Darren Hall got little sympathy from cycling groups after he was jailed for seven months and banned for driving for a year for mounting the pavement and killing 84-year-old pedestrian Ronald Turner in Weymouth.The family of the 20-year-old has branded his seven-month jail sentence as excessive, but cyclists have been quick to support the verdict. … Read more
York’s first ever Car Free Day will take place on Tuesday, September 22 in the hope of getting as many people as possible to find an alternative means of getting into the city. Thousands of motorists across the city are being urged to walk, cycle or take the bus whether they are going to work, … Read more
The Rapha Condor team and the Prostate Cancer Charity have put together a recce video for Stage 5 of this year’s Tour of Britain starring National Road Race Champion, Kristian House. Stage 5 is also the route for the Tour of Britain Prostate Cancer Charity ride on September 6.During the video Kristian identifies key points … Read more
The French may have a thriving capital when it comes to cycling, with excellent bicycle hire schemes like the Velib, and they may have given us the Tour de France. And who wouldn’t want to ride past the Eiffel Tower and along the Champs Elysees in Paris.But they are not adverse to bending the road rules … Read more
Earlyish start this morning. I was marshal for one of the 5 Cycle Friday bike routes in London, leading people into town. No rain, over cast, warm and close, one of the better days that summer had to offer this year, tempted people onto their bikes for a stewarded ride into work. Organised by the … Read more
The campaign for equality in men’s and women’s track cycling events at the London 2012 Olympic Games looks to have failed. The IOC has announced that no events would be added to its programme meaning there will be seven men’s and only three women’s events.British Cycling began lobbying for parity after the Beijing Games, where … Read more
Building work on the new olympic velodrome in Stratford in East London is well on schedule according to the Olympic Delivery Authority, and now you can keep tabs on how it’s going via a new webcam on the site.The webcam will show updated images of the Velodrome throughout the day and is accessible via the … Read more
Curiously marketed as an mtb trainer shoe, on the surface Lake’s MX90 look pretty much like any other SPD leisure shoe with all the virtues of civilian styling and day long comfort and to their credit perform moderately paced touring leisure duties very well. However, a wealth of technology and unexpected materials employed in their … Read more
Continuing my luggage theme, check out this picture of my friend’s bike from a recent tour of The Isle of Wight.If you look closely, you can see cans of food!This is the Tennyson way.Flo K
just got these from my friends at Max Bikes, check them out! Day Glo / glow in the dark Oury Grips.Pointless and yet brilliant.Flo K
