The Van Nicholas Astraeus has already proven itself to be the ‘must-have’ bike at this year’s Eurobike – it’s been stolen. Before the doors had even opened, and despite a comprehensive security system, thieves made off with the flagship racer – over €10,000 worth of thoroughbred Titanium.At around 7pm last night, the thieves took advantage … Read more
A charity bike ride takes place this Sunday on the Mapledurham estate in Oxfordshire and there is a choice of two routes available. The second annual Ride for Ryder Bike Ride will raise funds for the Sue Ryder Care Hospice at Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames. There are two routes to choose between – The ‘Ride for Ryder’ … Read more
Cannondale are showing two striking new urban bikes with a twist here at Eurobike, the On bike is a concept machine that’s made it into production the Flast is a concept that could well follow it. But aside from being black, expensive and being made by Cannondale they are very different urban machines. The On … Read more
The Leicester Skyride was such a success that plans for regular guided cycle rides across Leicestershire are being proposed by Leicester City Council. The event saw around 8000 riders take part and the council says it wants to build on the achievement and hopes the event will encourage many more people to cycle and feel … Read more
Our first gallery of road bike pictures from Eurobike 2009 contains shots of the latest bikes from Pinarello, Litespeed, Trek, Kestrel, Cannondale, Look.Trends so far? Well custom paint jobs are on offer – specced through their respective websites by Pinarello and Trek, as predicted there are more BB30 bottom brackets and more chromed inset seat … Read more
A 30lb Commencal hardtail. Not the weapon of choice for col bagging but that’s all the lady at the tourist office in Bedous could offer me, and at €10 a day I wasn’t really complaining: any bike is better than no bike.Our base for our family week in the Pyrenees, the Fontaines D’Escot, is smack … Read more
Went to the last club tt of the season. Not done much this season, two hilly’s and a two up. This was my first and last chance at the standard course. About to set off from thr club house and the heavens opened. Riding to the start felt OK but getting cold in the rain. By … Read more
With London’s Cycle Hire Scheme set to launch next summer the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has proposed a Zone One ‘BikeGrid’ to make sure it is a success.The campaigners are calling for a network of safe, unbroken, high-quality cycle routes running north-south and east-west, with one complete central ring and LCC chief executive Koy Thomson … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 4: Venlo-Liège, 225KMColumbia-HTC got a second successive stage win as André Greipel won from Quick Step’s Wouter Weylandt amid appalling weather in Liege, as only seven riders – including three from each of those riders’ teams – managed to avoid a massive crash at a roundabout inside the final three … Read more
For many, when they think of taking a year out to travel, it involves plans to see a bit of the world, get a job picking fruit, and generally putting off getting a full-time job for as long as possible. For Kevin Shannon, though, it’s going to be a little different.Kevin is going to be … Read more
