The roadkill bodycount on this morning’s training ride was as follows (one of each): seagull, rat, badger and rabbit. Looks like the rabbits got off relatively lightly last night.I usually figure I’ve chosen a good route if I see more live animals than dead ones, but the only noteworthy live one today was a pheasant … Read more
A relatively mellow start to the road season is being offered by London Phoenix, which has announced details of its Easter Classic on Easter Monday, April 5.The organisers say the ride is a simple one to get to if you’re living in London, starting within the M25 at Fairlop Waters. There are two filly signed … Read more
A cycle-friendly facility is to open in Stockton-on-Tees to encourage more people to use their bikes or walk.‘The Hub’ will open on March 16 in Bridge Road, Stockton, following a Lottery-funded project set up by sustainable transport charity Sustrans in partnership with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and the local Primary Care Trust.The Hub will be officially … Read more
So this week sees the fruition of weeks of planning when we head out to Spain for some miles (and hopefully) sun.A couple of routes have been specced (as regular readers will know) and there will be plenty of climbing to test us all. Especially bearing in mind most of our recent riding will have … Read more
One of road.cc’s favourite bloggers, Andreas Kambanis, is using his London Cyclist blogspot to promote a downloadable book featuring 25 great London cycle routes.Andreas has put the book together with his specialist knowledge of the capital and the routes can be enjoyed by all types of riders, from the more experienced cyclist wanting long-distance challenges … Read more
Abus are fairly new to the helmet game but they’ve quickly made a name for themselves as a producer of good quality lids and the S Force Road is no exception: it’s a well made mid-range helmet for general purpose riding.The S Force Road is, as you’d expect, mainly constructed from EPS foam with an … Read more
A third place for Bradley Wiggins in the Tour of Murcia has put him on track for a spectacular Tour de France, says Team Sky coach Rod Ellingworth.HTC-Columbia leader Frantisek Rabon took both the final stage and, ultimately, the overall classification, Wiggins finished 48 seconds behind Rabon but three places higher than Lance Armstrong.”Bradley put … Read more
Pre-war cycling tours of Britain by groups of Hitler Youth riders were enough to alert the finely tuned antennae of MI5, declassified documents have shown.Files released by the National Archive show that in the summer of 1937, the security services became interested in the sight of Aryan youths inspecting the highways and byways of Great … Read more
A call for a female equivalent of Team Sky has been made by GB Olympic champion Nicole Cooke.Cooke was speaking as she prepared for her return to racing later this month. She has been dealing with uncertainty over a sponsor, the German team Nürnburger, and while she’s now fixed up with the Great Britain squad … Read more
The Kuota-road.cc cycling team made its racing bow this weekend. Kuota-road.cc? Yes, there’s been a change of sponsor after Planet X decided that criterium racing didn’t fit with its strategy – so we are proud to unveil the Kuota-road.cc team… we’ll be unveiling the jersey soon but for their first race Kuota-road.cc rode in Continental … Read more
