Last Friday marked the 90th Birthday of one of Britain’s most remarkable engineers and although the work of Dr Alex Moulton has been involved for most of those years behind the scenes with suspension in general and cars in particular – most famously on the original and iconic 1959 Mini – it is on bicycles and in cycling … Read more
It may be a horrible coincidence but the situation with the Crossrail roadworks around London’s Oxford Street has been a mess for many months now – “an accident waiting to happen” as one cycling forum poster put it yesterday – and on Wednesday a 26-year-old woman on her bicycle was crushed by a bus and … Read more
Random I up, landlord, it’s time to choose this weeks winner of a lovely bag of gear courtesy of the nice chaps at Morvélo. Time to press the big button, cue lots of 1980s sci fi whirring and flashing of light matrices, and the name on the ticker tape readout is:Roadkill!Congratulations to you, sorry to … Read more
On Wednesday, the RAC Foundation, an offshoot of the famous Royal Automobile Club set up to carry out research which “explores the economic, mobility, safety and environmental issues relating to roads and responsible road users” published its 176 page document Maintaining safe mobility for the ageing population. It is subtitled “The role of the private … Read more
The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has issued a warning to London cyclists that 700 heavy concrete mixer trucks are this weekend scheduled to visit The Shard building site near London Bridge Station.Starting during this evening’s rush hour – oh joy – and lasting for 36 hours, almost 700 return lorry trips will continuously pour 12,500 … Read more
Like beer and sausages, Red Bull bikes (no relation) are big in their German homeland. And while we don’t really like to talk about German efficiency – it’s such a cliché, after all – we’re going to anyway, because that’s what the Pro SL is all about. You’ve only got to take a quick look … Read more
Co-operation Ireland, an organization that fosters good relations between the north and south of Ireland, is reinstating the charity ride it last held in 1998. The Maracycle started in 1984 and ran for 15 consecutive years before safety concerns put a stop to this popular event that at its peak attracted 4,000 riders.But changing attitudes to cycling … Read more
With all the shiny Colnagos and Cinellis at the recent Core Bike trade show, we nevertheless found ourselves unfeasibly excited about the reissue of a classic Brooks saddle that we last saw new in the 1980s. Trouble was, back then in the dark ages, a catastrophic dip in road-bike-related sales resulted in stock gathering dust … Read more
Two men from the United States, neither working in the tech industry, have jointly created a mobile phone application that they claim will prevent drivers from texting while at the wheel.Erik Wood, originally from La Cañada, California, but now living in Seattle, came up with the idea when his three-year-old daughter, Eve, was almost hit … Read more
Former Formula 1 World Champion Nigel Mansell is swapping four wheels for two and the Renault engine that powered his Williams car to victory for his own legs as he prepares to take part in this year’s London to Paris (L2P) ride.Mansell, still Britain’s most successful driver in the sport with 31 Grand Prix victories … Read more
