Intended primarily for an MTB audience, these Charger grips well prove interesting to the latest generation of road fixers coming from a BMX background and they make worthy upgrades for other flat-bar road mounts. The grips themselves are soft polymer with rows of tactile ribbing and subtle logos mounted atop black anodised sleeves with laser-etched … Read more
Commuter Diaries – Amazing Hedgerows, Celtic Crosses, Snt Austell Beer, Cream Teas and Fish ‘n’ Chips.I took a break from commuting this week. I managed to squeeze in a few mini tours in Cornwall, while staying in a log cabin. I chose an MTB with semi slicks as this is a great utility bike, ideal … Read more
Sports nutrition company Zipvit has launched a new website for cyclists ZipVitsport.co.uk. Zipvit are one of the sponsors of the Cervelo Test Team and the team feature heavily on the new site with rider Tweets, exclusive video and rider feedback on the products – they all love them naturally.Features on the new site include:• Full … Read more
The very successful Rollapaluza winter league came to an end this week and in the men’s competiton it went all the way to the last race and came down to a straight fight between Matt Theobalds and world firefighters roller-race champion Joe Wood facing each other in the deciding 1000m final. Matt took the win … Read more
The Lezyne L-Caddy is a smart looking seatpack that’s large enough for three tubes at a squeeze but narrow enough to never catch on your thighs. It’s a great option for long rides, light touring or day adventures. If you are a rider who likes to jump on a bike safe in the knowledge that … Read more
It was way back in February when Shimano gave us our first glimpse of the new Ultegra 6700 groupset, but they made us promise not to tell you until today. There was much scratching of heads and shuffling of piles of paper while we dug out all the information we’d ‘filed’, but now we have … Read more
At the end of last year I had stepped on the scales and noticed I had put on a chunk of weight during 2008. Work had been very busy since the spring with limited riding during the week.
I joined the singletrackworld “fat club” with the intention of losing 12lbs in 12 weeks.
Last week was the final weigh in and I lost 11lbs. The day before I weighed myself and was bang on my target weight of 10st10 but a meal out on the last evening with two visiting Aunts put me over the limit. Over the weekend I was back down again.
“Cycling IS sexy” the nice PR lady from the London-Paris bike ride told road.cc today. And those sentiments seem to be borne out by a big rise in the female membership of British Cycling and the record number of women signing up for the London-Paris bike ride.Female memberships of British Cycling has risen by 25 … Read more
Long after it was consigned to the scrapheap of history the penny farthing bicycle is poised to make a dramatic comeback – reinvented for the 21st century by some of Britain’s top bicycle designers. The race is on to be the first to get one of these bikes to market, and we’ve been lucky enough … Read more
You can get a lot of bike for £300 these days – a fully-featured road iron or a very decent flat-barred hybrid. And if you want a folding bike? Well, cheap folders have always been part of the market but the Compact from Revolution is something a little bit different: a fully featured, fully kitted … Read more
