On a night of triple glory for cycling, Chris Hoy confounded the bookies to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Not surprisingly he also won the Scottish Sports Personality Award too. Hoy beat double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington and F1 champ Lewis Hamilton to take the crown. Hoy was supposed to be … Read more
Plans for new world-class cycling facilities in London for cyclists of all ages and abilities have moved a step closer as new images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) show the site of the London 2012 VeloPark taking shape.Work to prepare the VeloPark site for the start of construction began in August last year. … Read more
So you thought only Pashley Moulton and Cannondale could do small-wheeled folding-type bikes that don’t fold… Ha! Think again.Meet the Giant Mini Zero another small wheeler ready to ooze style and attitude all over a city street near you given half the chance. Actually the Mini Zero has been doing that for a year or … Read more
British Cycling has today released new figures which it says show that it is growing at an unprecedented rate on the same day that Sport England figures show that cycling is the second fastest growing sport in Britain. For the first time ever today, British Cycling has more than 25,000 members. In addition, 13,000 cyclists also … Read more
Thinking of treating yourself for Chritmas? Well, check out these limited edition team replica lids from Giro.You can have that full pro look with top notch Giro Ionos helmets in either Garmin Chipottle colours (as worn by Magnus Backstedt, David Millar and pals) or Astana, (as worn by Alberto, Lance and the boys). The Astana … Read more
UCI President, Pat McQuaid said yesterday that he doesn’t think the world wide credit crunch will have much of an effect on cycling. Whether this is whistling in the dark to keep his spirits up or a perceptive analysis of the attractiveness of cycling to sponsors and spectators across the globe, remains to be seen.”Sport … Read more
In the closest of super-close polls Nicole Cooke took the road.cc rider of the year award by the tiniest of margins – 1 vote. Cooke and Mark Cavendish finished tied on 34 per cent of the votes cast, but that one last vote was enough to clinch it for the Welsh woman. It was nip and … Read more
Tom La Marche has taken the Charge shilling and will ride a Plug and test samples of a new prototype frame the Scissor, a production prototype will be heading his way later this month.La Marche is a long-time member of the US-fixed gear scene although he is based in Philadelphia where riding fixed remains more … Read more
The International Olympic Committee has announced that it is to follow the Tour de France in re-testing samples for CERA EPO.500 samples will be re-tested for the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO and for Insulin. Both tests were recently developed or perfected. Initial results are expected by March. Athletes in endurance events including cycling will have their … Read more
Residents of Shrewsbury have been invited to a public exhibition on the 17th December so that they can give their feedback on the plans for the towns new walking and cycling network.12 months ago Sustrans’ Connect2 won a public vote to receive £50m worth of lottery funding for projects connecting local communities. Shrewsbury received £500,000 … Read more
