hub didn’t fare so well when it first hit the shelves in the 1960s, but 50-odd years on it makes a lot of sense for anyone that likes the clean lines of a singlespeed but secretly wishes the hills weren’t so hard. And it’s cheaper than many standard track hubs.A hub gear … Read more
Evans have announced the line up for their 2012 Pinnacle range, the cycle chain’s in house marque, and as you’d expect it majors on bikes designed and built for British conditions. Amongst the standout items on the road side of things are a new range of road bikes, a new women’s road bike, two flavour … Read more
This Saturday sees the first classic of the season, the Milan-San Remo, and while that venerable race may now be in its 102nd edition, the weekend also sees the launch of our first-ever season-long Fantasy Cycling game. What’s more, we’ve brought Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas on board to bring you expert tips to help with … Read more
The death of a cyclist who was dragged for nearly 150m under the wheels of a lorry has been ruled accidental by a coroner, in the absence of either witnesses or CCTV footage.Adrianna Skrzypiec, 31, died on the slip road of A102 at the junction with Woolwich Road in Greenwich in May 2009 reports the … Read more
The 10 teams that will battle it out over the 10 rounds of this year’s Halford’s Tour Series were announced today by series organisers SweetSpot.Among the 10 are last year’s series winners Motorpoint Pro Cycling with a squad that includes the evergreen Malcolm Elliott, he won’t the only cycling legend doing his thing in this … Read more
A report by consulting firm Deloitte into the relationship between Team Sky and British Cycling has been delivered today.The report, entitled ’The Impact of Team Sky on British Cycling’s World Class Performance Programme’ was commissioned by UK Sport and British Cycling to look into the unique Team Sky/British Cycling relationship. Some see that relationship as … Read more
25 miles on a bike might not seem very far to some of us, but for one little girl it’s another part of a long and amazing journey. When Lauren Booth, now nine, contracted bacterial meningitis at the age of just six weeks it left her with brain damage, loss of hearing and cerebal palsy … Read more
The International Cycling Union (UCI), cycle sport’s world governing body, yesterday announced new 2012 road bikes from Cannondale and Pinarello as well as a new Corima track bike when it published its first list of frames and forks that have been approved for UCI-sanctioned racing.From now on if you want to know what high end … Read more
