Cannondale’s Capo has been around for a few years now, it’s always been a looker with a reputation for handling to match. This year it comes with the option of flat or drop bars. Flat bars were the order of the day when the test bike arrived at roadcc. HQ and first impressions were good … Read more
Seminole County, Florida, will later this month host a charity bike ride with a difference – one in which participants will pick up playing cards en route with the aim of achieving the best poker hand by the time the ride finishes.The 2nd Annual Seminole Cyclists Poker Run takes place on Saturday 28 August and aims … Read more
San Francisco-based Mission Workshop is launching its first international store this Thursday in the Old Truman Brewery in London’s East End, where it will share a roof with hand-made frame builders, 14 Bike Co.The new store will showcase the entire Mission Workshop range of expandaple backpacks, messenger bags and a newly launched urban cycling shoe … Read more
Jeroen Janssen of Kuota-road.cc finished third behind Kristian House of Rapha Condor House in the City of Preston Elite Circuit Race yesterday, and in doing so sealed seventh place in the overall standings as the Elite Circuit Series reached its conclusion. The Flying Dutchman’s achievement is all the more impressive when you consider that each … Read more
The top-of-the-range Ionos gets Giro’s new Roc Loc 5 fit system for 2011 which, unlike previous incarnations, comes with a ratcheting, micro-adjustable dial to make on-the-fly fine-tuning easier.With Roc Loc 4 you had two little buttons around the back that you either pushed closer together or pulled further apart when you want to alter the … Read more
A new bike tyre that uses LED technology to create a ring of light and which has been likened to something out of the sci-fi movie Tron promises to provide cyclists with “a unique and unprecedented safety measure.”The Cyglo, patented in the US and UK, is the brainchild of James Tristram from Merseyside and uses … Read more
Anti-speed camera campaigners have seized upon statistics from Swindon Borough Council that show a slight reduction in accident numbers in the nine months since the devices were removed in the Wiltshire town as evidence that they have minimal effect on road safety, and are simply a means of generating money for local councils and HM … Read more
The AA has highlighted the dangers of what it calls “iPod oblivion,” which it describes as “a trance-like or Zombie state entered by some people using MP3 players, phones and electronic organisers on the move,” and which it believes is a contributory factor to many of the 500 pedestrian deaths in the UK each year.Last … Read more
Over the last couple of years I have organised a charity bike ride for the Wooden Spoon (www.woodenspoon.com), a sports based children’s charity. The ride has always been open to friends and family to come along and this year I was joined by my father and a close friend. The route has always been flexible … Read more
André Greipel claimed earlier this year that he was faster than Mark Cavendish ahead of this year’s Tour de France, and in next year’s edition of the race he’ll have a chance to prove it following the announcement that he is moving to Omega Pharma-Lotto at the end of the season.Earlier this year, Cavendish, who … Read more
