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
It’s not every morning you wake up to see a 60 foot, lingerie clad woman floating over your garden!
After over seven hours in the saddle Carlos Sastre claimed the second win in three days for the Cervelo Test Team winning the epic 237Km stage from Pergola to Monte Petrano. The Spaniard caught and passed Jaroslav Popovych (Astana) with less than three kilometres of the stage remaining – the Ukranian rider was the last … Read more
Dramatic CCTV footage (below) caught what London Mayor Boris Johnson described as a “near death experience” last Friday morning while he was cycling on the streets of London. The mayor was out riding on a prospective route for one of the ‘cycling super-highways” mooted for the capital accompanied by Transport Minister Lord Adonis and the … Read more
This super-tough chain and integrated lock is a well designed and nigh-on impenetrable portable security solution. You might not like the price, but you can’t argue with the performance.The main body of this lock is a 10mm hexagonal section chain which is securely attached to the locking unit. The loose end is a shaped link … Read more
