Plans for a memorial to four cyclists who lost their lives in a North Wales crash have been given a boost by relatives of the dead.Former Great British international cyclist Maurice Broadbent, 61, was killed along with fellow Rhyl Cycling Club members Thomas Harland, 14, Dave Horrocks, 55, and Wayne Wilkes, 42, after a car … Read more
Boris Johnson and Transport for London have announced plans for 12 outer London boroughs to become outposts for cycling.The 12 – Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Haringey, Havering, Hillingdon, Kingston, Merton and Redbridge – will become Biking Boroughs, receiving extra support and expertise from Transport for London (TfL) in a bid to … Read more
road.cc’s Rider of the Year, Mark Cavendish has condemned the return to cycling of drug cheat Riccardo Ricco, calling him ‘a parasite’.Cavendish was speaking after the news that Ricco plans to join a small Italian team, Ceramica Flaminia, when his ban ends on March 10. Originally handed down a two-year suspension after his ejection from … Read more
Peugeot one of cycling’s oldest and most legendary marques is back with a limited edition range of bikes for 2010 celebrating the company’s 200th anniversary – yep Peugeot is older than the bicycle as we know it.For its bicentenary, Peugeot for whom Eddy Merckx, Bernard Thevenet, Robert Millar, Sean Yates, Stephen Roche and of course … Read more
Oregon-based hoopsters Rolf Prima are set to roll out their range in the UK thanks to a new deal struck with Chocolate distribution. The high-end wheel manufacturer has been looking to get rolling over here in Blighty for a while, and the new agreement means that Rolf’s range – which covers everything from Carbon TT … Read more
A web portal promoting a new cycling club based in the Midlands is to go live at the end of January.Born to Bike is affiliated to British Cycling and actively promotes every level of cycling including café rides, sportives, road racing, time trialling, trail, XC, enduro and downhill mountain biking, cyclocross, track racing, family rides and triathlon.Mike … Read more
He’s already swum the English Channel and now Little Britain star David Walliams is to tackle the journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End by bike.Walliams is doing the 875-mile haul for Sport Relief in the company of comedians Jimmy Carr and Miranda Hart, and telly presenters Fearne Cotton and Davina McCall.According to the Sun, the … Read more
Road.cc regular Joby Spragg has hit the national headlines for his ‘name and shame’ website which features the antics of bad drivers caught on a helmet-cam.Joby, 33, of Hyde, has been cut up, clipped and forced off the road by hostile motorists. Although he’s written to some of their employers to complain, he’s received little … Read more
Former Beautiful South singer Paul Heaton is planning a cycle tour of England to promote cycling and traditional pubs – and he’s looking for venues to play in.The composer of ditties including Song For Whoever and Rotterdam will set off from the Rovers Return pub, on the Manchester-based set of Coronation Street, in May. In … Read more
A police detective planning a charity ride to Paris this summer has had his £4,000 road bike stolen.James Rabaiotti, of Pentwyn, Cardiff, was aiming to ride from London to the French capital in aid of Action Medical Research on his brand new white and black Principia C24T Ellipse Integral similar to the one in our picture (although … Read more
