Cycling campaigner and road.cc regular Joby Spragg has received threats of violence after his methods of filming bad drivers were revealed in the national press.Joby, who posts here as jobysp, uses a helmet-cam to record the antics of motorists on his way in to work in Manchester. The results are posted on his website www.fightbaddriving.co.uk in … Read more
Charge bikes are arguably the coolest bike brand out of the UK at the minute offering an infectious mix of exciting design, excellent marketing and the West countries finest riders to boot. The Juicer Mid is the more affordable version in the Charge classic road portfolio. Coming in at a Cyclescheme-friendly £950 for 23lbs of … Read more
While we were at Zyro’s open house event this week we had the opportunity to meet Wayne from Ashima, who showed us his hydraulic road brake concept. It’s currently just a work in progress with most of the working parts modelled in plastic but Ashima seem fairly committed to launching it next year. You might … Read more
Image used courtesy of Copenhagenize.comIf you’re online and you follow developments in urban cycling, chances are at some point you’ll have stumbled across the Copenhagenize.com blog. The Danish capital is rightly viewed as the world’s leading cycling city – a third of its residents use bicycles each day to get to and from school or … Read more
An academic paper outlining how making it compulsory for young cyclists to wear helmets, although reducing the number killed in accidents on their bikes can unintentionally lead to a fall in the number cycling in the first place, has attracted the attention of one of the co-authors of the bestselling book Freakonomics.The book, which has … Read more
SRAM’s march through the upper reaches of the pro peloton continues with the news that the Cervelo Test Team will be using their brakes, shifters and rear mech this season as SRAM are quick to point out this means that the winners of the last 11 editions of the Tour de France now ride SRAM … Read more
Norfolk police have told road.cc that they won’t be stopping children from riding their bikes to a school in Norwich if they don’t wear reflective gear, but they do support the initiative, which we reported on yesterday.The original press release from the force, while saying that police backed the initiative, omitted to mention that it … Read more
Bike Pure, the organisation commited to promoting a drug-free future for cycle sport, has announced that it has secured a partnership with the 2010 edition of the Asia’s leading bike race, Le Tour de Langkawi, which takes place in Malaysia from 1-7 March, starting in Kota Bharu and finishing in Kuala Lumpur.Under the partnership, officials … Read more
If you’ve been thumbing through the websites of the UK sportives looking for your target rides for the year than you’ll have come across the name of Verenti by now. They’re sponsoring calendar highlights such as the Dragon Ride and the Magnificat – as well as the new sportive at Mountain Mayhem – and a … Read more
Two St John Ambulance volunteers in Colchester are seeking to raise £5,000 to equip themselves with bicycles to enable them to reach injured people needing emergency treatment more quickly than they would manage if they travelled by car.The idea is the brainchild of 17-year-old Bernie Rhodes, who has conducted research that suggests that she and … Read more
