Last week, our report on the UK Independence Party’s transport policy generated some lively discussion here on road.cc and now we’ve turned our attention to the opposite end of the spectrum to see what the Green Party has in store for cyclists.There’s little doubt that the party’s profile has risen in recent years. Following the … Read more
We’ve been itching to get our hands on, er, feet in these since we saw them at Eurobike last year.Doing away with heavy metal springs and other such archaic mechanics the whole cleat retention system is replaced by a simple single leaf of carbon that you would hope made the pedal lighter, smaller and pretty … Read more
Bradley Wiggins appears to have rethought his participation in this year’s Tour of Britain (TOB), the route of which was announced yesterday, after talking through his options with Team Sky Head Coach, Shane Sutton.Yesterday, the two-time Olympic Individual Pursuit Champion who has emerged as a genuine talent on the road with time trialling one of … Read more
Three in four cyclists in Manchester say that bus drivers pass too close to them when overtaking, while two in three criticise them for pulling away from bus stops without looking.Those are the key findings from a survey conducted in February by Love Your Bike, a local campaign group affiliated with Friends of the Earth, … Read more
The local council in Poole, Dorset, has come under fire for introducing what the Daily Mail describes as “Britain’s barmiest bike lane” but has defended the road markings, which it says are purely advisory and serve as a reminder to drivers to give cyclists more room.According to the newspaper, the cycle lane, on the town’s … Read more
Verenti sounds like a boutique Italian brand that you should have heard of… but haven’t. You wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out that they had a string of Giro d’Italia victories to their name back in the 1950s… but they didn’t. Verenti is actually the new in-house bike brand from online retail maestros … Read more
You may remember Kevin Shannon from the pages of road.cc – he’s the guy that’s recently set off on a 40,000 mile, three year zero emissions tour around the globe to raise £1m for the ex-servicemen charity Combat Stress. Well he’s on his way, having started his epic journey on the 28th March at the … Read more
Sunday 16th May 2010: this epic event in Britain’s extremely hilly South-West comes in a choice of 44, 72 and 100 mile routes and has been compared in the past with “going ten rounds with Mike Tyson” and “giving birth to triplets”.The organisers this year claim to have taken the sting out of the tail … Read more
There won’t be any Scottish stages or Lance Armstrong but this year’s Tour of Britain promises some close racing from start to finish with top teams from the Pro Tour pitting themselves against all five of the UK’s Pro Continental outfits. Such is the allure of the race these days that even though it has … Read more
As we reported back in July 2009, the cyclist captured in the video you can see below being barged from his bike by a police officer during a Critical Mass rally in New York the previous year was suing the New York Police Department for $1.5m.This week, the cycling demonstator Christopher Long is back in court … Read more
