I finally got together with some of the other racers against time yesterday, for a training ride around Guildford (this one, in fact). Only five of us could make it – there will be something like 15 on the ride itself – but it was still very good to meet up and compare notes on … Read more
Lars Boom of Rabobank was the surprise winner of the Prologue of Paris-Nice in Montfort L’Amaury this afternoon as the continental road racing season began in earnest with 2010’s first major European stage race.The 24-year-old Dutchman, a former World Cyclo-Cross and Under-23 World Time Trial Champion riding a Shimano Di2 equipped Giant Trinity Advanced SL, … Read more
Pupils at five secondary schools in Tunbridge Wells in Kent are set to benefit from a new traffic-free cycling route alongside the A26 that will provide a link between them after the project secured £150,000 in funding from Kent County Council.Conservative councillor Tracy Moore has been campaigning for the route since she was elected two … Read more
Government ministers cycling around Whitehall could become a regular sight should the Conservative Party win the forthcoming General Election, according to a report in The Mail on Sunday.With shades of former Tory minister Norman Tebbitt, who famously told the unemployed to “get on your bike,” Conservative leader David Cameron plans to get his cabinet pedalling … Read more
Benny Hill esque moniker aside, Bill’s Bike Babes race sticks are faithful Cinelli Spinacci copies. Apart from some minor shortcomings (the finish on our test pair could’ve been better) ample adjustability and modest weight means they’re bang on for long runs on the winter bike and budget TT builds using standard diameter drops or pursuit … Read more
Some weeks back in the context of a very unusual Bianchi, which, some implied had been conceived from a very large, spares bin, Tony playfully suggested I might be able to conceive a smaller production run myself. Reasoned or otherwise, pattern and obsolete parts entice me-going a long way to explaining my gravitation to people’s … Read more
Topeak’s MTX waterproof trunk bag is brilliantly designed and a delight to use when paired with the brand’s range of compatible carriers thanks to solid construction and the clever patented quick track mounting system, combining limpet like security and effortless release. Extensive internal padding gives perishables a sporting chance of surviving rutted roads and bridle … Read more
According to a report in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Andy and Fränk Scheck are considering leaving Team Saxo Bank to form their own team at the end of this season, and have plans to take World and Olympic Time Trial Champion Fabian Cancellara with them.The brothers will become free agents at the end of this … Read more
Sutton Council is today launching a new initiative which it is hoped will motivate 20,000 residents of the London borough to take up cycling, and as a sweetener each household in the Wallington and Hackbridge areas will receive vouchers worth £100 to use on cycling-related products and services.The campaign is focusing on those specific parts … Read more
Some 10,000 cyclists are expected to descend on the historic city of York in June to visit the annual York Cycle Show, the curtain raiser to National Bike Week, which will feature thousands of bike-friendly events across the UK.The show, which is run by cyclists’ organisation CTC, takes place at York Racecourse on the weekend … Read more
