If your feet suffer on Winter rides then it’s worth getting an insulated boot to keep the chill off your toes. Shimano’s RW80 is certainly one to look at, with a full Gore-Tex Duratherm liner it will keep the rain and the cold out.The RW80s are solidly constructed with a full PU-coated leather upper which … Read more
As you may have seen from the thread posted on the road.cc forum Reading Cycling Club has announced that entries for the inaugural Anthony Maynard Sportive will open on January 1st. The new sportive is being run in memory of Reading CC member Anthony Maynard who was killed at the tragically young age of 25 … Read more
Urban cycling fashionistas who like to be ahead of the curve get the chance this week thanks to the guys at Outlier. All this week they have been offering limited releases of new garments that are in the final stages of the development process but which aren’t slated for release for a few months down … Read more
A New York policeman seen in a video posted on YouTube shoving a cyclist from his bike has pleaded not guilty to various charges of assault.The cyclist, Christopher Long, was knocked from his bike during a Critical Mass demonstration in June. He was originally charged by the policeman, Patrick Pogan, with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct … Read more
When the chill of winter starts to bite it’s time to reach for the Cannondale Midweight Jersey to keep you cycling through to the spring. Ideal for cool days, it also makes an effective base layer under a jacket. The detailing on the Cannondale Midweight Jersey is deceptively simple, no over the top graphics or … Read more
Sport England has awarded British Cycling £24.3 million in funding for 2009 to 2013 to deliver grass roots sport as part of a plan to get one million more people playing sport. The £24,288,000 of funding represents a 96% increase compared to the 2005-2009 funding period, the second highest increase of the 46 sports eligible for … Read more
Triple Olympic gold medallist, Chris Hoy today called for more government cash to be spent on increasing the numbers of people cycling. Speaking to Richard Moore in the Guardian, Hoy, who was on Sunday voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year by over 280,000 people said: “I’d like to see an increase in participation,” he … Read more
A Belgian court today found Johan Museeuw guilty of using performance enahancing drugs. The rider, widely acknowledged as the best one day specialist of his era, was given a 10-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. Three other riders received similar sentences.The court was slightly harder on the two men convicted of supplying the cyclists … Read more
The guys at Fixie Inc have launched their new website www.cycles-for-heroes.com.As you’d expect Fixie’s 2009 bikes are there in all their glory, but you’ll also find image galleries, blogs (interesting picture of ‘The Man’, Recip Yesil) er, delivering beer at a 24 hour enduro, links to fixed gear, cyclocross and bike polo sites. And that’s … Read more
A study by two US academics has concluded (all right, re-concluded. Okay, let’s make that stated the bleedin’ obvious) that countries whose populations use more acive forms of transportation are thinner than countries that don’t.The study by the University of Tennessee’s David Bassett and John Pucher of Rutgers, shows a pretty much irrefutably strong correlation … Read more
