This year’s Tour Series of televised town centre criterium races will be officially called the Halford’s Tour Series it was announced today by the series organisers, SweetSpot. The Halfords Tour Series takes place from 25th May to the 24th June across 10 cities and pits 10 top British professional teams against each other battling it … Read more
British Waterways has recommended that £1.7 million be spent on improving streets and pathways running close to the Regent’s Canal and Grand Junction Canal in London to help ease conflict between pedestrians and cyclists on the towpath as well as giving bike riders increased options that will negate the need to break the law by … Read more
Cycling is set to take a centre-stage role in London’s East Festival, which starts this Friday, with bike polo and a the Cycle East series of concerts, in which people are encouraged to use bikes to hop between venues, among the featured attractions.Cycle East takes place on Sunday, and features three concerts in different locations … Read more
You may remember our Wish You Were Here? Italian road trip last September. Well, our friends at the Belvedere Bike Hotel, which was the base for some fine riding and some fine eating too, have been in touch to tell us about some top Gran Fondo rides coming up in the area, which is now easier … Read more
A Grimsby man who was fined £750 when the bike he was riding on the pavement struck a five-year-old child has claimed that he was forced to ride there because the adjacent road was too dangerous.The Grimsby Telegraph says that the child who was struck has been left scarred despite reconstructive surgery following the collision, … Read more
Day Three in the Big Brother… sorry, we mean Day Three of the Sport Relief John O’Groats to Land’s End Sport Relief Bike Ride is now starting, and Davina McCall has been blogging about just how bad the conditions were on Monday night as David Walliams’ team of celebrities headed through the Scottish Highlands.In the … Read more
Knog’s twenty- function multi tool crams a phenomenal amount of useful stuff into a very confined space and is just the thing for best bikes loving to travel light. Good quality steel won’t chew delicate fasteners but it wouldn’t be my first resort for group rides and for all their charms offer limited leverage when … Read more
Park Tool were keen to show us around their stand at IceBike but by the time we actually got round to it the after-show party had already kicked in and we’d stashed our camera behind the bar and replaced it with a cold one. No matter though, as the friendly chaps have sent through some … Read more
The Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, a keen cyclist, has reportedly broken a number of ribs after clipping the rear wheel of a fellow rider while out on a pre-dawn training run in Denver.A spokesman for the Democrat politician was reported by Associated Press as saying that the Governor had been riding with four other … Read more
Rollapaluza is gearing up for the National Finals of its winter series in London on Good Friday after completion of the last regional heats in Manchester and Southampton. The venue for the finals is South London’s Half Moon Pub, handily placed for the Herne Hill Velodrome, which will have hosted its traditional Good Friday meet … Read more
