I’m contemplating laying off the booze until after The Race Against Time to help my training.There, that doesn’t sound too complicated does it? All I have to do is decide one way or the other and go with whatever I decide. And yet it doesn’t feel quite that simple. For the past three or four years … Read more
A seven-year-old boy from London who set himself the target of raising £500 to help earthquake victims in Haiti by cycling around his local park has raised more than 100 times that amount, and donations are continuing to flood in.According to his page on the charity donation site Just Giving, Charlie Simpson aimed to complete … Read more
Caisse d’Epargne has announced that it will not be renewing sponsorship of the ProTour team that bears its name, whose riders include Vuelta winner Alejandro Valverde and France’s Christophe Moreau, when it expires at the end of this year. Instead, it is switching its backing to the French Olympic team.The news comes just a fortnight … Read more
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has called on car drivers to pay extra attention to cyclists looking to avoid potholes as the nation emerges from the cold snap that covered Britain in a blanket of snow earlier this month.In a press release issued by the IAM, Neil Greig, the organisation’s Director of Policy and … Read more
Designed as a waterproof winter road glove, Dhb’s Amberley is more accurately described as very very water resistant and continues the brand’s reputation for great value, nicely designed cycle clothing that delivers. The Amberley offers great protection without compromised dexterity for winter commuting or training rides and for most of us will more than do … Read more
Team Sky’s CJ Sutton and Greg Henderson crossed the line first and second in a bunch sprint in the sixth and final stage of the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide today to provide a winning end to the British team’s first ProTour race. Sky may have won the battle, but victory in this particular … Read more
Lino Gastaldello, the man behind the relaunch of the historic Italian racing bike marque Wilier Triestina, was killed this morning after being hit head-on by a car while he was out on his customary Saturday morning cycle ride.According to the Giornale di Vicenza, the incident happened at a crossroads in San Zenone degli Ezzelini near … Read more
Green Oil’s Eco Grease is a medium weight, general-purpose lube perfect for summer applications on areas such as cantilever bosses, derailleur hanger and pedal threads. Bikes in continually hard service (especially those with unsealed bearings and sans guards) will probably benefit from something stiffer, although a regime of wet weather riding coupled with repeated washing … Read more
Cyclists in North Wales are set to benefit from a new cycle path that will take them off a busy road and fills in a gap in National Cycle Network Route 5.And while motorists have hit out at roadworks that will be necessary over the next 18 months while the project, which also includes repairs … Read more
Former round-the-world record holder Mark Beaumont has taken time out from his latest epic bike ride to scale South America’s highest peak, the 22,841 Mount Aconcagua.The 27-year-old Scotsman is currently riding the length of the continent with his exploits being filmed for a BBC documentary, The Man Who Cycled The Americas, to be screened later … Read more
