Transport in London has always been high on the agenda in the capital. And these past few weeks it has been in the spotlight even more with the Mayor’s Draft Transport Strategy. But thanks to the BFI you can see what transport in London used to be like in the past – and how different … Read more
A police sergeant was yesterday found guilty at Fenland Magistrates Court in Wisbech of knocking a cyclist off her bike in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, with his victim requiring six stitches to a cut above her left eye, leaving her with a scar.According to a report in The Cambs Times, Sergeant Robert Norman had claimed that he … Read more
Lance Armstrong fans could be forgiven for wondering whether the seven-times Tour de France winner is having some kind of identity crisis right now.Following last week’s revelation that Armstrong is to be played on stage by a woman, we now bring you the possibly more disturbing news that the Texan appears to have grown rabbit … Read more
It’s hard to get excited about a base layer, but this one has some endearing features that make me a fan. Simple things like flat seams and putting the care label on the outside of the garment demonstrate that the designers have through about its function.I put this through a cold autumn hill climb and … Read more
Former Saxo Bank rider Marcus Ljungqvist has signed for Team Sky as a sports director. The Swede is the latest addition to the team’s management line-up after it was announced that highly experienced Dutch rider Steven De Jongh is also on board in a similar position.Ljungqvist retired at the end of the season and turned down … Read more
Never ones to not fix an ain’t-broke thing, we’ve been tinkering behind the scenes at road.cc to see what we can improve. The list is pretty long but we’re working our way through it… first up we’ve added a zoom capability to all our image galleries.Whenever you click on an image on the site to … Read more
London Mayor Boris Johnson is convinced the London Cycle Hire Scheme will be a success when it opens next summer. Mayor Boris was speaking as he faced questions about his 354-page draft Transport Strategy for London from the London Assembly’s Transport Committee in The Chamber at City Hall today. The Committee asked the Mayor about … Read more
Tinto Primary School has become the first school in South Lanarkshire in Scotland to set up a cycle train. The alternative method for children to travel to and from school takes its idea from a walking bus, but instead of adults walking at the front and rear of the group of children, everyone is on … Read more
Garmin have today announced that it has extended its title sponsorship of the ProTour cycling team Team Garmin-Slipstream for an additional three years. Jon Cassat, Garmin’s vice president of communications, said: “The success of the team spans the globe and surpassed our expectations for the first year and a half of our title sponsorship, bringing … Read more
Twix Tea lady Rebecca Wass is hoping her Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle will put her in the record books – for the longest tea run in history. Her mission was to share a brew with as many people as possible and Rebecca gave out 8,000 cuppas and twix’ on the way to raise … Read more
