Sustrans is to launch a pilot project in Scotland aimed at encouraging schoolgirls to cycle.The sustainable transport charity has been awarded £230,000 to get girls aged nine to 16 cycling to school at least once a week. It will aim to increase this percentage to 15 per cent in its targeted schools from the current … Read more
Boris Johnson has ‘congratulated’ London Underground union leader Bob Crow for boosting cycling during the recent Tube strikes.With his customary tongue-in-cheek, London’s mayor thanked Bob Crow ‘for all he did’ to encourage commuters to use two-wheels as the capital ground to a standstill.But even as he reinforced his ‘cycling revolution’ message in a debate with … Read more
It’s a nightmare scenario – the one where the wheel of your beloved bike is wedged firmly into a level crossing and sooner or later a train is going to turn it into scrap metal…..That’s what happened to cyclist Tony Callen as he negotiated a level crossing near his home in Havant, Hampshire. His front … Read more
If you’re at a loose end you could do worse than head over to the Maxgear site and enter their free prize draw. Maxgear are a fairly new name in the world of cycling – the company started in 2007 – but already they’re supplying some top riders, including Nicole Cooke’s Vision 1 team and … Read more
For a city as keen on cycling as Brighton, it takes some doing to get noticed on two wheels – but not if you’re a few feet higher than everyone else on the road.After spending six months in America learning how to weld frames together to create ‘freak bikes’, Dan Pritchard is now showing off his … Read more
If the likes of Armstrong, Contador and Menchov aren’t in the mix at the end of today’s monster climb up to Andorre Arcalis, it won’t be because their headgear was weighing them down. Giro’s new Prolight lid debuts today and, at just 175g, lays claim to being the world’s lightest.The astute (and older) among you … Read more
A weekend of cycling in Derby is expected to draw thousands to the city’s Markeaton Park.The second Big Cycle free festival this Saturday and Sunday (July 11-12) has been extended to cover the entire weekend and it includes a charity bike ride, track races, bike polo, BMX displays and stunt riders.Last year’s one-day event saw … Read more
The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) says it has been ‘misrepresented’ by a motorbiking website which claims it is urging cyclists to respond negatively to a survey on motorbikes in bus lanes.The Motorcycle News website says the LCC has called for people to ‘register objections’ to an 18-month trial of motorbikes in bus lanes which started … Read more
The Swift jersey from Rapha is a crossover between the urban/messenger range and their road race oriented garments; available only in black, the design incorporates a matt black panel sewn onto the chest, along with a multitude of swifts in flight in black velvet swooping across the jersey, which give rise to the jersey’s name.Rapha’s … Read more
Accurate enough for workshop duties, yet compact enought to slip into the smallest of seat packs or jersey pockets, the SKS Air Checker is the best digital tyre pressure gauge I’ve used to date, but isn’t perfect.Powered by CR type battery and weighing a mere 60g it scores over other designs by virtue of light … Read more
