The London Cycling Campaign (LCC), which recently launched its Beat The Thief initiative to combat bicycle theft in the capital, has invited the websites eBay and Gumtree to help in its efforts to stop online sales of stolen bikes.LCC chief executive Koy Thompson, after speaking police contacts, has written to both websites to invite them … Read more
The snappily titled Cube Litening Super HPC Di2 – we’ll just call in the Cube, if that’s alright with you – is one of those bikes that’ll have even non-biking mates whistling through their teeth and asking how much it weighs, how much it costs, and whether they can have a go. The answers are … Read more
Lancashire-based Science in Sport has signed up two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador to help it develop its products.The company, which operates from Brockhall Village in the Ribble Valley, has been supplying Contador, one of only five cyclists – the others are Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Felice Gimondi and Bernard Hinault – to have … Read more
Every morning I pass a senior cyclist on the Bath to Bristol cycle path (you will know the rider I mean if you are a regular on the path…… The lovely old guy on an ancient tourer with massive glasses) and we always greet each. He is a constant on the Path. almost a permanent … Read more
Cyclists have been commemorating one of the towering figures of English history with a 52-mile ride from Wantage in Oxfordshire, the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, to Winchester in Hampshire.The Wantage/Grove Herald reported that Sunday’s ride marked the 900th anniversary of the reburial at Hyde Abbey, Winchester, of the monarch who united the Anglo-Saxons … Read more
The Old Bailey has heard how a London cyclist was killed just yards from his home after being hit by a car traveling at up to twice the speed limit whose driver was involved in a dispute over the price of a rottweiler with occupants of a second vehicle involved in the incident.Graham Thwaites, aged … Read more
David Zabriskie capped a great day for his Garmin-Transitions team, whose sprinter Tyler Farrar had earlier picked up his second stage victory at the Giro d’Italia, by winning Stage 3 of the Tour of California in Santa Cruz yesterday.The 31-year-old, who finished second overall in last year’s race, held on from defending champion Levi Leipheimer … Read more
Garmin-Transitions sprinter Tyler Farrar confirmed that he could be a danger to HTC-Columbia’s Mark Cavendish in this summer’s Tour de France as he took his second stage win of this year’s Giro d’Italia in Bitonto this afternoon. Alexandre Vinokourov of Astana retains the race leader’s maglia rosa.The 25-year-old from Washington state won Stage 2 in … Read more
Tomorrow, thousands of cyclists around the world will unite in the Ride of Silence to commemorate fellow riders who have been killed or injured while riding their bicycles on public roads.Inspired by the death of cyclist Larry Schwartz, killed by a school bus mirror in 2003, and held annually since the inaugural event that year … Read more
Even if you don’t own any of their kit, you’ll know that Rapha as a brand isn’t just about the clothes; whether you’re reading beautifully produced books such Graeme Fife’s The Great Road Climbs of the Pyrenees or enjoying a cup of its own blend coffee at the recently-owned Rapha Cycle Club in London, Rapha … Read more
