Kraftwerk’s founder member Ralf Hutter has broken his band’s legendary silence to talk about his music, his passion for cycling and how the two connect.On the eve of a major concert at Manchester’s Velodrome, which is now sold out, Hutter has been speaking about the enigmatic German band. In their 35 years of existence, Kraftwerk … Read more
A controversial speed camera operation which targeted cyclists using the promenade in Bournemouth resulted in almost 70 riders being stopped.Police officers and council officials armed with speed guns laid in wait for cyclists exceeding the prescribed 10 mph along the prom, stopping 69 riders in the four-day operation.The majority were caught in the first two … Read more
New York City’s Department of Transportation has released the first in a series of safety ads in a campaign called ‘Look’ aimed at cutting the number of preventable accidents on the cities streets involving cars and bikes. (Watch the TV ad below)The campaign features posters and TV and radio ads. Like TFL’s driver awareness campaign this … Read more
Just when it seemed that Team Halfords Bikehut were about to stretch their lead and claim the big prize of the overall win in this first ever Tour Series, the teams are back together again in fact, after last night’s action in Chester it’s closer than ever at the top of the team standings.After nine … Read more
Aimed principally at Triathletes and Cyclists, Decathlon’s Geonaute is a slightly quirky, yet very user-friendly training aid – great for cross training but more experienced riders will want something more advanced.There are a host of clever features including wireless cadence and speed sensors and to the Geonaute’s credit it works very, very well in either … Read more
Someone over on an alternative forum (I know I shouldn’t be viewing them!) has taken me to task over my praise of this weekends “Flat out in the Fens” sportive organised by [url=http://www.kilotogo.com]Kilotogo[/url].
I made the mistake of saying that this tough warm flat and fast event was a good event and should be repeated.
Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion but I am here to stand up for the fens and those of us who live and work here (and also cycle and train here).
As predicted Tom Boonen will be taking Tour de France organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) to court in a bid to be reinstated in this year’s race which starts on 4 July.Jean-Louis Dupont, lawyer for Boonen’s Quick Step team, said in a statement Tuesday they “hoped for a court injunction” by Friday or early next … Read more
On Sunday Nick Hand, the man who’s soundslide films celebrating the crafts people behind some of the legendary names in the British Cycling industry have proved so popular over the last few months set out on a new challenge – to ride 5000 miles around the coastline of Britain (and a few of its islands) … Read more
It’s a lovely day for a ride which is why we’ve sent Dave off to recce the route of Round 1 of the Gore Bike Wear sportive at Llanwrtyd Wells and we’re traking him live so you can follow his progress over the 90 mile route with its 2600m of climbing including the Devil’s staircase.It’ll … Read more
Briton, Emma Pooley won the Tour de France Feminin at the weekend a race which she and her Cervelo Test Team dominated – her teammate Christiane Soeder came second overall, with former world champion Marianne Vos, third.The sprint for the final stage underlined Cervelo’s grip on the race, although Vos claimed the stage win of … Read more
