Sustainable transport charity Sustrans is celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the National Cycle Network by challenging more than 100,000 schoolchildren from 550 primary schools throughout the UK to cycle 5,224 miles, equivalent to almost half the network’s 12,000-mile length, on a virtual journey round Britain.The initiative, which began yesterday sees pupils, parents and teachers from … Read more
We’ve been getting all excited at the prospect of the Ridgeback Ti Flight for quite some time now… since IceBike 2009 in fact when we saw the first prototype. Now the wait is nearly over cos at this year’s IceBike Ridgeback were showing off the second prototype and no, that doesn’t mean the final version … Read more
Distributor Windwave has said that the new vintage-style, single speed Gimondi chainset from components manufacturer FSA, which we first spotted on a Colnago Master X Pista at the recent CORE bike show, will be available in the UK from May at a price of £79.95.Named after the great Felice Gimondi – one of only five … Read more
The Scottish Government has launched a major initiative to encourage the country’s 5 million inhabitants to lead healthier, more active lifestyles. Called ‘Active Nation’, the campaign seeks to encourage Scots to draw inspiration from the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which are being hosted in Glasgow, to motivate them “to increase their physical activity and live longer … Read more
Ahead spacers above the stem?Say it ain’t so Ernesto, say it ain’t so.I’m not angry, just disappointed.
World cyclo-cross champion Marianne Voss, who has also won world and Olympic championships on the track as well as the world road race title, is one of the latest riders to sign up for Bike Pure, the Ireland-based organisation that in less than two years has become a major voice in the campaign for a … Read more
David Walliams’ team of celebrities are 24 hours into their Sport Relief John O’Groats to Land’s End ride which aims to raise £1 million for the charity, and with high winds, icy roads, a blizzard and temperatures well below freezing as the riders head towards Glasgow, they must be wondering just what they’ve got themselves … Read more
New Zealand’s High Court has overturned the conviction of a Wellington man fined for cycling nude on a country road, although the judge was at pains to point out that the ruling did not give cyclists the right to dispense with the Lycra altogether, since individual cases would need to be decided on their own … Read more
Topeak’s Super Tourist DX rack is something of a design classic, continuing Topeak’s tradition for keenly priced and innovative products. The super-tourist certainly manages to be most things to most riders. A 25Kg maximum payload should be enough for all but kitchen sink tourists, let alone commuters and weighing a reassuring 700g, it should satisfy … Read more
I rode in to work today with my neighbour who is a regular cyclist over the summer. She doesn’t cycle over the winter very often, but she certainly kicked my proverbial arse. Maybe it was because it was Monday morning and I was tired after a 40km mtb ride in gloopy mud yesterday or maybe … Read more
