Time was when for a lot of kids the “school run” meant climbing aboard a trusty steel bike and pedalling through quiet streets to enjoy a day of loafing around in the classroom. Not anymore. Within a generation there has been a massive decline in the numbers of children cycling to school, and today only … Read more
Clubmates of a cyclist killed last summer when she was taking part in a time trial on the A435 near Stratford-Upon-Avon have expressed astonishment that the driver convicted of causing her death walked free from court, and have accused authorities of staging a cover-up.As reported on road.cc just before Christmas, Arron Bjorn Cook, from Lower … Read more
Portuguese pro cyclist Pedro Lopes has been given a 15 year ban by his national federation after being found guilty of a series of doping violations for the second time in his career. If it stands, and there is no sign that Lopes will appeal, then the ban will be the longest imposed on a … Read more
You’re going to be in London on 15 January anyway, aren’t you? to go to the London Bike Show? Well make sure you bring your fixed gear bike and sign up for a go on Red Bull’s most excellent Minidrome – the world’s smallest velodrome – while you’re about it. They’ve got 100 places up … Read more
It’s a bit early to cry foul on the issue of 2012 Olympic legacy promises being broken, but there are suggestions of just that possibility in relation to the future park on the main Olympic site in northeast London.Legacy promises were an important element of London’s Olympic bid and plans for what will be called … Read more
Pace have been producing bikes, forks, components and clothing from their base on the Yorkshire moors for near on 25 years although as they have been mountainbikers through and through you may never have heard of them. During their history several products that have emerged from their workshop have become iconic in the off-road world, … Read more
The waiting is over, and this lunchtime, Team Leopard Trek – not to be confused with Nepal based adventure tour company Snow Leopard Trek – held its first press conference ahead of what promises to be a glitzy launch in front of 4,000 lucky ticket holders in Luxembourg this evening.The name of the team, until … Read more
British Cycling has announced a new project that aims to encourage 80,000 women to get back on their bikes, or take up cycling for the first time, thanks to nearly £1 million of National Lottery funding made available by Sport England.The initiative, called The National Women’s Cycling Network, will enable women, whatever their age or … Read more
There’s those among us that will just go out and buy a Tacx iMagic trainer if they want to cycle around in a virtual world. But what if you could knock something similar up for next to nothing, using open source software? That’s exactly what one clever geek has done: say hello to Google Bike!Okay, … Read more
Central TV have broadcast a report about cyclist James Golding who is, you might say, perseverance personified.James, from Rugby, was a cancer patient who survived the disease after treatment for an 11cm tumour that had developed between his spine, kidney and bowel.To raise money for other cancer sufferers he undertook a trans-America charity cycle ride … Read more
