Pain on the Plain this Sunday (25 July) is a sportive with a difference – to add a bit of spice to the ride, the organisers have chosen a route that takes in military roads and tracks more often used by tanks than bikes.Some of the route is made up of testing (but not too … Read more
Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton is to follow Sir Chris Hoy’s lead and miss the Commonwealth Games in Delhi to focus on October’s European Championships.Hoy reluctantly pulled out of the Games on Friday because the European Championships count as a qualifier for the 2012 Olympics, which remains the main focus for both athletes.Pendleton told the BBC, … Read more
Microshift Centos is another groupset more than capable of giving the household names a really good run for your money. Designed to compete and be compatible with Shimano’s venerable 105, it shares many similarities- good enough for racing and audax duties but practical for the less glamorous worlds of winter training and even commuting. The … Read more
With the summer school holidays about to start, now’s the time to book your kids a session on the Manchester Velodrome, to follow in the wheel tracks of Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton.There are one-hour kids’ sessions on most weekdays during the summer holidays, but they do sell out quickly, so book soon.Cost is … Read more
French national road race champion Thomas Voeckler, who rode away to claim a hugely popular victory in Stage15 of the Tour de France in Bagnères de Luchon as the drama of Andy Schleck’s slipped chain unfolded behind him, has revealed that he almost came close to abandoning the race last week.Last year, the serial attacker … Read more
Alberto Contador of Astana, back in the Tour de France overall leader’s yellow jersey he won in 2007 and 2009, has claimed that he was unaware that Andy Schleck had suffered a mechanical problem when he passed the Team Saxo Bank rider, whose chain had slipped just moments after launching an attack as the pair … Read more
Kinesis are launching a new carbon monocoque cyclocross frameset in August that they’re claiming is the most cutting edge CX design they’ve ever produced.Part of Kinesis’ Advanced Development Program, the Crosslight CSix2 has been designed in conjunction with UK National Champion Jody Crawforth and Stu Wearmouth, who finished third in the National Trophy Series earlier … Read more
The makers of Gocycle electric bikes will be on hand at the Design Museum in London this Friday – 23 July – to answer questions about their bikes and offer test rides.Gocycle designer Richard Thorpe and company director Barney Craggs will be at an event called Shape of Things to Come? at the Design Museum … Read more
Thomas Voeckler secured a fine solo win in Stage 15 of the Tour de France in Bagnères de Luchon this afternoon, but there was huge drama, not to mention controversy, behind him with defending champion Alberto Contador taking the race leader’s yellow jersey from Andy Schleck after the Spaniard apparently broke the unwritten rule of not … Read more
Hot on the heels of this morning’s Cycle Superhighway launch, the Barclay’s Cycle Hire scheme opens this Friday – but non-members won’t be able to use the scheme until the end of August.The scheme opens for membership registration this Friday (23 July) and launches for members a week later, on 30 July. Anyone can sign … Read more
