TRP stands for Tektro Racing Products and is basically the firm’s elite component range. I’d definitely recommend the 920s for those seeking topflight performance on a mid price budget. The lack of increments on the quick release might annoy puncture prone racers who regularly perform roadside wheel swaps, but other than that it’s all good … Read more
Kenda’s C2C is a proven performer over long distances, scoring a third place in the Race Across America (RAAM), and it’s a good performer over here too, though it fares best on smoother tarmac The name of MTB legend Tinker Juarez isn’t one you might expect to find on a road bike tyre but the … Read more
It takes more than a lorry door to keep Boris out of the news on a working day, especially when there’s a revolution to start. So this morning it was off to Trafalgar Square where the Mayor of London today unveiled a package of measures, billed as a “Cycling Revolution” designed to boost cycling in London over … Read more
The DfT has removed an online game from a road safety website following criticism of its attempts to hammer home the helmets message to children (watch it on video below).The “Knockin’ Noggins” game, which appeared on the DfT’s dedicated child road safety website talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk operated along the lines of the fairground game ‘Splat the Rat’. In this … Read more
This Saturday’s Edinburgh Nocturne will feature two top riders straight from racing in the Giro d’Italia. Garmin-Slipstream’s Cameron Meyer will join team-mate David Millar racing around the streets of Edinburgh on 30 May. The addition of the Garmin Slipstream riders provides another challenge for the leading UK teams to take on in the Elite … Read more
The fact that Alessandro Petacchi beat Mark Cavendish in the first bunch sprint of the Giro made it interesting. It also put Cav under a bit of pressure during the first couple of weeks to win some stages and show he was the boss. Whether or not you feel Ale Jet was sprinting unaided or … Read more
Manchester Velodrome has confirmed dates for a series of track cycling courses this summer including Sprint and Endurance master classes and all day skills and induction sessions – places on some are limited so if you’re interested you’d better get your name down fast.Places on the Sprint master class are going fast, (naturally enough). There … Read more
This lightweight jersey from Panache is superbly comfortable on hot days. The polyester fabric of the main body is extremely fine and breathable while the underarm and side panels are an even more open weave – you can just about see through them and, more to the point, they let the air flood in to … Read more
27 cities plus the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee signed the Charter of Brussels, which aims to significantly boost city cycling, on the final day of the Velo City conference in, yes, that’s right Brussels. Only one British city, Edinburgh, signed the charter – none of Cycling England’s demonstration towns and … Read more
Great ride yesterday, 20 miles in the Sun, riding my ss with just the essential in my pocket.Is it me or is cycling everywhere at the moment ranging from Reginald Perrin on the BBC to CSI NY on 5. We no longer seem to be counter culture or even lycra clad subversives are we in … Read more
