Billed as the Valentine’s Kamasutracat was the first alleycat messenger bike race of the year, Probably. Ok, it isn’t purely for couriers but more of a turn up and take part and more importantly money raised went towards the London Courier Emergency Fund. An Alley cat race is basically a point to point orienteering race … Read more
So got round to booking my entry and Eurostar ticket in the last couple of daysfor the Flanders sportif. Worried about my fitness, 140km is a long way in early April but plan to enjoy it. And the beer and frites while watching the pro’s on Sunday.Surprised at the entry fee of just 14 euro’s, … Read more
Shimano were giving out their press pics on these natty 1GB memory sticks. Who wants mine? Be the envy of your cycling buddies with your Shimano branded storage. Maybe. it comes in a little presentation box so you could even give it to a mate as a present and claim it cost you money,Simply comment … Read more
Now that Tiagra and Sora have made the leap to nine speed, there’s a bit of an 8-speed-shaped hole in Shimano’s road lineup. At least there was; on Friday we were introduced to 2300, the new eight speed group that plugs the gap. Aimed at entry level road bikes (expect to see it on machines … Read more
If you missed the last Revolution track meet or would just like to watch it all again, you can because it’s on Channel 4 tonight. Two programmes featuring interviews and action from Revolution 23 will be aired on 4Sport – it’s on late though so you might want to set the video or watch it … Read more
Normal service resumed at the Tour of California as Levi Leipheimer moved into the overall race lead after stage 2 and set up the possibility of winning the race three year’s running.Yesterday’s winner, Francesco Mancebo of Rock Racing came home a over a minute down to surrender his lead in the GC after Leipheimer attacked … Read more
We’re just back from the Fisher Expo in Birmingham where we got to talk to Look about their new frames, Dahon about fixed folders (maybe next year…), Santini about carbon fabric (really) and Lambretta about their bike launch. More on all of this later, but for now here’s the pics of the shiny stuff… All right … Read more
On Sunday Nicole Cooke was named The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year for her achievements in becoming the first person to do the double of winning the Olympic road race and the world championship in the same year.At the awards ceremony Nicole (who is also road.cc’s Rider of the Year) took the opportunity to … Read more
Ever wanted to built the ultimate ‘no expense spared’ bike? Well now you can… and it won’t cost you a penny.Over the past few months we’ve tracked the progress of the Litespeed Blade on it’s journey from drawing board, via the wind tunnel and the Radial Sheet Break Forming machine, to a bikeshop near you … Read more
