A designer in the United States has devised a rear-view camera that can be fitted to a bicycle’s seatpost and records footage on a continuous ten-second loop, potentially providing video evidence that could prove invaluable in the event of a collision. When used in conjunction with a handlebar-mounted monitor, it also acts in effect as … Read more
Providing excellent wicking and a reasonable amount of warmth, Craft’s Zero Crew long sleeved base layer is the best cold-weather base layer out there, in my opinion. The Craft top is made from 100% polyester that’s extremely soft and comfortable next to your skin, and the stretchy ribbed design means it fits snugly without any … Read more
New York City’s cyclists will be required to register their machines and carry a number plate, if one of the city’s councillors gets his way, reports the New York Post.But the Streetsblog website reckons Queens Council Member Eric Ulrich has come down with a nasty case of “legislative diarrhoea.”The Councillor says he is floating the … Read more
Floyd Landis, who remains – for now, at least – the only winner of the Tour de France to have subsequently been stripped of his title for doping, has announced his retirement from cycling with immediate effect.The American tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone after a storming ride to win Stage 16 of the … Read more
Matt Goss of HTC-Highroad has continued his storming start to the 2011 season by winning Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under following a bunch sprint, the victory marking the 23-year-old Tasmanian’s fourth and biggest win of the year.Defending champion André Greipel, who won last year’s race while riding for HTC-Columbia but has now … Read more
Rapha’s Merino Hat is a pretty simple design and it does its job well whether worn on its own or underneath a helmet.It’s a beanie, basically, made from four different panels that are flat-stitched together, plus a double-thickness band around the edge. Aside from a little pink Rapha tab, that’s about it in terms of … Read more
Well there’s plenty of you out there with fingers crossed I’m sure, hoping that today’s the day that your bike gets the cleaning setup you know it deserves. Tiffin’s been taken and we’ve fired up the random number generator at www.random.org. There can only be one winner, and this week the fickle finger of fate … Read more
Gloucestershire police are appealing for witnesses after a 67-year old cyclist was killed on Saturday while taking part in an Audax ride with fellow members of the Dursley Road Club.Pat Appleton was a retired postwoman from Berkeley, Gloucestershire who died as a result of injuries sustained when she was in collision with a van and … Read more
If I come back from a ride That Way I have to go along That Road. I’m on it for less than a quarter mile but the surface is crappy. Really crappy. Rough pocked blacktop, pothole scabs, a white concrete base with layer upon layer of tarmac botched over the top leaving furrows every 15 … Read more
The poll has closed and the votes have been counted and we have a winner in our Sabbath Shutt VR jersey design competition.Jersey 3, designed by xcstu, topped the popular vote and will be made in to Sabbath’s new race kit – a set of which will go to xcstu as part of his prize … Read more
