Manchester band, Doves, have got Danny McAskill starring in their latest video for the song Winter Hill. Danny who rides for The Clan on an Inspired bike rose to fame when his internet video showing off his skills went viral with over 2 million people viewing it in the first week and now about 8 … Read more
On the day that Lance Armstrong so nearly donned the yellow jersey at the 2009 tour his greatest rival Jan Ullrich also made the news too, when the Swiss anti-doping body announced disciplinary action has now been started against the former Tour winner for his alleged involvement in the Operation Puerto blood doping scandal.Ullrich retired … Read more
Astana pulled out all the stops on a difficult TTT course around Montpellier to almost put Armstrong in the yellow jersey: in the end Cancellara maintains the narrowest of leads over the Texan with the two sharing the same time out on the road. It’s Astana who confirm themselves as the strongest team in the … Read more
Last week British Cycling published its outline plan for the next four years and nobody could accuse the organisation of lacking in ambition. Among the goals set were: producing a British winner of the Tour de France within 5 years; getting a million more people cycling; boosting its membership to 100,000; and going beyond being … Read more
With the team time trial on the menu for today it’s time for some of the big players to roll out their secret weapons. Of all the disciplines, time trialling is the one where the most R&D money is invested to secure the tiny gains that could be the difference between the podium and the … Read more
Ulnar gel padding is all the rage at the moment and these have all the features you’d expect from a high end glove.Being full-fingered means they’re versatile enough for three season of Audax, road and even a bit of mountain biking but with second skin fit and remarkably proficient ventilation there’s nothing jack of all … Read more
Discussions about a huge storage warehouse for bikes at London’s Paddington Station have been very ‘warm’, according to the scheme’s operator.Dutch owned NedRailways want to install a ‘cycle warehouse’ for 1,000 bikes at Paddington at a cost of £750,000. The Cyclepoint would be Britain’s biggest station cycle park, more than double the size of the … Read more
A major rethink of transport policy – including encouragement to cycle wherever possible – is the only way to tackle rising congestion, a new report says.The Campaign for Better Transport says that traffic jams on motorways and trunk roads will simply get worse unless a smarter approach to traffic management is adopted.Written by Phil Goodwin, … Read more
It was another good day for Mark Cavendish at the Tour today and for Fabian Cancellara but most notably of all for Lance Armstrong… should be interesting on the Astana team coach on the way back from the stage though cos it was a bad day for Alberto Contador. Cadel Evans wasn’t too happy either.The … Read more
A cup of coffee allegedly got Astana in trouble at the Tour and lead to the first (probably of many) spats between the Tour organisers ASO and cycling’s world governing body, the UCI.Trouble brewed (sorry) when Astana were late signing on apparently because Lance Armstrong was sharing a cup of coffe with his good buddy … Read more
