Being British Road Race Champ does have its perks, especially around Tour of Britain time, as Rapha Condor’s Kristian House found out yesterday when he was given a brand new bike for the race.As you’d expect, Rapha Condor ride Condor bikes, and this year they are on fully customised prototype Condor Leggero’s made from high … Read more
Hardly a new concept but the best I’ve come across to date, Indicator cliplets are so versatile and priced so reasonably that every outdoor enthusiast should have a pair. They’re two reversible nylon tags, a warm day glow orange one side and the familiar silver Scotchlite on the other which clip firmly together courtesy of … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 12: Almeria – Alto de Velefique, 179KMRyder Hesjedal recovered when apparently beaten by Xacobeo-Galicia’s David Garcia to win his Garmin-Slipstream team their second successive stage of the Vuelta on the Alto de Velefique today. His victory was the first by a Canadian in a Grand Tour since 1998, and came … Read more
A new bike restoration and training project near London Bridge is proving a hit with cyclists. Thor Burkard set up I-Bike in a tucked-away unit under Druid Street’s railway arches two months ago. The aim of the project is to provide excellent bicycle repair service to the local community for affordable prices. The team also … Read more
Here’s a nice tongue in cheek vid (below) from the Netherlands. What would cycling be like if it was like driving? that’s the theme explored in this short which was created as a Dutch school project aimed at promoting bikes – a long way from the situation we’re currently seeing in the UK where bikes … Read more
Jon Snow, the Channel 4 newsreader who is also president of the CTC, has found himself in the headlines after revealing on his blog that his bike has been stolen. The news of the theft has sparked a wave of retweets on Twitter and posts on web forums, with the promise of a £250 reward, … Read more
In what is proving a regular tweet, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was at it again on social network site Twitter as he invited riders out to join him for an informal ride in Los Angeles yesterday.On Wednesday afternoon, Armstrong posted the following tweet invitation on his Twitter page: “Hey LA – get … Read more
I’ll start with a confession: I always thought cycling gloves were about padding for recreational cyclists, and not shredding your hands to bits in spills for racers. Testing these Giro zero mitts, I discovered a third function: grip on wet bars and controls. Not having used gloves for a long time — I don’t need … Read more
Nearly 200 youngsters from across the UK have ‘entered’ to race at this year’s Tour of Britain and in the coming days they have the privilege of competing at this country’s most prestigious road race thanks to British Cycling’s Go-Ride programme, which helps introduce young people to competitive cycling.Club teams and school teams of 11- … Read more
A 50-strong group of cycle campaigners rode between Fen Ditton and Horningsea in South Cambridge to show support for a bid to create a new cycle route between the two villages. The project is one of several schemes competing to be built as part of the £7.2 million Cycle Cambridge initiative.The Cycle Cambridge Team are … Read more
