A total of 450 new bikes will be available on Dublin streets to residents and visitors to the city this Sunday morning as part of a new public bike hire scheme, Dublinbikes. The bicycles can be hired from 40 different locations in the area between the two Dublin canals.Dublin City Council awarded a 15-year contract … Read more
Sick of almost being knocked off your bike every time you cycle to work in the mornings? And as the motorist carries on blindly as if he hasn’t even seen you, all you’re left with for the day is boiling frustration?The CTC will launch a new campaign called Stop SMIDSY at this year’s Cycle Show. … Read more
Despite having enjoyed a good working rapport with Tony in particular for a good six years via telephone and email, the opportunity had never presented itself for us to meet. Neither in my years as a cycling journo had I made the pilgrimage to Euro bike. No particular mystery to it, by nature I’m a … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 9: Alcoy – Xorret del Catí, 189KMSpanish fans saw the first home stage win of the 2009 Vuelta this afternoon with Gustavo César Veloso of the Xacobeo-Galicia team taking the biggest victory of his career in Xorret del Catí this afternoon.And it was a double celebration for the host country … Read more
A cyclist from Preston has been awarded £2000 in damages for injuries he received when he crashed his bike after slipping on an oil spillage left on the road by a farmer after lawyers acting for the CTC on his behalf succesfully appealed against an earlier decision not to compensate him.Antony Di Domenico, 42, of … Read more
If lime green was the colour of the show for road bikes (and pretty much everything else), then plastic was the material of the show for flat pedals. You couldn’t move for gaudy platforms in every colour of the rainbow and some others besides. Pretty much everyone who’s a player in the urban pedal market … Read more
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
