Cyclists ‘dance with death’ if they choose to commute to business and retail parks on the edge of Inverness, a Green Party activist has said.Eleanor Scott says the Green Party is calling for major investment to improve cycling links between the centre of the city and Inverness Retail Park and Stoneyfield Business Park, describing the … Read more
The head of the UCI has praised the 2009 Tour de France as the cleanest for several years, citing the threat of a four-year ban and improvements in testing as evidence.Pat McQuaid said that the riders were ‘bombarded’ with tests which meant the risk of being caught was too great.The four-year ban, brought in at … Read more
A network of 16 new cycle routes in and around Leeds will be created over the next five years.The city council is determined to ease traffic congestion and sees the paths as a way of linking outlying communities to the city centre, encouraging people to cycle instead of drive.The paths will also link to local … Read more
YBN’s imaginatively named MK918 is every bit as indestructible as its rugged good looks suggest and solves the problem of chain tension on frames with vertical ends pressed into service as road fixers/single-speeds. However, designed for BMX/Trials and tipping the scales at a portly 340g it’ll give weight weenies heart failure and limits sprocket and … Read more
The irony hasn’t been lost on me. I spent time the first week of my trip reading the Robert Millar biography thinking back to when we had a Brit who could excel in the Tour mountains.The following week I was on the roadside watching the Tour unfold and yelling in Mark Cavendish’s ear as he … Read more
With multi tools rapidly becoming pocket workshops, it’s nice to find Wheels MFG’s amusingly monikered gimp has all the essentials without feeling over-burdened. However, close to micro-tool dimensions means there’s insufficient leverage for tackling really stubborn fasteners.Measuring 60mm and weighing a feathery 120g thanks to a machined aluminium body there’s the usual suspects- 2,3,4,5 and … Read more
Two Spanish riders have been suspended by the UCI after blood doping tests proved positive.Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Fuji-Servetto) were told of the decision after the World Anti-Doping Agency tested blood samples in Lausanne and Paris.Samples of the banned stimulant CERA was apparently found in the blood of both riders. An … Read more
If life might seem a little empty once the Tour de France finishes then fear not – there is always October to look forward to and the Brompton World Championships.Held for the fourth year now, the BWC will take place at Blenheim Palace on Sunday October 4 as part of the ‘Bike Blenheim’ cycling festival.It’s … Read more
This year’s Cycle Show, at Earls Court in October, is to have a special emphasis on the female cyclist as more women take to the road on two wheels.The show will reflect a greater take-up of cycling by women with the launch of a host of in-show female-friendly features. In a first for the cycling … Read more
Economics experts are predicting that Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France rivalry against Astana team-mate Alberto Contador will do him no end of good if he’s serious about starting his own team.Although it seems unlikely now that the seven-time winner will take this year’s title after Contador took Stage 15 at the weekend, Armstrong’s remarkable comeback … Read more
