Team Sky’s latest signing is Steven De Jongh, who is set to join in the New Year as Sports Director. The highly-experienced 35-year old Dutch rider ended his active career as a professional bike rider at the recent Giro del Piemonte. De Jongh has been with the Belgian Quick-Step team for the last four seasons … Read more
Olympic Women’s Pursuit Champion Rebecca Romero is thinking of switching from the track to the road in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, according to a report in the Guardian over the weekend. Romero is considering focusing on the individual time trial in 2012 if proposals announced last week by the International Cycling Union (UCI) … Read more
Although it’s great to look at new and shiny Dura Ace (and Di2) kit, it’s always the announcement of the new Ultegra groupsets that generates the most excitement here at road.cc towers. Ultegra has always been the smart choice in the Shimano range: affordable enough to be a serious consideration with first dibs on all … Read more
Some aspects of what is intended to be the UK’s largest cycling park, near Gravesend in Kent, may have to be scaled down after Sport England rejected an initial application for £6 million of funding.The A2 Activity Outdoor Community Sports Park, which was granted planing permission last month, is backed by Kent County Council (KCC), … Read more
These are the thinnest and subsequently, the most suitable socks in the Seal Skinz range for cycling. Ideal for cross, touring, winter training and mountain biking they keep feet bone dry and temperate without encroaching on performance cycling footwear’s snug fit. Every winter wardrobe should have a pair.Emerging from the packet, they enjoy a tactile … Read more
Fit a more hill friendly chain-ring chuck chain-guard flip the stem change the bars to favourites swap the brakes round chop the steerer put new seatpost and saddle on slot in long-drop cable-hanger and no need to use the set-aside in-line cable-adjusters as the brakes have these built in (we like this, a lot) tighten … Read more
Two weeks to go.Two weeks to go.I’m well aware I just wrote that twice. But it still hasn’t really sunk in that i’ll soon set off on my journey from the UK to South Africa. I thought repeating it might help. It hasn’t.Two weeks to go!So I suppose this is a time to reflect on just how long two weeks … Read more
James Cracknell and his Hot Chillee team mates: Steve Golla, Phil Sykes, and Jerone Walters have set a new End to End relay record for the 842 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats, an amazing 34:54:04. Before they set out the team had said their were aiming to cover the distance in a sub 40 … Read more
Bradley Wiggins today sealed his first professional stage race overall victory by winning the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. In doing so, he became only the third British rider to win the race, held in the Australian state of Victoria, after Malcolm Elliott in 1985 and Paul Mann in 1993.Team politics played a part in Wiggo’s … Read more
There’s no doubting Pedro’s levers are amongst the best I’ve come across, making short work of most tyre/rim combinations and very keenly priced to boot. However, they’re not as effective as telescopic designs on really tight beads and one of our test levers snapped clean in two while battling my expedition wheelset. Luckily, a lifetime, … Read more
