More from CORE: Time, Colnago, LAS, Fibre Flare

Here’s our second lot of pics from the Core Bike show (with more to follow) this lot feature some high end road bikes and kit, a new brand of leather saddle and a clever re-working of the commuter LED. You can see all our CORE pics in the main gallery and watch ’em move in our new slideshow too.The … Read more

Riverside communities connected through £500,000 Sustrans boost

Sustrans’ £50 million Connect 2 project continues to transform the everyday journeys of communities across the UK with the latest award of £500,000 to Omagh, in Northern Ireland.The money is part of a £2.5million scheme to build a riverside walkway and cycle path, including several pedestrian and cycle bridges, connecting communities on either side of … Read more

Fresh court appearances and a ban in two doping scandals

ITALIAN cyclist Leonardo Piepoli has been handed an immediate ban after testing positive for a banned substance at last year’s Tour de France.The Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping tribunal said the two-year ban will end on January 25, 2011.Piepoli, who won the 10th stage of the Tour de France, tested positive on July 4 and July … Read more

Landis – say what!?

So, he’s back http://www.cyclingnews.com/interviews.php?id=riders/2009/interviews/floyd_landis_jan09

If it’s not a comeback what is it? Lance (looking after his fellow American buddy a little) recently stated that poor old Floyd deserves the same welcome back that Dave Millar got after his mis-demeanours with the banned stuff.

Core Bike slideshow

We went to Core, and this is what we saw… Click on an image caption to see the full-size pic.

Time to go home….

First day back on the bike after a week due to illness. I am usually reasonably healthy but an evening spent with a couple of mates with youung children may have been my undoing. I drove into work yesterday as I was not fully recovered – how do people cope with all the traffic every day?

Anyway, today was cold and a little foggy as I set off for the office. As I went over a foot/cycle bridge into the city looking at the inner ring road below seeing the cars below it was a good feeling, a little smile inside.

Core bike: First gallery KuK Tripster, Argon 18 and more

We’ve just uploaded our first image gallery from Core, with pictures of the latest bikes from Kinesis. This year the company has introduced a line of bikes specifically designed for the UK which will go under the KuK brand name.The Decade range of road and mountain bikes heads up the KuK line-up for 2009, we … Read more

Panaracer RiBMo 700x32c folding tyre

RiBMo? that’ll stand for ‘RIde Bicycle MOre’ then, as if you couldn’t guess. Luckily the acronym is the worst thing about this urban runner though, which has proved itself tough and grippy around town.The RiBMo is Panaracer’s first tyre with a Protex shield, which the makers claim is three times as puncture resistant as an … Read more

Rapha Condor unveil 2009 team line-up

 Rapha Condor the UK’s top ranked pro team have unveiled their 2009 line-up and the accent is very much building on the team’s strengths as they seek to progress to the next level. Joining established riders Olympic bronze medallist Chris Newton, National Criterium champion Dean Downing and Tour of Britain star Kristian House, are a number … Read more