This weekend I joined about 20 other cyclists for the weekly Brighton Mitre social ride. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to twig that tagging on to a club run might add some variety to all that solo riding. It made such a nice change to be chatting to various friendly like-minded souls … Read more
Bicycle Art 2010 is a series of hand-made screen prints commissioned by poster art specialists poster cabaret from Austin in Texas, USA.Started in 2002 by keen cyclist Sebastian Foster to sell underground music posters, the company went so well he soon found himself indulging his passion for bikes by commissioning his favourite artists. The first … Read more
The Cycle Messenger World Championships taking place this coming September in Guatamala will be racing on a figure-of-eight shaped track called ‘La Ocha’The dates are 3rd – 13th September 2010 in Panajachel, Guatemala and this will be the 18th edition of the world championships for bike couriers.The Ocha velodrome will be a resurrection of a … Read more
Our man Simon Hartwell rides 700km from Geneva to Nice with cycling legend Graeme ObreeGeneva Airport. After months of anticipation, training and anxiety, I was dragging my bike case and kitbag into the arrivals hall amid a sea of people holding up handwritten signs of names, none of which were mine. This was the beginning … Read more
These are the lightest brake calipers we’ve ever reviewed – by a long way – but they’re not the most powerful.Light? How does 82g (for the rear) grab you? To put that it perspective, it’s about half the weight of Shimano’s top level Dura-Ace.These are a dual-pivot design made from 7075 T7 aircraft-grade aluminium. There’s … Read more
What would have been a bigger story doing the rounds during the Giro d’Italia was rather spoiled by the Landis doping accusations but nevertheless the issue of “bike doping” had us scratching our heads wondering if the whole thing was an elaborate if belated April Fool or just maybe the biggest scandal to hit cycling … Read more
I’ve long been a fan of ¾ length cycling legwear. For starters it’s more flattering than most shorts, which have a tendency to exaggerate flaws in all but the trimmest of thighs. Most crucially though, they are wearable almost year round.Ground Effect’s Witches Britches are more attractive than the average plain black ¾ tights, with … Read more
He may have only finished 15th in this 15km final time trail stage of the 2010 Giro d’Italia but it was enough to seal the overall victory for Ivan Basso of the Liquigas team.It was the end of the most entertaining edition of the Giro d’Italia for years with the weather conditions and sheer tortuousness … Read more
If you hadn’t realised there is a naked bike riding season, you have no excuse now. Starting Friday 11th June, there will be official World Naked Bike Rides in Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton and York.According to the organisers, World Naked Bike Rides are intended to be a “peaceful, imaginative and fun … Read more
Cyclists have always feared that riding in heavily polluted cities is injurious to health but new research published in Belgium appears to show that the scale of the problem is worse than we might have feared.Luc Int Panis of the Transport Research Institute at Hasselt University in Belgium has just published his group’s research in … Read more
