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
With little over a month to go until the Cycle Show 2009 at London’s Earl’s Court, the event’s organisers have confirmed the names of some of the celebrities that will be attending the event, including a clutch of Olympic and World Champions and an appearance by one of cycling’s all-time greats.Beijing gold medallists Victoria Pendleton, … Read more
Got a week off work and a mate and I are off for a bike tour of Ireland. Usual last minute rush at work deciding what to do and what to leave.Having got home to pack, some new luggage had arrived from Alaska and I was trying to get everything in. Bit smaller than I … Read more
There’s a massive number of wonderful bikes to see here at Eurobike and not enough time to see them all, but to keep you going here’s a selection of cool stuff from De Rosa, Wilier, Bianchi, Storck, Specialized, Olmo and Matrix – we will be adding many more pics over the next few days so … Read more
Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 6: Xátiva – Xátiva, 186KMThe Slovenian rider Borut Bozic of Vacansoleil held off Garmin-Slipstream’s Tyler Farrar in a sprint finish to take stage 6 of the Vuelta this afternoon in a well-deserved victory for the Dutch oufit, which has figured prominently in breakaways during the race’s opening week.Columbia-HTC’s André Greipel … Read more
