You saw it on road.cc first, but if you head along to next month’s Cycle Show you can see the new Van Nicholas Astraeus in the flesh. As we reported from Eurobike the Astraeus is the world’s first production hydro-formed titanium bike. Hydroforming the tubes means that Van Nicholas have been able to produce a … Read more
Cervelo’s new P4 may have been turning heads at Interbike, but it’s not the only good looking new aero bike on the block. Scott’s all-new Plasma 2 frame is a looker too with aspirations to be top dog. Scott’s objective for the Plasma 2 was simple: to make the fastest time trial/triathlon bike in the … Read more
Just landed at the road.cc office: a new Cervelo R3-SL sporting the first set of Dura Ace 7900 to be sent out for review in Britain. We say the box landed, it would be more accurate to say it floated in. Full test on both bike and groupset to follow, but here’s our first impressions … Read more
It started when some young men in Oakland California decided to “scrape” their bikes because they couldn’t afford the cars that were the original scrapers. They then made a video rapping about their bikes, posted it on YouTube. Other people posted their scraper vids. and mock scraper vids and a phenomenon was born. 18 months … Read more
Industrial design companies PDD and Goose Design have teamed up to create a working prototype of a jacket with integrated lighting front and rear. The jacket uses a fabric made from yarns coated with Electroluminescent (EL) ink, and the lighting elements – which are almost invisible when turned off – are powered by a thin … Read more
Lots of heroes this week… not so many charity riding feats of derring do. Well, none. Actually that’s not quite true it’s just that nearly all those we’re going to salute this week are famous, even our charity rider. So let’s start with the one who isn’t, well not as famous as he should be … Read more
Nicole Cooke yesterday gave the perfect riposte to those who doubted her appetite for the fight by winning the World Road Race title in Varese, Italy for the first time. In a masterful display, Cooke and her British team mates coped with whatever the race threw at them, having someone in the decisive breaks and … Read more
Rooting around for pics of the prototype X0B belt drive ‘crosser (see below) on Trek’s website we came across this… The Big Apple Madone a specially tricked out (well paint-wise) bike for Lance who spends a lot of time in New York these days and is well known for his famous alleged apples-related put down … Read more
Let’s get the whole ‘saddles are a personal thing’ bit out of the way – I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t think the Charge Spoon is a comfy perch. That’s pretty rare, so they must be doing something right. Other things they’re doing right are making it look cool, with a nice stitched finish, … Read more
Ortlieb’s TIZIP closure is the standard setter in waterproofing, and you could chuck this messenger bag in the river and still have dry clothes for work. There’s ports for adding such extras as a sternum strap (one is supplied and you’ll need it, as the bag is slippery) and inside there’s, well, space for stuff. … Read more
