Wow… 2 weeks since my last post and all change. Be Realistic Demand The Bare Minimum might be a better title for this at the moment!After battling snow, ice and a stinking cold over Christmas and New Year I’ve just moved down to London as of Tuesday and have been sans turbo and bikes for … Read more
You came, you saw, you got out your crayons… in the end we had over 50 entries to the Sabbath / Shutt VR jersey compo, and we spent a long afternoon stroking our chins trying to make a shortlist. In the end the crudely-fashioned ‘votes’ (post-it notes, to you and me) were counted and the … Read more
The UCI, cycle sport’s world governing body, has revealed that manufacturers must pay over £8,000 to get the ‘Approved Frame’ sticker that’s needed for new-generation frames and forks to be eligible for use in competition in what looks to be an attempt to tax bicycle research and development and effectively add a small UCI sales … Read more
Starting this year, councils are expected to be able to create cycling contraflows on one-way streets without undertaking expensive planning consultation and traffic engineering works, the London Cycling Campaign reports.Thanks to long-anticipated – and according to some cycling bodies, long overdue – new Department for Transport signage rules, councils should be able to add additional … Read more
Picture-a-day photo projects are nothing new – the Flickr 365 Days self-portrait pool has nearly 20,000 members for starters – but cycling mapping website CycleStreets is bringing a new twist on it with a bicycle-related photo being featured each day on its website.By following CycleStreets on Twitter, you’ll be alerted to what they consider the … Read more
This weekend sees the first running of a brand new bike show for London. Based at ExCel, the London Bike Show will feature a huge range of bikes and kit, from top end track and road bikes to mountain bikes, electric bikes, commuter bikes, BMXs and children’s bikes. There’ll be ample opportunities to have a … Read more
As news filters out from the first riders to hit the boards at the new Olympic velodrome that it is possibly the world’s fastest, elsewhere in London the fight goes on to save what is undoubtedly one of the most historic. Built in 1891, Herne Hill Velodrome is the sole surviving venue from the 1948 … Read more
The track at the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome has been hailed as the fastest in the world after cyclists took to its boards for the first time with just over 18 months to go until the Games.The Evening Standard reports that a dozen riders from Halesowen Cycling Club tested out the 250-metre track at the … Read more
Ever since we saw Zipp’s 101s at last year’s Tour de France we’ve been itching to get our hands on them and a few weeks back we finally did. Zipp are best known for their deep-section carbon fibre wheels but these aluminium clinchers bring a lot of the same technology in a more affordable package. … Read more
Paul Oldham of Hope Factory Racing is the new Senior Men’s British National Cyclo-cross champion, with Helen Wyman of Kona-FSA claiming the women’s title for an incredible sixth time in a row at this weekend’s national championships at the Moorlands Leisure Centre in Derby.In the men’s event, Oldham, shown talking after the race in the … Read more
