The future of a bike hire scheme in Bristol, England’s first Cycling City, is being questioned, with concerns raised about the limited number of bicycles available, its restricted network and very-low take-up rate.Called Hourbike, the initiative was launched last January when hire stations were set up at Parkway Station and three University of the West … Read more
Compression wear is all the rage these days. 2XU’s compression tights are a well made and reasonably priced way to jump on the compression bandwagon, offering faster recovery, improved circulation and a reduction in muscle fatigue.It’s easy to be put off by these tights straight out of the box. I imagined that compression wear would … Read more
Davide Rebellin, the disgraced Beijing Olympic road race silver medallist is not going to give back his medal without a fight. Last week the Italian cyclist was ordered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hand back the silver medal he won in the road race at the Beijing Olympics before subsequently testing positive for … Read more
Cyclists around Britain – young and old, novices and professional alike – showed their caring side at the weekend as they helped the BBC’s annual Children In Need appeal raise more than £20 million to aid disadvantaged young people across the UK.Here, we highlight just a handful of the many people who took to their … Read more
Italy’s Olympic Committee, (CONI) the body which handles anti-doping cases in that country had a busy day today banning former Liquigas cyclist Giannia Da Ros for 20-years and hearing a plea of innocence from Gabriele Bosisio – the LPR rider who failed an out of competition drugs test in September. They also banned two further … Read more
I want you to imagine a scene. I will describe it for you…actually I wont. Just imagine the set of Zorro but with a motorway running through the middle.I was cycling along an agricultural road through acres and acres of ploughed farmland, I was feeling lied to. These were definitely plains, in Spain, and Eliza … Read more
With less than 1,000 days to go before the Olympic flame is lit above London on 27 July 2012, new aerial photos show that the Velodrome where Team GB’s track cyclists and para-cyclists will be aiming to repeat their Beijing success is taking shape.The fixing of the steelwork that will form the Veledrome’s distinctive double-curved … Read more
An East London-based initiative that seeks to use cycling as a means of promoting sustainable communities has been honoured at a reception at Number 10 Downing Street after winning an award for Best New Social Enterprise in England.Bikeworks organises programmes designed to highlight the health benefits of cycling, encourage disabled people to take up the … Read more
A cyclist has appeared before Poole Magistrates’ Court accused of assaulting a police officer and Bournemouth’s seafront manager on the seaside resort’s promenade last June.The alleged assaults, reported on road.cc at the time, took place against the backdrop of tension between cyclists and the local authority and police, who have been aiming to combat the … Read more
A former firefighter who shot a cyclist, the bullet missing his head by a fraction of an inch as it passed through his helmet, is set to spend just four months in jail after being sentenced for assault by a court in North Carolina.As previously reported on road.cc, prosecutors had pressed for 42-year-old Charles Alexander … Read more
