Staffordshire County Council has denied a report in the Burton Mail that it has dropped plans to fund the creation of safe cycle routes in Horninglow due to budget cuts.A network of cycle paths was due to be brought on stream this year, providing safe routes for cyclists including those who need encouragement to make … Read more
Team Sky’s Ben Swift today took the biggest win of his career to date as crashes caused chaos in the closing kilometres of Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under from Tailem Bend to Mannum, with RadioShack’s Robbie McEwen finishing second to take the race leader’s ochre jersey from HTC-Highroad’s Matt Goss.The British ProTeam’s Australian … Read more
Lance Armstrong, currently racing in what he has said will be the final international race of his career in the Santos Tour Down Under, will be the subject of even more media attention than usual in South Australia today as American magazine Sports Illustrated publishes a major story regarding allegations of organised doping by the … Read more
Police in Oxfordshire are urging road users to exercise extra caution following a spate of thefts of manhole covers in and around Henley-on-Thames, which the AA has warned could result in a cyclist being killed.According to the Henley Standard, the latest theft took place on Monday night when nine manhole covers were stolen from a … Read more
Xpedo’s Thrust pedals may have a mildly comic name but these new Look Kéo-compatible pedals are superlight, they run smooth, and the price is pretty good too which means they are definitely worth taking seriously.If you’ve never heard of Xpedo, don’t worry: it’s the high-end wing of Taiwanese manufacturer Wellgo, the biggest pedals manufacturer in … Read more
Gore Bike Wear’s Ozon WS jersey looks on paper to be a real winner, a Windstopper (that’s what the WS stands for) front to halt the seemingly permanent chilly British breeze, a stylish look with a nice non-racey casual cut. Taking it off the paper and putting it onto a body reveals a fatal flaw … Read more
You might remember a little under a year ago, Big Brother host Davina McCall riding from John O’Groats to Land’s End as part of David Walliams team of celebrities that raised more than £1 million for Sport Relief. Well, it seems like the cycling bug has bitten her, with the announcement today that she will … Read more
Jenny Jones, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, and former Deputy Mayor, has claimed in an MayorWatch article that cuts to local transport funding in the capital may lead to preventable deaths. Transport for London and City Hall announced last month that the capital’s boroughs will receive £146m for local transport projects in … Read more
This season’s Revolution championship reached its climax at the Manchester Velodrome on Saturday evening, with a capacity crowd enjoying a thrilling night’s racing that ended with Maxgear crowned the championship winners, taking the title by a single point from Team Sky, with Le Col two points further back in third place.The event was preceded by … Read more
While cyclists in New York City are up in arms about the suggestion that they should register their bikes and carry number plates, on the other side of the US in Oregon, some equally questionable legislation has been floated. Two proposed bills have sparked a reaction from the state’s cyclists on the basis that if … Read more
