Debuting at last month’s Eurobike and being shown at the upcoming London Cycle Show is this cunning piece of kit from Fixie Inc and Gates Germany. The Kickflip hub is, they reckon, the first purpose built flip flop hub for belt drive bikes.Rather than being a screw-on the new hub works on a six bolt … Read more
On the day the weather broke and it’s suddenly cold, grey and drizzly the new bike arrives for the cyclo-cross season.How apt.
Pupils and teachers can pedal their way towards a new national award by helping to create a lasting legacy of cycling at their school. Sustrans has unveiled a School Mark scheme for schools taking part in its Bike It project. The charity coordinates 44 Bike It officers across England and Wales who each work to … Read more
Organisers of the Dublin bike hire scheme were left red-faced this week after it emerged they’d grossly underestimated the demand for the subscription cards. Only 5,000 were originally printed, with scheme operators JC Decaux estimating that number would last them a year. However, over 11,000 people applied for the subscription cards in the first fortnight.The … Read more
With attendances in excess of 100,000 and national TV coverage reaching an estimated 40 million people, The Tour Series was hailed a resounding success by organisers, venues and racing teams. And for the race venues themselves it meant a boost for their economy and increased participation in cycling.But Tewkesbury could miss out on such benefits … Read more
Crowds flocked to the Oxfordshire town of Woodstock yesterday for the second annual Bike Blenheim Palace event, with a whole host of events attracting everyone from families with children to experienced former pros such as triple Vuelta winner, Roberto Heras.Organisers of the event at the Palace, which is home to the Duke and Duchess of … Read more
We’ve all had what we would term as nasty falls from our bikes when cycling. But one female cyclist has miraculously survived from a truly horrendous one. The cyclist plummeted 100ft down a cliff and amazingly escaped with a broken collar bone and cuts and bruises after a mystery climber stopped to give her first … Read more
A cyclist has been hit with an ASBO that has banned him from riding in parts of Leicester after he waged a violent seven-year campaign of attacks on pedestrians in the city. Gurnaik Singh Dogra randomly kicked and punched pedestrians as he rode past them.Photographs of Dogra are to be placed across Leicester now that … Read more
The CTC is inviting cyclists to complete a survey sharing their views on what policies and proposals should be included in the National Cycle Plan, and how they should be prioritised. The CTC will then compile a report which will be presented to the Department for Transport.In June the Prime Minister announced that the DfT … Read more
Lights just seem to get smaller and smaller and brighter and brighter. At this rate, in a few years they’ll be brighter than the sun and invisible to the naked eye. For the time being though we’ll have to make do with units like the MiNewt USB which kicks out three hours of super-bright beam … Read more
