Although the early-season Classics are still a few weeks away, the WorldTour (ProTour as was) teams have already raced the first event, the Tour Down Under, so it’s high time we took a look at the bikes they’re all riding this year.There are 18 WorldTour teams, most of them on the same bike brands as … Read more
The UCI has issued a press release that betrays its irritation, some might even say downright anger, at the Spanish Cycling Federation’s announcement yesterday of an “interim decision” in the Alberto Contador doping case. The release says:“Following the confusion generated by yesterday’s announcement by the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) on the case of Alberto Contador … Read more
It’s a depressingly familiar and all too predictable pattern. Driver kills cyclists, pleads guilty to “careless” driving and walks free with a sentence that provides neither satisfaction to the bereaved nor a deterrent to other “careless” motorists.The latest case has come to our attention via the Wirral Globe and involves a 44-year old grandmother, travelling … Read more
We’ve tested the Ignacio frameset before in its other guise as the Marin Dominican – but the Ignacio brings something new to the party. Well, new in the sense of 45 years old. But different. You know what I mean. The something in question is Sturmey Archer’s S2 Kickshift hub, first released in 1966 but … Read more
Councils up and down the UK are beginning to come round to the idea of 20mph speed limits on city and residential streets, but there still remains some resistance to the idea.All residential roads in Lancashire, however, will be subject to a blanket 20mph speed limit by 2013 if the County Council get its way, … Read more
If you want any more evidence of how far Team GB’s success has brought track cycling into the mainstream consciousness – over and above seeing the team’s stars hawking various healthy foodstuffs on the telly – then look no further than quintessentially British toymaker Hornby, who are releasing a track cycling Scalextric set to coincide … Read more
Carradice have a reputation for using old-fashioned materials in their products, although I’m still waiting for them to produce a pannier woven from the beard and leathery skin of ancient audaxers. However, using bamboo for the sideplates of their 8 in1 multi-tool is more than just a refusal to acknowledge the existence of such modern … Read more
Time is running out for people in the Wye Valley area – and further afield – to show their support for a proposed new cycle path between the towns of Sedbury and Tintern reports the This is Gloucestershire website.That’s the view of campaigners who say they need as many people as possible to contact Monmouthsire … Read more
Alberto Contador has received a one year ban for failing a blood test for the banned substance Clenbuterol. The news of the ban was broken by the Spanish newspaper El Pais and confirmed tonight by a statement on his Saxo Bank Sungard team’s website announcing a press conference on Friday at which Contador and his team manager … Read more
Castelli’s skullcap is warm and stretchy and it’s slimline enough to fit comfortably under your bike helmet.Let’s be honest, skullcaps never look great. They’re like overshoes in that they’re ugly as sin but they do the job. File them under ‘necessary evil’. Castelli’s Viva Thermo Skully actually looks okay, though, in our humble opinion. Worn … Read more
