12-year-old Sam Scott’s parents are furious at an insurance company which sent him a letter demanding £150 after a collision with a car. The schoolboy was at home recovering when the letter landed on the doormat, asking him to pay the cost of the driver’s insurance excess, following the accident which resulted in a smashed windscreen … Read more
Ordering shopping online just got greener thanks to supermarket chain Waitrose and its new fleet of electric bikes.Unlike the Royal Mail which, according to the CTC, recently sparked unofficial strike action from cycling posties against plans to use more shared vans for deliveries, the supermarket is returning to traditional delivery methods in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and … Read more
The “Sprinter’s Classic” today turned out to be anything but, as a race that featured split after split in the main peloton was finally won by Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-Highroad) from Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas). The chasing group of Matthew Goss (Saxo Bank), Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) and Andreas Klier (Cervélo) rolled in 50 seconds later having … Read more
Number 1 in series of 100 mile road rides organised by a far-flung group of riding buddies and around where their disparate homes lie in Sussex, the Cotswolds, Chilterns and various spots in The North.
Each designed to be lumpy. With Cake.
The first round is a big clockwise loop taking in the South Downs and The Weald to celebrate the changing of the clocks and all the promise of the extended daylight hours to come that brings.
It may seem obvious but if we really want to improve life for UK cyclists it seems we should take our lead from the Netherlands. The Dutch and Danish regularly battle it out for best cycling country but new research (from the Dutch) shows Holland has the safest roads for cyclists.In the 2009 Cycling in … Read more
Former England and Crystal Palace footballer, Geoff Thomas, is calling on the nation’s cyclists to join him in riding the Virtual Tour de France to raise funds for the Geoff Thomas Foundation (GTF).Thomas has twice ridden the route of the Tour de France to raise funds for the GTF which is trying to fund blood … Read more
The second issue of The Ride, from avid cycling brothers Phillip and Andrew Diprose is a collection of sympathetically written journals from the cycling fraternity mated together with great illustrations and photography. What makes this a great book to own is that it is about the love for bicycles, cycling and how they become a … Read more
Now get the sneakers Oh, and as Prime Ministers and Presidents and hermits living in caves in the Outer Hebrides already know there’s one less bike thief plying his evil trade in the world tonight – they got the guy who nicked Lance’s bike, and the guy they reckon bought it .
The last couple of days have seen more mud slinging in the sporting soap opera that is Lance Armstrong. I am desperately trying to sit on the fence and write an objective piece here, but it is becoming increasingly difficult not to pick a side as the arguments become more polarised.First we had the Australian … Read more
Giant’s Defy range is the replacement for the legendary OCR their entry-level road bike that combined excellent performance with seriously good value – it’s a good trick although possibly a little easier if you are the world’s biggest bike company.Giant Defy 2 GalleryThere are four bikes in the aluminium Defy range all made from Alux … Read more
