A member of Australia’s gold-medal winning team pursuit squad has been banned from driving for five months after pleading guilty to drink driving. Dale Parker, aged 18, was also given a $1,100 fine and ordered to pay court costs and levies after crashing his car into a lamp post in November, leaving a pedestrian with … Read more
Schwalbe’s Marathon Supreme is the quickest big volume semi-slick I’ve used to date, rolling a lot faster than its two-inch profile or 600g weight would suggest. The tyre is aimed at tarmac-riding touring cyclists. Its centre section uses harder rubber designed for optimum durability and reduced rolling resistance, while softer shoulders and Liteskin sidewalls improve … Read more
On opening the ATC5K’s box, I was a little disappointed about the camera. The earlier ATC3K I owned looked phallic, so I was expecting Oregon Scientific to have overhauled the appearance of this model. As they have attached a 1.5in screen it now looks like a reversed torch, and is both bigger and heavier. You … Read more
A new bike tour in Italy next year will provide enthusiast riders with rolling road closures and finish with the opportunity to watch the finale of the Giro d’Italia.The event offers three days of challenging riding around the Great Lakes of northern Italy, with a fleet of motorbike outriders and lead cars guiding the peloton … Read more
The first serious legal challenge to the UCI’s biological passport anti-doping programme is underway at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.The CAS is sport’s highest court and it is the body to which Italian cyclist Pietro Caucchioli has given evidence as he launches an appeal against a two-year ban for doping offences which has been … Read more
Top Italian saddle maker Fizik, supplier of the perch of choice for numerous top pro teams, has today released a real collector’s item: a limited edition run of 50 of their top end Antares saddles signed by Liquigas riders Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali – winners of the 2010 Giro D’Italia and Vuelta Espagne respectively.As … Read more
You might think that with Britain gripped by wintry conditions the like of which most of us have never seen, same day deliveries would be an impossibility.Indeed with snow and ice wreaking havoc with deliveries of Christmas presents, most retailers are no longer guaranteeing delivery by the 25th. But this Thursday and Friday, Rapha office … Read more
Liquigas-Cannondale manager Roberto Amadio has confirmed that the Italian team’s 2011 campaign will be built around a two-pronged assault on the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, as it seeks to repeat a highly successful 2010 that saw its riders Ivan Basso win the Giro and Vincenzo Nibali claim victory in the Vuelta.Speaking to Italian … Read more
It’s not unknown for retired footballers to take on the route of the Tour de France – cancer survivor and former Crystal Palace and England player Geoff Thomas did so for charity – but a former Tour de France champion seeking to switch sports and establish himself in what Pelé once called “the beautiful game,” … Read more
The long sleeve jersey from Rapha is primarily designed as a piece for autumn and winter training and racing use. It is constructed from ‘merino rich’ Sportwool fabric (52% merino/48% polyester), and is designed to have the temperature maintenance and odour resistance properties of merino, together with the higher moisture wicking capacity of synthetics.It’s a … Read more
