The big news from Felt is that their F Series of race bikes has been redesigned for 2011, the range-topping F1 frame being 100g lighter and 35% stiffer than previously, according to the US manufacturer. A complete bike weighs in at 13.7lb (6.2kg) – well under the UCI’s 14.96lb (6.8kg) legal limit for racing.Lighter and … Read more
Oh the irony. A rather sturdy looking electric bike with its electrical gubbins stuffed into the frame tubes like a fat girls legs in a pair of stockings. I think the marketing person had there tongue or possibly a danish pastry pressed firmly in their cheek when they named it. Possibly.
Mobile phones, sat navs, passengers, billboards – all constitute a distraction to motorists that can leave cyclists extremely vulnerable. However, a poll by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) suggests a driver’s ability to manage his or her anger or annoyance with other road users is a very significant factor in how safely they conduct … Read more
Pinarello are showing of a slew of new models for 2011 at this year’s Eurobike a new top end TT machine, the GRAAL, the Paris – a top end road bike that’s like the Dogma, but a little bit different, a sportive bike – the KOBH, and a series of in yer face fixeds – … Read more
Sustrans’ Connect2 network continues to advance with the submission of a planning application that will make the Whitstable seafront in Kent more accessible to cyclists. The application to Canterbury City Council is for two new bridges over Old Bridge Road and Teynham Road, submitted on behalf of the Crab and Winkle Line Trust. The bridges … Read more
Slipstream Sports, owner of the Garmin-Transitions team, has today revealed that six more riders will join Thor Hushovd in moving across from Cervélo TestTeam, including the British riders Roger Hammond and Dan Lloyd.The other riders are Australians Heinrich Haussler and Brett Lancaster, the Norwegian Gabriel Rasch and Germany’s Andreas Klier. Other current members of Cervélo … Read more
Just to keep you going while we trawl the halls for more stories, here’s some spy shots we snapped yesterday while the show was being set up including one of the new Felt F1 road bike… lots more on that coming soon.
Giant invited us to breakfast to have a look at their new cyclocross bike, but luckily it was still there when we finally rocked up at lunchtime. The TCX has been used by the Rabobank ‘cross riders this season and has been tweaked along the way, now it’s available to buy. It’s a fine looking … Read more
Canyon were very keen to show us their new bikes at Eurobike, and we even got to have a go them at the Demo Day. Most of the talk was about the new Aeroad CF frame, and we had none other than pro cycling legend Erik Zabel weighing in with some comments on how the … Read more
Igor Anton of Euskaltel-Euskadi, winner of yesterday’s Stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espana, has played down suggestions that in the absence of his team mate Samuel Sanchez and Astana’s Alberto Contador – not to mention last year’s winner, the suspended Alejandro Valverde – he represents the best prospect of a home victory in this … Read more
