A Royal Navy crew has supported a neonatal unit at Coventry Hospital by cycling and running more than 600 miles.The crew from HMS Diamond ran 146 miles from Glasgow, where their new ship is being built, to Aberdeen, then did an about-turn and pedalled 454 miles to Coventry, spending a total of eight days on … Read more
Cervelo’s revamped of their website has gone live, the address is still the same, www.cervelo.com, but plenty has changed. The new site pulls together all the things that Cervelo does… obviously the bikes, but also the Cervelo Test Team who are much in evidence all over the site and not just as,er pretty pictures either. The … Read more
Tis the season when the humble arm-warmer becomes the most useful piece of kit in many a cyclists armoury, indeed depending on where you live every season can be arm-warmer season and if you are looking for a year-round arm-protecting friend you won’t go far wrong with the Craft 3Ds. My test pair have seen … Read more
Chafing to my inner right thigh has done little to improve my disgruntled mood, although I’m pleased to confirm the culprit was a missing shoe insert (my right femur is longer resulting in a slight imbalance which predisposes me to lean to the left) and not a classic Ti railed Rolls perch. Talking of saddles, it seems … Read more
Maybe it’s a gimmick, maybe it’s art or maybe it’s designed to give errant drivers food for thought….whatever the purpose, Canadian artist Eric Tryon will certainly heads with this macabre bike, complete with skeletal rider.Apparently, the bike is fully functioning and the grim companion’s skull and arms will move in the same direction as the … Read more
As seasoned Fearne Cotton-watchers already know, the cycling-as-fundraising thing has really taken off and here at road.cc we’re happy to cover the two-wheeled antics of the famous or otherwise as they puff and pant their way to a few quid for charity.However, if we covered them all we’d have no room for anything else, which … Read more
A dramatic sprint finish sealed top honours for Spain’s Oscar Freire, who won the Milan-San Remo Classic by two bike lengths.Freire (Rabobank) narrowly sneaked ahead of Belgium’s Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Italy’s Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) to win the race, his third such victory. As he predicted, last year’s winner Mark Cavendish (HTC Columbia) was out … Read more
Britain’s outgoing chief medical officer has called for an eightfold increase in cycling to combat obesity and other health disorders.Sir Liam Donaldson, who retires later this year, said in his annual report into the state of public health that a public health crisis has been caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.More cycling, he said, … Read more
Lance Armstrong hauled himself from his sick bed to speak to US sport radio host Tony Kornheiser, leaving in him in no doubt of cyclists’ attitudes to his views.Armstrong, who will miss today’s Milan-San Remo classic because of gastroenteritis, went on the show after Kornheiser called for motorists to run down cyclists.Yesterday, a chastened Kornheiser … Read more
If there’s one thing that might just get more casual ladies bums on saddles, it’s some snappy bike accessories. The Dutch know the score when it comes to cycling lifestyle kit, rather than strictly technical equipment, and Basil show that admirably with this range of attractively floral and girly bike bags.I’ve been happily using the … Read more
