Easton’s EA70 wheelset is a staple for mid-range bikes off the shelf and a popular upgrade from heavier hoops. They’re resonably light and nice and smooth, though we have our doubts about how long the Aluminium freehub body will last if you’re not careful.Like all of Easton’s wheels, the EA70s are handbuilt and the spoke … Read more
The second of the Wiggle Super Series sportives, the Jurassic Beast run from the Bovington Tank Museum and around Dorset, was held last Sunday and what a contrast to the first.Remember we showed the video of last month’s ‘perfect’ New Forest Classic? Big smiles from beginning to end with riders in t-shirts and slapping on … Read more
A protest group called the Anti-Closed Road Events (Acre) group has written to the head of Tayside Police in anticipation of next week’s Etape Caledonia sportive ride raising issues including riders ‘stopping to urinate on the side of the road’.According to Scotland’s The Press & Journal Acre spokesman Peter Hounam, of Grandtully, Perthshire, where the … Read more
Publishers of a new magazine Electric Bike claim it will be the first consumer magazine worldwide dedicated to the fast-growing market for electric-assisted bikes. The first issue will be out in August 2010 and published quarterly. Electric Bike is a spin-off from Velo Vision magazine which celebrates 10 years and 40 issues later in the … Read more
The UK’s governing body for all things cycling-related British Cycling has launched Go-Ride Racing, a new scheme designed to encourage more young people into entry-level bike racing. This latest addition to Go-Ride, the existing cycling development initiative for young people, provides a stepping-stone between school or club cycle coaching sessions and regional level cycling competitions. … Read more
It seems only yesterday that an aluminium bike with Shimano’s STI combined shift and gear levers would have cost close to £1,500. Here we are in 2010 and Specialized, who have been resolutely turning out racing bikes all through the bad years when only about ten a year were sold, find themselves in the middle … Read more
If you’ve already been and voted, here’s your reward in the form of Fixie Studio a neat little website that, on the way to selling you some rather nice t-shirts on the theme of ‘brakeless love’ – and let’s be honest, t-shirts might be all we can afford in a few weeks – offers two … Read more
The Arnolfini arts centre in Bristol may have been in the spotlight recently when it hosted the second leadership debate between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, but if you love cycling, the news that really matters is that next month the venue’s cinema is showing two cracking bike movies.Arranged by No Gears Bristol, … Read more
Just as another local pub closes down another coffee shop springs up. As another post office closes, another coffee shop appears. When that local shop selling nothing but buttons closed, a new coffee shop opened its doors, you may think that there are enough coffee shops already?Well, you may not be surprised or even that … Read more
Taiwan-based bicycle manufacturer Giant has opened its fifth UK standalone store at Rutland Water in the East Midlands. The new shop, which opened its doors last Saturday, joins existing outlets at Bristol, Cambridge, Liverpool and Twickenham, with a sixth opening soon in Bromley, South East London.The Giant Store – Rutland Water is in Normanton on … Read more
