They’ve done roller-racing and night-time cyclocross, now the Rollapaluza team have turned their attention to another cycling specialism: the hill climb.The first Rollapaluza Urban Hill Climb takes place next Thursday (22 July) between 6pm and 9pm at Swains Lane in Highgate, London – and they’ve managed to get the road closed for the evening.Condor Cycles … Read more
GT’s GTR Sport Carbon is a good bike with a bit of an identity crisis. According to GT, it’s a bike for the “recreational rider or beginning racer looking for a carbon racing bike”. If that’s you GT reckon you need “look no further than the FTR carbon sport…you can rest assured that the GTR … Read more
Simon Gerrans of Team Sky, Katusha’s team leader Vladimir Karpets and Footon-Servetto’s Fabio Felline, the youngest rider in this year’s race, have all pulled out of the Tour de France through injury.Each of the withdrawals was announced yesterday on the first rest day of this year’s Tour de France at Morzine-Avoriaz, with Gerrans and Felline … Read more
Is this the greatest Tour de France ever? It’s a question that many people have been asking, and with nine days’ racing over and 12 still to come, the simple answer is that it’s far too early to tell.What is clear, though, is that this has been one of the most dramatic opening weeks the … Read more
The Brecons 100 is a new cycling challenge set to hit Wales this summer. Part of the Action Medical Research 100 Series, the ride takes place on Sunday 8 August.The new ride is the charity’s first in Wales and its fourth new ride of the season. It promises all the usual 100 Series ingredients – … Read more
York council’s transport boss has criticised police over delays in introducing speed cameras into the city. The York Press reports that Councillor Steve Galloway, the local council’s executive member for city strategy, is concerned at the lack of progress since the issue was last discussed six months ago.City of York and North Yorkshire County Councils … Read more
Plans to extend a controversial seafront cycle lane at Southsea in Portsmouth have been put on hold.The Portsmouth News reports that city council leaders say the route will not now be completed for at least two years.As previously reported on road.cc, the cycle lane’s first stage, which cost £138,000, was approved in November 2009 despite … Read more
Last week brought a grim reminder that riding from Land’s End to John O’Groats can be a risky business with the death of a LEJOG cyclist in Shropshire. Arthur Platt was raising money for the Help for Heroes charity which supports disabled servicemen when he was killed on the A442 dual carriageway on the outskirts … Read more
A roadside spectator at the Tour de France yesterday captured on film what the TV cameras missed – Lance Armstrong’s crash at speed as he came off a roundabout after clipping the kerb of a roundabout with his pedal.A couple of second into the video, Armstrong can be seen in his red and grey Team … Read more
Whyte are launching two new bike ranges for 2011: we looked at the R7 series of fast urban bikes on Friday so today it’s the turn of the C7 all-terrain series, bikes that mix road and trail.The C7 bikes are intended to do a bit of everything, and all three models – the Malvern, Caledonian … Read more
