The biggest cycling park in the UK has been granted planning permission – the A2 Activity Outdoor Community Sports Park at Gravesend in Kent – after receiving substantial backing from British Cycling and it is scheduled to be completed by 2012.The 43-hectare woodland park will be three times bigger than the Olympic Velopark in Hackney … Read more
Mini pumps vary in their performance as much as anything in cycling, and it seems that for all the progress in cycling equipment there’s still plenty of awful pumps out there. Not that the Quicker Pro is one of them: it’s an excellent emergency pump that’ll get your tyres track-pump-hard at the roadside without making … Read more
York is regarded as one of the country’s premier cycling cities, with an extensive network of off-road cycle paths and on-road cycle lanes and ample cycle parking provided throughout the city.It was awarded Cycling City status, and £3.68m of government money was provided to help fund further improvements to cycling facilities in the city and … Read more
Lance Armstrong has been at it again, tweeting himself up some ride partners – this time in Dublin. Traffic police and rush hour drivers in the Irish capital, not exactly noted for its free-flowing traffic, will be on high alert especially as this time Lance has given potential rider partners a whole day to get … Read more
Almost a quarter of student cyclists at universities in the UK have been the victim of a bike thief according to research carried out from M&S home insurance. At a time of year when thousands of students will be preparing to head to university, and with the bike an invaluable and cheap piece of transport … Read more
As widely predicted most notably by himself Alexander Vinokourov has returned to the Astana cycling team after a two year absence forllowing his ban for doping, and will ride for them at the Vuelta (see the full line-up below). Astana yesterday announced that as of yesterday Alexander Vinokourov was part of the team and had … Read more
While combined brake and gear STI units remain the default option for new and production road bikes, they’re not ideal for everyone-especially crossers, rough stuff tourists and single speeders, so it’s a relief to find good quality classic aero brake levers such as these Shimano 600 are alive and well-particularly should losing an older groupset … Read more
When I got up to drive to the stage start in was raining. When I arrived to Bantry on the Atlantic coast, for the start of stage 3 and the final leg of the 2009 Tour of Ireland -it was raining. And yes, as the riders got out of the campervans and looked at the … Read more
Seven and a half thousand people joined stars from cycling and television at the Glasgow Skyride yesterday to enjoy a day of cycling and entertainment in a traffic-free city centre – despite the poor weather.Cyclists of all ages and abilities took to the streets for the event, which was hosted by Sky in partnership with … Read more
More than £5 million will be spent in Scotland over the next three years to get people cycling. Seven local authority areas are taking forward the wide-ranging initiatives through the Scottish Government’s Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) scheme, supported by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). The scheme which was launched last year and … Read more
