Battle lines are continuing to be drawn in the ongoing row over the UCI’s decision to press on with its ban on two-way radios during races, with the European Cycling Union (EUC), which unites the continent’s national cycling federations, perhaps unsurprisingly coming out in support of the governing body.That backing is firmly at odds with … Read more
It’s becoming as established a part of the coming of spring as cuckoos being heard, daffodils blooming and the clocks going forward – the arrival of the first ‘Prom Wars’ story of the year, which in 2011 comes courtesy of Southend-on-Sea in Essex.A new £7.6 million scheme called City Beach, due to be completed by … Read more
Disc-equipped light tourers have taken over somewhat from cyclocross (and cyclocross ‘inspired’) bikes in the last year or two as the new super-versatile do-it-all platform. Plenty of them are good, but not many of them are as good as the Jamis Aurora Elite. It manages to balance just the right amount of speed on the … Read more
French national champion Thomas Voeckler launched a decisive attack on the Col d’Eze to win the final stage of this year’s Paris-Nice from Lampre’s Diego Ulissi. It was the Europcar rider’s second stage victory this week. Despite the efforts of Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Samuel Sanchez, the top three in the general classification remained unchanged, with HTC-Highroad’s Tony … Read more
A Dutch company, Madame de Pé, has unveiled a new range of rainwear for female cyclists, and with the emphasis on fashion, there’s not a trace of hi-viz material or reflective piping in sight.Billed as “rain couture,” the two products in the range were created in response to research that found that when it rains, … Read more
Astana took the honours in stage seven of the Paris-Nice today as Remy Di Gregorio launched himself off the front with 10km to go and managed to stay ahead in the run-in to take the line. The Marseille-born rider took the spoils on home turf on the longest day of this year’s race, coming home … Read more
Bringing a tear to the eye of retro-grouches everywhere, are classic steel tyre irons of the type that seem to have vanished in recent years -with a chrome coating and etched with the Carradice logo they’re also rather pretty.If you want to break the world record for the greatest length of tyre levers clipped together … Read more
Riccardo Ricco today announced he’s quitting cycling, in an interview with today’s Gazetta dello Sport the disgraced former VancanSoleil rider said that the cycling world “makes me want to puke” so he’s off,”Ricco is no more”, he says.And what does the future hold for the bad(est) boy of cycling “I am going to become a … Read more
South Tyneside Council has secured £250,000 Sustrans Connect2 funding to build a walking and cycling route designed to improve access to National Cycle Network Route 14 near the Port of Tyne in Tyne Dock – a cyclist was killed on the roundabout by the dock entrance last year by a lorry leaving the dock.The scheme … Read more
Confession time: during the 90s I spent rather more hours than was probably strictly good for me on nightclub dancefloors, not so much enjoying the music as worshipping it. From that life-changing moment when some reprobate slipped me an ecstasy pill at an Orbital gig in Brighton in the autumn of 1994 until just after … Read more
