The Brighton Burp It’s been a faltering start to my training for the Etape this year without a doubt but Sunday saw a much welcome and even more necessary change in fortunes-a glorious, sunny 100km run from London to Brighton. Even if it was somewhat marred by a suspect pub lunch it felt great to get … Read more
As well as becoming the owner of one of the most advanced carbon race bikes out there, everyone who buy a new Eddy Merckx EMX-7 gets a whopping book celebrating Eddy’s career signed by the great man himself. We’d call it a coffee table book but, to be honest, there aren’t many coffee tables that … Read more
If you need proof that retro is the new futurism then look no further than this Brooks Colt. It’s a retro throwback from 1979 but it’s a more modern design than pretty much anything else Brooks sell. The shape is redolent of the period, all solid sides and snub nose and if you’ve got an … Read more
A holiday firm is offering to help children get through that rite of passage of dispensing with stabilizers, leaving parents free to relax on their break in the French countryside. For the 2011 season Keycamp is offering cycle training expert BikeRight’s ‘Learn to Ride’ programme at six French parcs, including: Les Deux Fontaines and Les … Read more
I don’t want this short post to read like an advert for Procycling magazine, but the feature on the Raleigh team for 2011 is a really positive sign for one of the big names in UK cycling. There is sad news as it appears that both riders and management from last seasons Kuota/Road.cc team have jumped across … Read more
Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Romero are set to return to the track in British colours after being named in a strong squad of 27 riders for the final round of this season’s UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, which takes places from 18-20 February at the Manchester Velodrome.Other Olympic gold medal winners lining … Read more
We’re busy looking in all ths dusty corners of the CORE Bike show looking for shiny new things to talk about, and it turns out there’s lots of new stuff to see. We’ll be updating this story with new stuff throughout the day when we get the time, so keep checking back to see what’s … Read more
Two similar stories from different parts of the UK bear graphic witness to the dangers posed to cyclists by the unprecedented number of potholes currently pock-marking the nation’s roads.The Lincolnshire Echo reports on cyclist Marc Parris, 31, who was riding in Lincoln when he hit a pothole and was catapulted over the bars, landing on … Read more
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have backed by two votes a private member’s bill that is seeking to make it compulsory to wear bike helmets in the province. Although the bill does need to go through further stages of the legislative process, the result of yesterday’s vote means that it has negotiated a significant … Read more
A study by the consumer organisation Which? has claimed that fewer than half of the approximately 3,000 speed cameras currently installed on English and Welsh roads are currently operational.Detailed analysis of responses provided by police forces following a Freedom of Information request by researchers at Which? found that only three police forces, Cumbria, Sussex and … Read more
