It may be the Royal Mail that delivers letters in Northern Ireland, but it was the team co-sponsored by their counterparts over the border that made the evening collection in Belfast last night, with An Post Sean Kelly picking up both the team win and, through David O’Loughlin, the individual victory when the Halfords Tour … Read more
Broadcasting and cycling history will be made next Sunday (27 June) when the Men’s race will be broadcast live on British Eurosport 2 from 3pm to 5.45 and it will also availbe to watch live online on the Eurosport Player. Highlights of the Men’s Championships will also be shown next day Monday 28 June at … Read more
World and Olympic Champion track star Victoria Pendleton has joined members of the All Parliamentary Cycling Group and other dignitaries on a bike ride around Westminster ahead of Bike Week, which starts tomorrow, and the jaunt was captured in a short film by Carlton Reid, the man behind the I Pay Road Tax campaign, among … Read more
We’re now entering the closing stages of the men’s RAAM solo event, and it looks as if it’s going to be the Jure Robic show again. The Slovenian four-time winner has pulled away from second placed Gerhard Gulewicz (AUT) and is three time stations ahead with only five left on the route – he’s just … Read more
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has backed a decision by Transport for London (TfL) to authorise a second trial of permitting motorcyclists to use some of London’s bus lanes after an earlier trial demonstrated a rise in the number of accidents. The trial will start on 16 July and, like the first one, which is due … Read more
Well, the random number generator has done it’s business for the last time in the 2010 Halfords Tour Series, and the lucky winner of a pair of VIP hospitality tickets is… Sphide, who lives just across the border from Chester in Wrexham, going by their user profile.Sphide went along last year and said it’s worth … Read more
Shimano have today announced the launch of a new groupset for electric bikes. It’s called STEPS – Shimano Total Electric Power System – and it’ll be launched at the Eurobike show in Germany in September before being available in December this year. It’s a complete power and transmission solution that’s basically everything you need, bar … Read more
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 27-year-old female cyclist suffered head injuries and was left with amnesia after coming off her bike on Tuesday morning on Dalmeny Street, off Easter Road.In particular, Lothian & Borders are eager to talk to passers-by who stopped to help the cyclist, as well … Read more
‘The Cycling Reporter’ Leon McCarron has now got his 7,000-mile journey in search of unheard voices across the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia under way, and we’re delighted to bring you the first instalment of what will be a regular and v-log from the young film-maker here on road.cc.In his first report filed … Read more
Felt’s AR3 is one of the new breed of road bikes that combines a light weight with genuinely impressive aerodynamics to create a fast, sparkling ride.Remember back in ye olden days? Back when all this was still fields? You had lightweight bikes, and you had aerodynamic bikes, but you didn’t have lightweight aerodynamic bikes. Felt … Read more
