Cycling Development North West (CDNW) has announced a new sponsorship deal for its North West race leagues. The title sponsor for the 2009 season will be maxgear.co.uk.Interestingly they will be sponsored by a company which doesn’t yet operate in the UK. Max is a new brand which will launch in to the British cycling market in … Read more
Justin Burls is tucked away in a quiet corner of Harwich. His background in classic vehicle restoration and metal fabrication have equipped him with an unsurpassed eye for detail, making the transition to bespoke frame building a surprisingly easy one. He still has his first frame-a TT mount built for his own sporting his trademark, … Read more
The three round Gore Bike Wear Road Sportive Series (bit of a mouthful that) which launched last year is back again for 2009 with another series of big rides around the UK’s celtic fringe.The rides announced today included the choice of 80-100 mile Classic routes, or 40-50 mile Standard ones. The Scottish ride also has … Read more
Idly browsing on the web at lunch I came across the Kona Africabike on www.sbrsports.com. it didn’t really strike me as a good triathlon mount, but now i’ve seen their suggested accessories, who knows? i might give it a go…
South West Trains and Brompton Bicycles today launched a bike hire scheme which they hope will encourage bicycle use amongst rail passengers. There’s extra encouragement for some of South West Trains’ season ticket holders who have been invited to take part in a free three month trial of the new scheme.The CTC is all in … Read more
We’ve just run a story on the Jole Rider Night Baton relay, which we rode last year and had a great time at. But imagine if Hullavington airfield was magically transformed into the legendary Bugatti circuit at Le Mans, and the field of hundreds into 3,000. Oh, and 12 hours became 24. Do all that … Read more
The Claq is a versatile magnetic reflective tab that’ll gain you a bit more visibility on the roads. It doesn’t work in every application, but it’s useful enough to be a worthy addition to your night armoury.Claqs are sold in pairs and are basically figure-of-eight shaped sections of reflective plastic, a different color on each … Read more
I’ve been making minor modifications to my son’s tag-along- nothing radical- despite what might be termed my fiximytosis, he hasn’t incurred my zealot like passion for the purity of the fixed sprocke – not least as I’m loathe to drill resin platform pedals for clips and straps. Common with all seat post mounted hitches there’s … Read more
British cycling legend Brian Robinson has given his name to a popular charity cycle challenge held annually in the Pennines around Huddersfield. From now on what was the Kirklees Cycle Sportive will now be know and the Brian Robinson Cycle Challenge.The Kirkles Cycle Sportive has run over the last three yearson the last Sunday In … Read more
We’ve just heard from Jole Rider that their 12 hour Night Baton Relay is a definite goer for 2009. The inaugural event last year was pretty much the first thing we did here at road.cc, and we’ll certainly be showing up for another crack in July.Jole Rider (www.jole1000.org) runs the Bikes4Africa scheme which sends out … Read more
