Sustrans Bike It officer for Bournemouth and Poole, Jason Falconer, has won a national competition to join the Great Tour – the endurance cycling challenge that’s currently working its way around the coastline of Britain.Jason won a competition in Coast Magazine to become one of three people that were chosen to cycle a stage of … Read more
A BBC4 documentary screening tomorrow – Tuesday 27 July – looks at the life story of the legendary Tom Simpson.Drawing on eyewitness accounts from other cyclists, Death on the Mountain recounts the dramatic events of 13 July during the 13th stage of the 1967 Tour de France when Tom Simpson died trying to climb Mont … Read more
More than 4500 people have now registered for the Barclay’s Cycle Hire scheme, according to Transport for London.The technical trouble that struck on Friday, which prevented some people registering their credit card details, has now been solved according to a TfL spokesperson.She urged potential users of the scheme to register as soon as possible, “We … Read more
The Daily Mail has run an article they say exposes CTC president Jon Snow as a serial rule-breaker during a three-mile bike ride from Channel 4 news HQ to his home.But Snow has described the paper as ‘at best, cycling challenged’ and rejects the accusations levelled at him.The article, headlined Drivers beware: How news presenter … Read more
So, the Tour is over for another year. All that’s left are empty bidons squashed beneath the wheels of the Champs Elysèes traffic, and other similarly poignant metaphors. Still, it was a good race this year, made all the more exciting, we’re sure you agree, by the inaugural road.cc Fantasy Tour de France competition. And … Read more
Alberto Contador has admitted that he had been under severe pressure during the last three weeks as he rode his way to a third Tour de France victory in three years, revealing that he had not been able to perform at peak level during the race.“It is a Tour in which I had a lot … Read more
The maker of an innovative new bike lock is looking for backing to take the lock into production.The Halo bike lock was the brainchild of US designer Steve Hunt and his friend Chad Rogers. The lock uses an Eye-Fi card – a standard SDHC memory card with in-built Wi-Fi – to alert your smart phone … Read more
Organisers of yesterday’s Southampton Sky Ride say 10,000 people took part in the ride – the second in Sky’s series of 12 mass participation cycling events this summer.Olympic Gold medallist Victoria Pendleton and TV chef Jean-Christophe Novelli joined the event hosted by Sky, in partnership with British Cycling and Southampton City Council.The route took in … Read more
Mark Cavendish of HTC-Columbia flew past Lampre-Farnese Vini’s Alessandro Petacchi to win on the Champs-Elysees for the second year in a row on Stage 20 of the Tour de France, his fifth stage win in this year’s race and 15th of his career, but it’s the Italian who clinched the points classification. Alberto Contador of … Read more
