Seems like there’s not a day goes by without someone launching an iPhone-based navigation app for your bike. Some are johnny-come-latelys but Memory Map have been doing the mobile mapping thing for as long as anyone, so it’s no surprise that they’ve embraced the shiniest of all the phones.”The iPhone App is the latest development … Read more
Fifty veterans of UK cycling – riders, coaches and personalities – were inducted into a ‘hall of fame’ at British Cycling’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Manchester.The inauguralll hall of fame included Olympic gold-medal winners Chris Boardman and Jason Queally, and enigmatic Scots rider Robert Millar who, unsurprisingly, didn’t turn up to the event.Yvonne McGregor, Craig … Read more
A wet and chilly start to Mark Cavendish’s 2010 season began in Spain yesterday, as he turned team helper in stage one of the Tour of Andalusia.The Isle of Man rider’s sprinting skills were all but redundant on the four-hour battle over the mountains, so he spent much of the day between the team car … Read more
I was so flushed with joy about putting that pesky cold behind me last week that I skipped to the gym on Monday and heaved and hoed (?) with a little too much gay abandon. I think it was the asymmetrical deep squats with a kettle ball that did for me because I felt a … Read more
The Tour de France may be the world’s biggest annual sporting event, but however much of a cycling fan you are, it has to be admitted, perhaps grudgingly, that in even-numbered years the World Cup or Olympic Games are the sporting showpieces that capture the public’s imagination.This summer, however, a bike ride visiting the home … Read more
Local cycling campaigners in South East London are celebrating the success of a campaign to reduce the speed limit in Greenwich Park from 30mph to 20mph, and are now seeking the help of their local MP to ensure that the necessary legislation can be passed before the forthcoming General Election.Anthony Austin of Greenwich Cyclists, the … Read more
Following pressure from campaigners including bereaved friends and families of accident victims and the London Cycle Campaign, the Metropolitan Police is to reconstitute its Commercial Vehicle Education Unit (CVEU) under a new name, the Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU).Last October, Mayor of London Boris Johnson came under heavy criticism after he announced that he had decided … Read more
To be mated with the excellent ENO hub, White Industries manufacture a splined fixed gear cogs made out of 8620 case hardened steel, 78 grams of it for a 18T cog to be exact. The cogs are precision cut to mate to the fixed gear hub, rather than the traditional screw on method. Time will … Read more
A month after cycling’s governing body, the UCI, agreed with ASO, organisers of the Tour de France, not to use France’s anti-doping agency, the AFLD, on this year’s race, there is little sign of a thaw in their relationship with the news that the UCI has declined an offer from AFLD to collaborate on next … Read more
Schoolchildren in Waveney are being encouraged to sign up for Bikeability training, which Suffolk County Council is pushing in the area during 2010 with the aim of giving pupils aged between nine and 12 the necessarty skills to ride their bikes safely on the road. The training is being funded by NHS Great Yarmouth and … Read more
