Mark Cavendish is in the running for a major international sporting award.The Manx rider has been nominated in the breakthrough of the year category at the 2010 Laureus World Sport Awards.The nomination recognises his achievements in the 2009 Tour de France, where he won six stages and became the first British rider to win on … Read more
Interesting thing number 1: these groupset components aren’t made by Shimano, SRAM or Campag.Interesting thing number 2: they’re very light.Interesting thing number 3: they’re highly affordable.Microshift are a Taiwanese company who’ve been around for a few years now and Upgrade Bikes have just begun UK distribution for their products, which cover both road and mountain … Read more
On a windy day in Qatar Torpedo Tom Boonen once again blew away the competition to take this second stage win of the race and edge closer to taking the overall win for the second year in a row. As the race entered the final kilometre of the stage from Lusail to Madinat all the … Read more
Hospitals and universities across Scotland are to benefit from funding to improve cycle parking facilities. Sustainable transport charity Sustrans has allocated £208,000 of Scottish Government funding to hospitals, universities and colleges. Applications were received for improvements such as covered cycle storage and bike lockers.Sustrans received 52 applications, 38 of which were were successful, including The … Read more
It might only be February, but the first shot in the ‘prom wars’ debate has just been fired in North Wales.The opening salvo has been heard in Llandudno, where cyclists have told the local council that its plan for a new cycle route ‘makes no sense’ and should be along the prom.However, a ban on … Read more
Let’s get this clear right off the bat, despite their Arctic good looks, toasty appearance and draught-excluding cuff the Sugoi RS Zero is not really a Winter glove, in fact the closer it gets to the eponymous Zero the more they become thermally transparent, which is awkward. And they aren’t much use if it’s raining … Read more
A long lost but not forgotten piece of dusty cycling history has just found it’s way into my possession, an item that time, memory and rose-tinted Oakleys had elevated to some sort of two-wheeled folklore, spoken of only in hushed and wondrous tones whilst peering through steamed-up cafe windows.Half a lifetime ago I went for … Read more
An online survey to identify the key barriers preventing women from cycling is being hosted by British Cycling.The survey, which can be found here, is aimed at helping to create an exciting programme of activities designed to get more women on their bikes by 2013. While Britain is enjoying something of a cycling boom and … Read more
What are the chances of this happening? A Trek road bike stolen from Lance Armstrong’s Mellow Johhny’s bike shop in Austin, Texas, was found at a flea market in Mexico and returned to the shop – three months after it went missing.The bike, a Trek TTX time trial bike worth around $10,000, was stolen from … Read more
A Houses of Parliament reception was held for the winners of the National Cycle Rail Awards 2010, with transport expert Christian Wolmar presenting the event.The prestigious ‘Operator of the Year’ award went to National Express East Anglia has been for its “proactive, ongoing and sustained commitment” to cycle-rail integration.Judges agreed that NXEA had continued its … Read more
