Helpfully parked right by the door, so that even we couldn’t miss it was the sexiest bike at the show, the Ridgeback Flight Ti.We’re big fans of Ridgeback’s flat bar’d road range, Madison have a strong case to be the inventors of the genre, the Flight Ti is basically the current Ridgeback range topper, the Flight … Read more
Transport for London today insists plans for London’s bike-hire scheme are on target despite rumours of a delay caused by problems with the Parisian Vélib system.Earlier this month road.cc reported the French bicycle hire scheme, launched 18 months ago, was in danger of falling victim to the darker side of human nature thanks to vandalism, … Read more
Looking for a challenge? Not afraid of a few little hills? How about ten big hills?If you’re still reading, the King of the Downs sportive could be for you. Applications are now invited for the brand new 110-mile sportive tackling more than ten “killer climbs” with the South East’s North Downs, Surrey Hills and Ashdown … Read more
The crisis in French cycling is explored in pictures by Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert in the next and twelfth issue of Rouleur, released at the end of February.The 130-page issue also features a report from the Tour of Burkina Faso and the second part of Rouleur’s series on classic jerseys, as well as columns by … Read more
Cycling equipment brand Maxgear.co.uk has added to its list of high profile sponsorship deals by becoming an official equipment supplier to Nicole Cooke’s Vision1 Racing team.The women’s road racing team, formed by Nicole Cooke to allow her to continue working with the support staff who helped her become Olympic and World Champion, will work with … Read more
British professional cycling entered a new era this week (no, not Tony Gibb’s haircut and the Plowman Craven team launch!!) when “Team Sky” was launched.
The principle being to take the winning formula of “Team GB”, mainly on the track, and turn it into a road based squad capable of winning the Tour de France.
The national newspapers were mentioning names such as Steve Cummings and Bradley Wiggins coming in to lead the team, but Dave Brailsford (Team GB Performance Director) was a bit more coy mentioning the possibility of continental based pros being part of the roster.
When you are sent a bike that is heralded as the ‘ultimate do everything bike’ you can’t help but be intrigued and a little bit excited.What makes this bike so versatile is how many identities it can adopt. It has clearance for up to 700 x 42c tires or you can fit a set of … Read more
Excellent sequence of pics of Lance Armstrong “dealing” with the man from UCI doping control… at least I think that’s who he is, he certainly looks like he’s got the official uniform and UCI issue sampling equipment.
Britain’s largest one-day race, the East Midlands International CiCLE Classic, returns on Sunday, April 26, and has already attracted considerable European interest.CiCLE is reminiscent of the Spring ‘classic’ races in northern France and Belgium with its riders required to negotiate narrow and treacherous farm tracks, as well as roads threading through the beautiful villages of … Read more
Memory Map has long been one of our favourite mapping systems for riding on the road. The service has now been extended to include a new way of buying mapping, called Digital Map Shop.It used to be the case that you bought huge tranches of the UK (such as Southern England, or Wales) on DVD, … Read more
