A new bicycle courier business has been launched in Cardiff. Big Blue Bike offers to carry items up to 100kg in weight across the city using a specially designed cargo bicycle.Big Blue Bike is the brainchild of Ben Allen (26) from Roath, who had the idea after he spotted large loads being carried by bike … Read more
London cyclists looking for somewhere to watch the Tour de France with like-minded souls are now spoiled for choice. As well as the Rapha Cycle Club on Clerkenwell Road there’s look mum no hands!, a new bicycle café-bar-workshop on Old Street.The racing will be shown live on a big screen and then replayed every morning … Read more
Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara won the prologue of this year’s Tour de France on a Specialized Shiv and since then he’s been riding aboard a specially put together yellow S-Works Tarmac SL3s – something he did at last year’s Tour too. He won’t be on it tomorrow though and not just because he effectively … Read more
Following an afternoon of high drama yesterday in the Tour de France as the peloton, headed by overall leader Fabian Cancellara, apparently took the unilateral decision to neutralise the race in a protest against unsafe conditions, two of Cervélo TestTeam’s leading riders have vented their frustration at how events panned out and questioned the Swiss … Read more
A few months ago I tested the Salsa Fargo, and had a jolly good time doing so. It’s the most versatile bike I’ve ever tested and a real hoot to ride. In the cold hard light of day though, when you’re about to put your money on the counter, you might question whether you’re actually … Read more
It wasn’t a good day at the Tour for Saxo Bank’s Andy Schleck. As if a crash strewn stage wasn’t enough to contend with, then in all the confusion from the chute he lost his bike.Whether it was stolen at this stage we don’t know, but we all know how quickly a bike thief can … Read more
With a week remaining of the Milton Keynes Cycle Challenge, organisers are hoping it will be the biggest Workplace Cycle Challenge yet.The Milton Keynes challenge has been organised by Challenge for Change in partnership with the CTC. It follows other schemes in cities throughout the UK that organisers say have resulted in people cycling to … Read more
Cycling fans in London are well-catered for this year when it comes to finding a place to watch Tour de France action in the company of like-minded souls through the Rapha Cycle Club and Look Mum No Hands, both previously featured here on road.cc and from today their counterparts in Worcester have somewhere to watch … Read more
Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel of Belgian team Quick Step claimed the yellow jersey in Stage 2 of the Tour de France this afternoon in Spa, showing himself to be the strongest survivor of an eight-man breakaway, as once again a series of crashes caused chaos in the peloton.Some of the biggest names in the race hit … Read more
First, an apology: I was defeated by technology, tiredness and triumphalism over the past few nights so didn’t update this blog. Even if I had found it in me to seek out connections and stay up that bit later to get down my thoughts, they would have been pretty incoherent ones so I’m playing the … Read more
