The Mezzo folding bike, originally developed by bike design big-hitter Jon Whyte, has been given a Whyte bikes makeover for 2010. This time it’s fellow designer Ian Alexander, the man responsible for many of the recent Whyte and Marin bikes, who’s been doing the tinkering, and the result is a new, curvier D9.The essential format … Read more
HotChillee, organisers of the multi-stage London-Paris 2010, have announced details of their next French cycling challenge in September – and this time it’s all about the mountains.The HotChillee Alpine Challenge, a three-stage ride, takes cyclists to the mountains of France and offers them the chance to take on some of the climbs that dominate the … Read more
The Deloitte Ride Across Britain ended this week after 1000 miles and nine gruelling days on the road for the 600 riders. Conceived and led by Olympic rowing champion James Cracknell, the ride aims to raise more than £1 million for ParalympicsGB by 2013.Safely home after 1017.5 miles on the road, paralympian Sarah Storey describes … Read more
Dave Brailsford says England’s footballers have been ‘emotionally hijacked’ and need to free themselves up by focusing on their performance rather than the result of today’s crucial game against Slovenia.In the printed edition of today’s Metro newspaper, the TeamSky manager and British Cycling’s performance director said, “You have to forget about the result, forget about … Read more
The inaugural Great Weston Ride takes place on Sunday 18 July, following a 56-mile route from Bristol to Weston Super Mare via the Mendips and the Somerset Levels. The ride website is full of information about the route, online and offline entry details and preparation tips. There’s even a list of reasons for entering in case you … Read more
Ever had a professional bike fit? No, me neither and blissful in my ignorance I was, well apart from the odd twinge here and there. So when Santos offered us first dibs on their new Trekking Lite with a Rohloff Speed hub and a Gates Belt Drive with a full custom fitting service as part … Read more
Nothing comes for free and to get the best from this spray you will need to roll up your sleeves, fill the wash bucket and get your bike in showroom condition. Once you can see your face reflected in the rims, apply a generous coating of Muc-off Bike Spray over the whole thing.The spray is … Read more
Team Katusha has confirmed that Luxembourg rider Kim Kirchen, twice a top-ten finisher in the Tour de France and former wearer of the maillot jaune, has emerged from the induced coma he was placed into after collapsing following Friday’s stage of the Tour of Switzerland.In a communication on its website, the Russian team said that … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be acting as independent observers to the drug testing programme administered by world cycling’s governing body, the UCI, at this year’s Tour de France, which gets under way in Rotterdam a week on Saturday.The two organisations announced the news in a joint press release, and say the partnership is … Read more
London’s Barclays Cycle Superhighways, the first two of which are due to open next month, are to be equipped with convex Trixi mirrors that help lorry drivers see cyclists located in their vehicles’ mirrors’ blind spots at junctions.The mirrors, were invented by Swiss national Ulrich Willburger, who came up with the name after his daughter … Read more
