“It’s like riding a bike” is the phrase often used when referring to a skill that once mastered is never lost or forgotten. But the ability to ride a bike can be lost and now medical researchers in Holland have come to understand that where Parkinson’s Disease is concerned, an inability to ride can indicate … Read more
The Leopard Trek pro cycling team, home of the Schleck brothers and Fabian Cancellara for 2011, have announced that they’ll be using Bontrager’s new Oracle helmet for the forthcoming race season.A Trek in-house brand, Bontrager are supplying Leopard Trek with everything from wheels to bottle cages too. One of the key design objectives for the … Read more
Britain has its own multi-sport Olympic medallist in the form of rower/cyclist Rebecca Romero, but she can’t yet compete with the medal haul of Canadian speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes. The 38-year-old has an Olympic medal haul comprising a pair of bronzes from the 1996 Atlanta Games road race and time trial events, together with two … Read more
2011 has been a similar challenge to 2010 so far…The baby’s arrival draws nearer, the house move is more protracted and time becomes every more precious.Being a Father is something I cannot wait to do. Cycling is almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things but I do want to strike a balance ensuring that some of … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that the number of journeys made on the first two Barclays Cycle Superhighways has doubled on some stretches of the routes during rush hour.Overall, the number of people riding on the two routes, from Merton to the City and Barking to Tower Gateway, rose by a combined 70% in … Read more
The British are nothing if not pragmatic and as fuel prices hit unprecedented levels – with the £6 gallon looming – we are looking for ways to ease the pain.Unsurprisingly some motorists have turned to pedal power to mitigate the effects of the VAT and fuel duty rise and according to Halfords, up to 660,000 … Read more
Team RadioShack has issued a teaser video showing glimpses of the new 2011 kit it will debut in the Tour Down Under which starts this week and is likely to be Lance Armstrong’s final international race.Grey is out, and instead it’s white that dominates on the torso, together with the electricals retailer’s symbol of a … Read more
A child in Ireland has been awarded €10,000 in damages after suffering post-traumatic stress when a bicyle fell 14 feet to land on the floor in front of her in a County Dublin toy shop.Katie Campbell, now aged six, was two years old when the incident happened in October 2007 at the Smyths Toys at … Read more
Through its various range extensions and collaborations, Rapha has a knack of surprising the cycling world now and again, and it’s done so once more with the launch of a four-strong range of bicycles, the Rapha Collection, to be made available over the next two years, produced in partnership with, as Rapha says, “four masters … Read more
The cycling barrister Martin Porter who blogs under the name the Cycling Silk has reiterated his call for a review of sentencing procedures for motorists convicted of killing or seriously injuring cyclists. He told the Evening Standard newspaper: “The excuses of not seeing cyclists seem to be too readily accepted by the police and the … Read more
