Cycling weekly has been strongly hinting that despite rumours Giant would be the bike of choice for Team Sky, Pinarello will be getting the gig.Here is a link to their photo showing the team coloured bike…And what a lovely bit of gear it is too.The blue, the white, the lovely shapes of the Dogma… Its … Read more
I am not your typical stag do kind of guy. Partying and boozing aren’t on my radar (I claim my bad drinking is down to not having a full set of kidneys… not sure if that is true), something which has been putting me under pressure in the run up to my wedding next April.But … Read more
I didn’t have the heart to tell him… Not sure if anyone did, although he must have wondered why so many people wanted to take a picture of his logo.
According to the interactive part of the BBC website (6-0-6), the composition of Team Sky is set to be revealed to the public this coming Thursday (10th Spetember).Details of both riders and equipment is likely and then the rumours can stop and the build up to Le Tour 2010 can start !You can join my British … Read more
National Road Race Champion Kristian House of Rapha Condor, a former resident of Stoke-on-Trent, was one of 1,200 riders who yesterday tackled the first Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride, which started in the city.The event is the first of two rides designed to raise funds for charity, which is in the first year of its … Read more
Bontrager race bullhorn handlebars are made from custom butten 2014-T6 aluminium and feel equally at home on your time-trial/triathlon bike or your fixed.They only come 420mm wide (measured centre-to-centre, they are 440mm end-to-end) but they are available in a choice of diameters: standard (26mm stem clamp size); or oversize (31.8mm stem clamp size), which is … Read more
Bradley Wiggins will be sporting the British champions’ jersey when he lines up at the starting gate for next year’s Tour de France prologue in Rotterdam after winning this afternoon’s British Time Trial Championship in Buckinghamshire.Wiggins, the penultimate rider to go out, finished the 31.2-mile course in 1:02:15, with last man out, defending champion Michael … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 8: Alzira – Alto de Aitana, 203KMLampre NGC’s Damiano Cunego took the eighth stage of the Vuelta from David Moncoutié of Cofidis with an attack on the closing two kilometres of the Aitana climb after a long day in the saddle. But Cadel Evans will also be celebrating after the … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 6: Valencia ITT, 30KMSwiss time trial king Fabian Cancellara blew apart the rest of the field on a wet, windy day on the Mediterranean, taking the 30km individual time trial in 36 minutes 41 seconds to win from Britain’s David Millar by 32 seconds.In doing so, the Swiss Saxo Bank … Read more
Limar’s £104 Pro 104 Ultralight helmet got a good write-up recently from road.cc’s Roger Blessed. This 575 Sport Action will sting you for a much more humble £39.99 but still carries over some of the features of the Pro, such as the in-mould construction and the dial adjust headband. That dial makes it a cinch … Read more
