Today is the day James Bowthorpe embarks on his ambitious mission to set a new round-the-world cycling record. The 31-year-old furniture maker from London sets off today on an epic 18,000 mile journey cycling an average of 120 miles a day, on his Santos Travelmaster equipped with a Rohloff Speedhub and belt drive, drive train – the bike is aluminium-framed too, … Read more
This is a tool that can do most things. It has all of the features you require for trail, road, commute, sportive or racing. It is compact and relatively light, weighing in at 160g. Pop it in your pocket or bag and forget about it! It’s not the first one I’ve tested – I’ve been … Read more
Sell your kit for free! Well, advertise it for free or advertise for stuff you want… of a bike-related nature, we all want world peace and a champagne fountain in our front rooms but our new classified section isn’t the place to ask for one (the United Nations and Heston Blumenthal would be your best … Read more
The pattern of these track world championships continued for Team GB in Poland today: promise falling short for the men while one of Britain’s women again delivered a medal. This time it was Victoria Pendleton who was forced to do it the hard way in the sprint final but still came through to become the … Read more
Sell your kit for free! Well, advertise it at least 🙂We’ve added a new forum for private classified ads, free of charge to our users. so a few house rules to start: All ads should either be FS (For Sale) or WTD (wanted) ads All ads should include a price Private ads only: trade ads … Read more
These overshoes give superb protection from wind, rain and, in testing, hail considering their low bulk. The Tarmac H20s are made from antibacterial bamboo charcoal fleece with a stretchy polyurethane coating that’s described as ‘water resistant’. I would suggest this doesn’t do the Pro’ justice as I didnt find any hint of water getting inside … Read more
Team GB continued to build for the future on Day 3 of the 2009 world track championships in Poland, but some of that future promise did bear early fruit when Lizzie Armistead rode to a silver medal in the points race despite crashing eight laps from the finish.Shaken though she was Armistead finished a mere … Read more
Women buy bikes based on colour and men let technology influence their wallets was one conclusion of a gathering of London’s cycling community this week. Her Gear, the UK’s first cycle boutique for women hosted an evening to mark sustainable transport charity Sustrans’ campaign to get more women cycling. The new female-friendly website www.bikebelles.org.uk is a crucial part … Read more
We’ve just had a couple of FX bikes in to test from Trek, and the lovely Jez who dropped them off (in exchange for Tiffin and coffee) also came up with a top bit of schwag for us to give away: a Howies Slate River waterproof jacket worth £130! And all you have to do … Read more
Okay, one Gold up to now.
It’s all understandable – a young team has been taken to Poland, post-Olympic come down for some riders, other nations upping their game, our very best are absent. I personally haven’t got an issue with the GB performance, if the second-stringers (in some events) can get a medal, that that bodes very well for the future and for the creme da la creme of GB track cycling upping their game further.
So, I’d like to pose a couple of questions regarding the BBC (that bastion of international cycling!) and their excellent coverage:
