A 51-year-old from Northumberland is set to pave the way for the pro peloton later this week when he sets off from Rotterdam to ride the 3,651-kilometre route of this year’s Tour de France on his own.The race starts in Rotterdam on Sunday, by which time Quentin Field-Boden, a self-employed cycling coach and part-time radiographer … Read more
We’ve just got our oily mitts on Red Bull’s new £849 road bike, the Pro-2000 – there are definite advantages to sharing a building with the UK importer (they sit just around there on the other side of the stairs, look). At first glance, it seems like you get a whole lot of bike for … Read more
Residents of Bracknell in Berkshire are set to benefit from bike new route linking the town’s main amenities and points of interest which will be promoted by an accompanying map showing how easy it is to get around on two wheels.Called the Red Route, the cycle path starts at The Look Out Discovery Centre and … Read more
Shimano have updated their top-level Dura-Ace wheels, now offering a 35mm-deep rim to go alongside their 24 and 50mm options.All the wheelsets feature the new Dura-Ace 7900 hubs with Shimano’s cup-and-cone bearing technology as well as a new adjustment system that allows you to fine-tune things without a cone spanner. Each wheel is available in … Read more
The death of four people when a helicopter carrying journalists covering the Tour de Port sportive crashed near Rotterdam yesterday has cast a shadow over the Dutch city’s preparations to host the Grand Départ of the Tour de France this Saturday.One journalist survived the crash, according to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, and is in a stable … Read more
The Scottish Government has revealed that it is committing an additional £4 million to fund new cycle routes and provide cycle training to schoolchildren. The announcement was made by Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson on Friday when he opened a new cycle path between Kincardine and Culross in Fife.Quoted on the STV website, Mr Stevenson said: … Read more
On taking the MKS RX-1 pedal out of its box, the first thing that strikes you is quality; quality of workmanship, materials and of finish.The RX-1 is a platform pedal whose design is primarily intended for the Japanese Kierin circuit, and bears the NJS stamp as proof that is has been accredited for use in … Read more
I’m writing this in a small study-bedroom in a student hall of residence in Taunton with just one bar of mobile internet coverage with which to share it. It’s 9.20pm and we’ve been here for a couple of hours now, following our 157-mile ride from Land’s End that started at 6.30 this morning.If I’d been … Read more
Team Sky secured a clean sweep of the podium positions in the men’s national road race championship in Pendle with Geraint Thomas taking the national jersey, pipping team mate Peter Kennaugh in the final sprint with Ian Stannard just behind to take third. By the final lap the three Sky riders were out on their … Read more
There’s plenty of ways to get mapping on the go these days but still not that many that offer OS mapping. Viewranger is a standalone mobile app that’s not supported by a desktop program like Anquet and Memory Map but it’s very powerful, and the new generation of smartphones make that less of an issue.There’s … Read more
