Carradice have been around for a long time, are beloved by bearded men on antique steel tourers and I have been warned that saying anything disparaging about this Super C would result in me being pursued to the ends of the earth by gnarly CTC types. That is to say, slowly and with frequent breaks … Read more
Figures released by sustainable transport charity Sustrans at the beginning of Bike Week show that for the first time the national cycle network (NCN0 is being used for more than 1 million journeys every day.On the back of these figures Malcolm Sheperd, Sustrans CEO called for the NCN to be treated in the same way … Read more
The final stage of this year’s Dauphiné Libéré belonged to Dutch time trial specialist Stef Clement who won the first road race of his career when he outsprinted his two fellow escapees Sébastien Joly and Timothy Duggan. The race though belonged to Alejandro Valverde who made it two Dauphinés in a row, and two Pro-Tour … Read more
Well, does it get any better than this?Did any of you buy The Times yesterday? I was expecting the Cycling Supplement to be preachy and completely for beginners, as it happens I was mildly surprised!Apart from Alistair Campbell, who seems to put a spin on anything and everything (excuse the pun), I found the rest … Read more
Stephen Auerbach’s documentary follows participants in the 2005 Race Across America (RAAM), and although the race is also open to 2, 4 and 8-Person teams, he concentrates on the efforts of a handful of cyclists from the solo field whose efforts are on such an epic scale that they make our sportive heroics look like … Read more
When I’m not busy making road.cc I’m also involved in the organisation of a night ride, the Exmouth Exodus. This year’s ride was last weekend on 6-7 June, when all of the rain for June swept through the West country in a single evening. That made for ‘interesting’ conditions on the night, and my job … Read more
David Moncoutie won today’s seventh stage of the Dauphiné Libéré today, but Alejandro Valverde retained the leader’s yellow jersey after resisting a day attacks from his Australian challenger Cadel Evans.Moncoutie (Cofidis) was the sole survivor of what had been a 27 man breakaway with the big three challengers for the overall Evans, Valverde and Contador … Read more
British Cycling’s Executive Director Peter King has been made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), and fellow British Cycling member and former National Manager of the Paralympic Team Tony Yorke received an OBE.Their award come hot on the heels of last week’s Investiture Ceremony which saw seven members of British Cycling receive the honours … Read more
Children deserve good quality clothing too but Polaris recognise not everyone wants to look like their Dad’s Tour De France idol and most parents haven’t the income of champions. Enter the drifter; it’s very much a lad’s jersey bristling with street cred and change from seventeen quid is good value. The Drifter is an mtb … Read more
Hutchison very kindly sent us a set of their Fusion 2 tubeless tyres, complete with all the gubbins that you need to convert your wheels and get rolling without your inner tubes: special rim tape, valves and latex sealant. So yours truly was chosen as the guinea pig, and I set to work attempting to … Read more
