Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called for Barclays Bank to double the amount it currently pays to sponsor the capital’s cycle hire scheme.Mr Johnson said in a BBC London Politics Show interview that he believes the bank should hand over a further £25m to match the sum it originally paid to be title-sponsor for … Read more
Ricardo Neis, the 47 year-old driver of a car that drove through a group of cyclists on a Critical Mass ride in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre last Friday has been charged with attempted murder, tomorrow the central banker will also find out whether he will be remanded in prison until he faces trial. … Read more
The Merino wool base layers from dhb come in many different forms: with or without zip, high or round neck, long or short sleeve, thick or thin fabric (190g or 150g) , male or female cuts.We reviewed a dhb Merino long-sleeve base layer back in October. /content/review/25150-dhb-merino-long-sleeve-zipneck-base-layer That was the male version, with thicker fabric, … Read more
This week finds me listening to The Clash and trying to galvanise myself following another underwhelming and frustrating period of negotiating training obstacles…Last weekend’s flu continued well into the week, and was combined with a few brutal 16hr shifts at work that couldn’t be passed over, leaving me totally exhausted by the time the weekend … Read more
This year’s final stage of The Tour of Britain will once again take place in central London, with The Transport for London Stage finishing in Whitehall on Sunday September 18.The same circuit that has proven so popular with spectators in previous editions of the Tour will be used again in 2011 but the organisers are … Read more
A cyclist who witnessed the mugging of a teenager and discreetly tailed the attacker back to a house before alerting the police has been rewarded for her part in putting the thug behind bars.The Sentinel reports that Amie Fernehough, 22, saw the attack on a 14-year old by Ruben Webb, 26, who pushed, shoved and … Read more
The RAC Foundation has suggested there may be a case for allowing cyclists to turn left when traffic lights are red. The recommendation that the Department for Transport should trial the idea is one of a number made on the back of a report the Foundation commissioned into the operation of traffic lights and their … Read more
Shimano have announced that their Tiagra groupset is to go 10 speed for 2012. That was the big news from Shimano’s new product presentation held a couple of weeks back… well, the news we’re allowed to tell you about right now. They also announced new cyclo cross components, the roll out of the Di2 Satellite … Read more
Stevenage Borough Council is planning to ban cyclists from pedestrianised areas of its town centre, reports the BBC.Jim Brown from the Cyclists’ Touring Club in Stevenage and North Hertfordshire told the organisation he was ‘slightly mystified’ by the order which he believes is designed to prevent people cycling in a place where they should not … Read more
Levrier is French (I think) for greyhound (je pense) so I’m pretty sure these courier bags will make you go like the clappers on your bike (possiblement).Based in Bristol, they are made by Dan Burbridge ‘for cyclists who want their kit to stay safe and dry in the rain’ which is a pretty good thing … Read more
