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“What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?” Matthew Parris gets most press complaints of 2008

Times columnist Matthew Parris’s comment piece about cyclists headlined “What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?” received the most complaints to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) in 2008.In the press watchdog’s annual report, published today, it is revealed the article’s 584 complaints far outstripped Daily Mail coverage of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand’s “Sachsgate” scandal, … Read more

Ill – Part 2.

I don’t miss riding a bike. I do miss it’s emotional release though, I miss starting out laden with self-loathing and doubt, pedalling ever stronger through belief and finishing with smug satisfaction, I miss the thoughts, and the lack of them, I miss the joy of my body working well, or even just working horribly … Read more

Wales spends £250,000 on cycling proficiency for the 21st century

The Welsh Assembly Government’s commitment to get more people cycling takes another step forward with the introduction of 12 new cycling instructors for children.The first National Standards Cycle Instructors, who will teach according to the new official system for cycle training, celebrate qualifying as instructors today and will soon begin training children in the hope … Read more

How to ride Belgian cobbles – video tips from Rapha Condor

Every Spring the pros get to pound the cobbles of France and Belgium and so do thousands of sportive riders. If you’re off to the Tour of Flanders Sportive on the 4th of April or you’ve have ever simply wondered how the pros prepare for such punishing conditions the video below from the Rapha Condor … Read more

Cateye HL-EL120 Front Light

Cateye’s EL-120 is designed as a backup or town light. To that end it doesn’t have the brightest beam but the light it does put out is well-focused and useful and certainly enough to get you home. Side visibility is addressed in the design but to be honest it’s pretty average; other Cateye units fare … Read more

Cotic Roadrat Drop Bar

Cotic first launched the Roadrat a couple of years back as a flat bar’d bike and pretty much ever since they’ve been threatening a drop bar version, so now here it is.Drop bars or not the Roadrat’s sloping top tube and compact geometry shows its mountain bike heritage, it comes from the same stable as … Read more

Commuter Diares – escapism

Get out and ride I say.Well what an amazing sunset on the commute home this evening, I’m afraid I missed it with my camera.Today’s ride pretty much ticked all the commuter boxes. Starting off inauspiciously with a puncture and ending with an incredibly mild dusk.The track pump left at work came in handy again and … Read more

UK Etape Training weekends in June

 If you’re training for the Etape or any other big ride this summer you might be interested in the training weekends a new outfit, UK Etape Training has to offer. One of the problems for British cyclists is that while your training builds up your fitness levels it is much harder to simulate the full … Read more

Cotswold Classic route announced

Easter, a time of chocolate, bunnies, daffodils and… the Cotswold Spring Classic on Bank Holiday Monday, the 13th of April.If you are after a gentle holiday ride this one isn’t for you but if some serious chocolate burning action is on your Easter agenda this is definitely an event worth checking out. The route has … Read more