The first time I tried a Mule Bar was back in September, during the South West Tour Ride 100-mile sportive on the same route used by the Tour of Britain. Special edition Tour of Britain mini-sized bars in ‘summer pudding’ flavour were being handed out at the amazingly well-stocked feed stations. So I bunged a … Read more
Jack Bobridge has today shattered Chris Boardman’s ‘unbreakable’ world record for the 4km individual pursuit, set 15 years ago using a bike and a riding position both now banned under UCI rules.The 21-year-old Garmin-Cervélo rider set the new record time of 4 minutes 10.534 seconds in a qualifying heat at the Australian National Track Championships … Read more
Cycling Australia has confirmed that Matt White, sacked as team manager by Garmin-Cervélo ten days ago for breaking team rules by referring a former rider to an outside doctor without going through proper channels, will take on the role of Professional Men’s Road Coordinator to its High Performance Programme.White had been due to combine that … Read more
The writer Bill Bryson once said that “the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.” Sweeping sterotype apart, even he could not have imagined cars being banned from Fiat’s home city, Turin, and the country’s financial powerhouse, Milan, but that’s exactly what happened last Sunday as locals … Read more
Well tiffin has been taken: a day late, in the form of a hastily-gobbled energy bar as we hare up the M4 on our way back to Bath after another successful Core Bike show. I’m not driving and writing this, by the way. Anyway the fickle finger of fate is just about managing to keep … Read more
BBC Breakfast news today ran a report on the use of video cameras by cyclists who increasingly, it seems, view them as a pre-emptive evidence gathering tool, potentially bolstering their case against negligent and/or aggressive motorists. The report came live from Waterloo station in London and featured footage of an actual crash which sent a … Read more
A town in The Netherlands will soon become home to a solar cycling path which it is hoped could pave the way for a new source of sustainable energy.Called SolaRoad, the project in the town of Krommenie, around 10 kilometres to the northwest of Amsterdam, is backed by the Province of North Holland, construction firm … Read more
Train operator First Capital Connect has announced that has teamed up with Hertfordshire County Council to invest more than £200,000 in new cycle parking facilities at 14 stations throughout the county.Since last autumn, new cycle racks have been installed Hitchin, Hatfield, Knebworth, Welham Green, and Brookmans Park stations, and the programme is due for completion … Read more
Barclays Cycle Hire bikes have covered a total of 10million kilometres in the six months since the scheme kicked off, the Mayor’s transport advisor, Kulveer Ranger, told an urban cycling conference in London today. He said that users have now clocked up over 2.5 million journeys using the bikes and confirmed that the expansion of … Read more
Part of a popular walking and cycling route through the Peak District National Park is to be closed for up to six weeks while work is undertaken to reopen four former railway tunnels.Once the work has been completed, the tunnels will be opened to cyclists, walkers and horse riders, helping improve the existing Monsal Trail … Read more
