The inaugural Race Around Ireland, which takes in some of the country’s most famous landmarks and crosses 25 major climbs, starts this evening at 8pm with the solo category. The Ultra Marathon Cycling Association World Cup Event is a 1,350 mile non-stop event that loops around the entire country.The Solo riders will start at 8pm … Read more
Blackpool has launched the country’s first large scale cycle hire scheme in a move aimed at transforming the resort’s reputation. The £1m initiative, jointly funded by Cycling England, Blackpool NHS and the local council, is aimed at boosting tourism and its profile as a cycling destination. The scheme is modelled on Paris’s popular Vélib’ scheme, … Read more
Lezyne are a company that have the ability to make a seemingly mundane product such as a pump or multi tool into an object of desire. They mix quality materials with well thought out design and an attention to detail, which result in objects that demand attention. This is certainly true of their SV10 multi … Read more
Well, that was the idea. Having fettled the brakes, upgraded the front pads to notable improvement, I decided it high time to perform rear pad transplant surgery. A simple enough job-fifteen minutes tops…. Only I hadn’t bargained on a new cable and the otherwise much loved Sachs branded Modolo levers failing internally at the (nylon) … Read more
Reynolds have joined forces with renowned composites guru Paul Lew to bring the world the RZR wheelset, and at under 900g for the tubular-rimmed set (the clinchers will be finished by early 2010) they’re certainly pushing the envelope in terms of weight. And it’s not just another carbon wheel in the same mould (as it … Read more
Edvald Boasson Hagen won today’s stage of the Tour of Britain the 153.8Km stretch from Peebles to Gretna Green taking it in a sprint finish from Michele Merlo (Barloworld) and Chris Sutton who won Saturday’s opening stage.Today’s win brings Boasson Hagen’s tally of Tour of Britain stage victories to four – he won three last … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta Stage 15: Jaén – Cordoba: 168KMLars Boom of Rabobank put in a great solo performance this afternoon to claim Stage 15 of the Vuelta in Cordoba. The 23-year-old Dutchman, the current world cyclo-cross champion, had figured prominently in breakaways during the race’s opening days in the Low Countries. He couldn’t give Dutch … Read more
Travelling to work by greener methods is all the rage at the moment. And for many people, the choice of taking to cycling in rather than driving is a tough one. But spare a thought for staff who work for global engineering consultancy WSP. Driving to work too often could land them with a £100 fine.WSP … Read more
Famous as the home of British motor racing in the sport’s golden age during the 1920s and 1930s, Brooklands in Surrey is gearing up to host a Veteran Cycling Festival this Sunday.The venue, where the first-ever British Grand Prix took place in 1926, hosted cycle races during the 1930s and also had an airfield, becoming … Read more
You wouldn’t normally associate a huge wad of cash with the simple task of riding your bike – unless your name’s Lance Armstrong, of course – but in Winnipeg, Canada, a bicycle courier found almost $20,000 on top of an ATM machine last week.The Winnipeg Free Press reported that 29-year-old Matt Magura, who makes his … Read more
