The Revolution Series signed off its 2009/10 season with a bang at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday evening, with the final event, the Men’s Sprint, seeing the Beiing Olympic finalists, Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, go shoulder to shoulder in a thrilling race with the Scot coming through to win as he had done to … Read more
On a day when spring finally appeared to be stirring from a long hibernation in the south of the UK, you may not want to think ahead beyond summer to the late autumn, but entries are now open for this year’s Exmoor Beast and if you want to take part, you’d better get your entry … Read more
Trials rider Chris Akrigg has taken his Mongoose Maruice fixed bike to Barcelona with predictably spectacular results mainy involving riding up the sides of unfeasibly steep things – something he showcased in his first vid riding across the Westbury White Horse.That was the Mongoose sponsored trials rider’s first go at riding fixed this is his … Read more
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Cycle campaigners in Cleveleys, near Blackpool, are calling for greater provision of cycle lanes in the town after an 83-year-old woman was fatally injured after being hit by a car while riding her bike on Thursday afternoon.Barbara Taylor was cycling along Kelso Avenue when she was struck by a Citroën C3 car driven by a … Read more
As former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio heads from Twickenham to Cardiff on the latest leg of his Cycle Slam charity ride, one of his most illustrious predecessors in the post, Will Carling, has announced that he will head off in the opposite direction as he takes part in this year’s London to Paris ride.Joining … Read more
One of the world’s leading automotive safety companies is to trial an airbag system to help protect cyclists in Amsterdam this autumn, which could lead to the device entering production with leading car manufacturers as early as 2015.The trial, which will last a year, will assess the effect of the prototype system’s sensors in urban … Read more
The original post on this subject was originally back in September (click here). So much wedding planning and other stuff has happened that I didnt get round to posting an update on the site as to where we are and what is happening. We are off via Portsmouth and then driving through France to get … Read more
What do you know about Comtat? Not a whole lot, we’re guessing. It’s a new London-based brand that sources carbon frames from the Far East and builds them up in the UK at competitive prices. As with Planet-X and Ribble, for example, you can either decide on the spec yourself from a wide selection of … Read more
Organisers of a major new exhibition targeting cyclists, the Active Bike and Triathlon Show, have been forced to postpone the event as a result of “venue difficulties,” and it will not now take place until 2011 at the earliest.The show, whose launch we reported on last December, was expected to attract up to 18,000 visitors … Read more
