As recently reported on road.cc, a new organisation, the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain, has been created to push for a number of aims, including getting segregated bike paths. Here Carlton Reid argues that it risks splitting cycling.I applaud the idealism and the gumption and the energy of those who want the Cycling Embassy of … Read more
Kona’s Dr Fine is one of the new breed of disc brake equipped, flat bar urban bikes. Kona say the twist here is that the Dr Fine offers the rare combination of internal hub gearing and powerful hydraulic braking. So how fine is this Kona?My first ride was from Bristol to Bath, along the cycle … Read more
In case you’d forgotten* it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and British Cycling is encouraging the nation’s bike riders to help share the love for all things two-wheeled through its Facebook and Twitter pages, with some exclusive British Cycling ‘Love Cycling’ schwag up for grabs.On its website, the governing body, presumably using its best Barry White-style intonation, … Read more
A village in the Scottish Borders has geared itself up to provide a warm welcome to cyclists, with local businesses signing up to a pilot scheme from the national tourist board to meet the needs of those touring the area on two wheels.Newcastleton, about 30 kilometres northeast of Gretna, is reported by the newspaper Scotland … Read more
At his peak, Marco Pantani seemed like a character who could have stepped straight from the pages of a comic book, and it’s an impression Il Pirata himself seemed happy to cultivate – remember the pirate-themed saddle, with a caricature of Pantani complete with bandanna and crossed cutlasses that he sat on while winning the … Read more
If you’re the kind of person who likes to tinker then a wheel jig like Park’s TS-8 makes the whole process of fiddling with your hoops a whole lot easier, and building them from scratch a lot less stressful. This stand is aimed at home mechanics. It isn’t particularly cheap but it’s very sturdy and … Read more
There’s the jersey that I wore for precisely one day. Riding the Etape as a guest of Cannondale who lent me a bike and gave me a jersey/short/glove combo in an, er, eye-catching black and white spiral pattern with fetching orange panels up the sides. The shorts were not ideal for the rainy sprint to … Read more
The name of the MKS Aero Bell says it all. It’s a bell. It’s aero – or aero-ish. Bikes have to be sold with bells in the UK, although you’re free to remove them afterwards. Owners of road bikes often do so, more because they ‘look out of place’ than because of the minimal weight … Read more
If you’re knocking around at a loose end this weekend then get your poetry head on and you could wind up the winner of some money-can’t-buy prizes from Brooks. The 2011 John Brooks Haiku Invitational competition is running and open for entries, on their website but mostly, it seems, on Facebook.”Regular readers will be aware … Read more
St Helens Council is threatening to sue a cyclist who spent eight days in a coma following a collision with a car over a bill sent to him for £240 relating to the cost of closing the road on which the accident took place.Martin Lloyd, aged 20, broke 20 bones in the crash which took … Read more
