Last season Team CSC Saxo Bank won the team prize at the Tour de France and a lot more besides, now due to a Danish fraud scandal it is looking for a new name.US computing company CSC is dropping out as co-sponsor for 2009 and was due to be replaced by Danish software outfit IT … Read more
Australian track cyclists Mark French has won $350,000 payout from a radio station that called him a “dirty, stinking, dobbing cyclist”. The comments were made on the Triple M station’s breakfast show The Cage, (now defunct), by presenters James Brayshaw and Tim Smith. French, the four time junior world sprint champion, was implicated in a doping … Read more
Steel road bikes are few and far between these days, so Fixie Inc’s Betty Leeds was always going to cause a stir in the road.cc office. And it did.To find out how much of a stir, read on…First impressionsAs you’d expect from Fixie inc the Betty Leeds is a looker: a striking black and white … Read more
A well-made multi-tool with just about every thing you need to assemble and adjust a modern bike. As per usual, with so many facets, the Newton was a little cumbersome in the hand. Being made entirely from steel meant that flex was minimised, despite being quite wide. Not a tool that I would carry in … Read more
Britian’s top road rider, Mark Cavendish, winner of four stages of the 2008 Tour de France and two of the Giro D’italia, has injured himself – playing on his Nintendo Wii. Nasty.Speaking to Europsport Cavendish explained that he was playing a snowboarding game on the Wii, at home on the Isle of Man,when he fell of the … Read more
This natty pump from Blackburn retails at £22.99 and as you can see it’s tiny. Available in black or pimpmeister white, it should be in stores by Christmas. And can you use it to pump up your tyres? Watch the vid to find out! and tune in next week for a proper review.
Guy Hills is a man with a mission: to bring smart tailoring with a performance edge to the busy urban commuter using, “the original sporting material”, tweed.His company, Dashing Tweeds has produced a Sporting Tweeds range of clothing, including a cycling suit and cape using their own Lumatwill fabric. As Guy explains: “The suit is … Read more
Had your bike nicked recently? We hope not. But we bet you know someone who has…Now a UK inventor has floated a way of hopefully beating the thieves – the Cyclehoop.It’s aimed at helping riders who lock their steed to a lamppost, only to later find the whole thing has been lifted off and away … Read more
Shimano's RS80 wheelset is bringing Carbon wheels to the masses – at least wheels that look like they're made of Carbon, anyway. Lurking underneath is an alloy rim, which is good news for braking and general longevity, and Shimano say the combination of the two materials makes for a light, stiff and comfortable wheel. They would though, wouldn't they… how does the RS80 roll in real life?
The opening night of the Rouleur photography exhibition saw the cycling glitterati out in force. All right a lot of them were freeloading journos attracted as much by the prospect of free beer and a goody bag as by the fine photography on display, but there was actual glitter and glamour in the house too. David … Read more
