It’s Friday, it’s 4pm, so it’s names in the hat (the ‘hat’ being a random number generator because we’re too lazy to print the names out) and fingers crossed! Here are the three winners we pulled out and their colours of preference (if they gave one):Orange: roadieseanPink: alisdair_smythRed: torre2409Congratulations to all three winners, commiserations to … Read more
We’ve just uploaded another gallery of pics from last weekends Handmade bike exhibition in Germany this time featuring the Merlin’s and Litespeeds on show.Merlin/Litespeed at EHBE galleryAmongst the bikes the two brands had on display were two Litespeed Archon’s one a standard road model with some very far from standard paint job hand-done by German … Read more
In the corner of the office today, looking all shiny and cool, is a Salsa Pistola, the American manufacturer’s steel sportive and distance riding frameset. Whereas the material might be traditional the geometry certainly isn’t, with a 7cm drop on the sloping top tube, a longish head tube and 74°/72.5° head and seat angles putting … Read more
The M324 is a solidly built and dependable commuting pedal for riders who want to switch easily between cleats and flats. If you’re a big mile commuter or tourer they won’t disappoint, but there’s much cheaper copies on offer for the leisure rider.The guts of the pedal is a well-finished Aluminium body that houses serviceable … Read more
A train company has back-tracked on a ban which prevented a commuter from leaving his bike at a station overnight even though he was following the company’s own advice on cycle commuting to and from its stations. Joe Lutrario, 25, of Hove, commutes to Crawley but is unable to take his bike on the train … Read more
So much more than simply a heart rate monitor, Cat-Eye’s MRC H220 does pretty much everything bar make the tea while remaining relevant and user friendly for novice and seasoned riders alike.Described as a multi sports computer, opening the box it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the manual but you can calibrate the unit start … Read more
There is less than a week to go until the UK’s top pro cycling teams clash for the first time in Milton Keynes on 21st May for round one of The Tour Series, the 10 round town and city centre series.Billed as the world’s first ever team cycle racing series the aim is to draw … Read more
Fashion diva Vivienne Westwood and a host of other celebrity cyclists are backing Bike Week 2009, which runs from June 13-21.”Cycling is so convenient,” says the Queen of Punk on the Bike Week website.“Because I never ride very fast, I don’t need a change of clothes – if necessary I walk up the hills. Sometimes … Read more
British Cycling is backing road safety campaigner Allan Ramsey’s No.10 petition calling for tougher penalties for motorists who use mobile phones at the wheel.The cycling organisation has been contacted by Roadpeace campaigner Allan Ramsey to support his petition calling for mobile phone using motorists to have their phones and cars confiscated and to be given an … Read more
Michele Scarponi came in from the cold today to claim victory today in the Giro d’Italia, the biggest win of his troubled career. He actually won in Austria as the race made a 248Km foray from Bressanone/Brixen on the Italian side of the alps to Mayrhofen in Austria.Scarponi who rode for Liberty Seguros was implicated … Read more
