The Tour of Oman starts on February 15th. The Gulf state is readying itself for the event titularly organised by Eddy Merckx. A pre-Tour report from Our Man in Oman, Carlton Reid.”Everybody is very excited,” an Oman-based British journalist told me earlier this week. And there’s evidence for this excitement all over Muscat, capital city … Read more
Former heptathlete Kelly Sotherton has disclosed that she considered switching to cycling in an effort to secure a place in the Great Britain team for next year’s Olympic Games in London and emulate Rebecca Romero as a medallist in two separate sports.The 34-year-old from the Isle of Wight, who won bronze in the heptathlon at … Read more
After reading some good reviews for various bits of Zero rh+ kit (to give them their full title) I was pretty excited about testing these Stretch Congtrol big tights. Having spent more than a few hundred miles in them over winter, in just about all possible riding conditions I’m a bit less excited. Unfortunately as … Read more
Kate Cairns, sister of Eilidh Cairns who was killed by a tipper lorry while cycling in London’s Notting Hill Gate two years ago tomorrow at the age of 30, has issued a plea to cyclists, both in the UK and elsewhere in the EU, to lobby their MEPs to back proposed legislation aimed at improving … Read more
We’ve a set of tyres up for grabs, and over 400 of you said you’d like ’em. That’s a popular set of tyres, is that. Anyway we’ve wiped the crumbs of tiffin from our mouths and fired up the random number generator at www.random.org, and the fickle finger of fate has done its pointy thing. … Read more
“Hello Smileyfencepostman, how’s things?””Ooooh, hiya, I’m alright, same old, same old, haven’t seen you for a while.””Ah, yeah, sorry, I got stuck in a different riding loop.””So you found a nicer set of lanes to go riding with then?””Erm, um, yeah, no, um, anyway, gotta go, great to see you again, till next time.””I’ll still … Read more
Where their expenses are concerned, MP-bashing has become something akin to a national pastime in the past couple of years. Under the previous system much of it was thoroughly merited, but with a new system in place is it fair for the media to target our elected representatives for claiming expenses when they choose to … Read more
If your road bike doesn’t have eyelets then winter riding means one thing – a thick stripe of cack up your back. Round these parts that cack is distinctly organic, with a hint of nervous cow. Not so great, unless you’re a big fan of e-coli, which is where snap-on guards like these DeFenders from … Read more
Electric bike retailer Bike Republic has announced that it has opened a concession in the Oxford Street branch of upmarket department store chain, Selfridges. The move follows a successful trial last year featuring e-bikes from GoCycle and Ultra Motor.Those will be joined in the Bike Republic concession, which is located in the lower ground floor … Read more
On the same day that national cyclists’ organisation CTC said that growth in the number of cyclists lay behind a rise in the number of casualties among riders, road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has been in touch to let us know details of their newly-launched cyclist membership scheme.Despite the name, IAM … Read more
