The Neutron is a comfortable and lightweight waterproof that’s a good outer layer for year-round riding. The 2.5 layer breathable fabric is very lightweight but shrugs off the rain well, and it’s pretty breathable too – normally I’d keep my outer layer in my bag for the commute home (2 miles, all uphill) but the … Read more
We’ve taken delivery of the three Madone 5.2 bikes. Three? Well, one of the main selling points of the Madone used to be that the comfort levels were such that you didn’t need a sportive version. Nowadays it’s all about choice though, and the 5.2 comes in Pro, Performance and WSD geometries so you can … Read more
The team at Rouleur have been in touch to let us know that the latest issue of the magazine is now on sale promising the usual mix of intriguing features Rouleur 11 includes an interview with Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen Rouleur spent the season following the pair to put together a fly-on-the-wall account of … Read more
This is a thin armwarmer that’s better employed as an extra layer at the start of a warmer ride than any kind of winter protection. They’re nicely made from a tightly woven Lycra, the seams are flatlocked and there’s a minimal reflective logo at the wrist. The top gripper is snug without being restrictive.When you … Read more
Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity behind the National Cycle Network and more besides, is to monitor the levels of cycling in the 18 recently announced Cycling Towns and Bristol, the UK’s first Cycling City. The cycle traffic count will be carried out for the Department for Transport and Cycling England.During the three year monitoring programme … Read more
Four of Britain’s Olympic cyclists have made the shortlist of nominations for the BBC Sport’s Personality of the Year Award. The four: Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy, Nicole Cooke, and Rebecca Romero all struck gold at the Beijing Olympics.Hoy and Wiggins came back from Beijing with triple and double gold medal hauls respectively. Cooke became the … Read more
There is no doubt that cycling is a drug and for most of us a little bitty thing like Winter isn’t going to put us off. Mind you most of us don’t go to quite the same lengths as Will to feed our addiction when the thermometer dips. Mind you, most of us don’t have … Read more
These Ryder glasses come complete with a set of three interchangeable lenses; orange for dull days, clear for when it’s dark or raining, and dark for when you want to look cool, or if that isn’t an option, for when the sun is shining.As you would expect all of the lenses filter UVA and UVB … Read more
Ryder’s Sprint R347 glasses are big brothers to the standard Ryder R350 Sprint and as with them the accent is very much on performance rather than fashion, looks are understated, pleasingly so some might say, rather than head-turningly fashionable. What we have here is a very reasonably priced pair of performance glasses.As with the R350s the … Read more
The will he/won’t he saga of whether Lance Armstrong the world’s most famous cyclist will compete in next year’s Tour de France – the world’s biggest race – was finally ended yesterday when Armstrong announced his intention to attempt the Tour/Giro double for the first time in his career. Did anyone really think this wasn’t … Read more
