Cycling stars of the future kicked butt at the Manchester Velodrome over the weekend, but they weren’t out on the track – they were competing on the Rollapaluza rollers.Over 170 riders competed on the rollers riding roller-specific Condor bikes. 250 times were actually posted because so many of the younger riders wanted to try and … Read more
Stiff, light , good looking – and comfortable to ride, when the last incarnation of the Orca hit the streets back in 2006 I really liked it. This was one of the first bikes to demonstrate that the bike industry was really getting to grips with the possibilities carbon had to offer, and it sure … Read more
The Endura Luminite is my kind of jacket – a brilliant (quite literaly) piece of technical clothing that won’t break the bank and which is stylish enough to be worn off the bike too. I don’t want to have to carry around two jackets and in these cash-strapped times I don’t want to have to … Read more
British Cycling today announced that chief executive, Peter King will step down from his post at the end of the year his successor will be current deputy chief executive Ian Drake (pictured).During King’s 12 years in charge he presided over the total transformation of the fortunes of cycling’s governing body in the UK. Commenting on King’s … Read more
This year’s Rouleur Photography Exhibition opens on the 28th of November and features the work of eight of the magazine’s regular contributors covering events from right across the cycling calendar.Visitors will be able to see the work of: Ben Ingham, Camille J McMillan, Geoff Waugh, Gerard Brown, Olaf Unverzart, Rein van de Wouw, Taz Darling … Read more
Add in the rider to eat the bread, and with enough bread you generate 50,000 calories enough to power a daily 12km commute. According to the latest edition of New Scientist a rider doing a daily 12km commute would over the course of a year burn 50,000 calories – the equivalent of 22kg of brown … Read more
Bianchi’s 928 T Cube is a special bike that is beautiful to ride, but one thing in particular sets it apart – Bianchi claim that this is the first carbon bike from a big manufacturer to be offered with a custom option.Bianchi 928 T Cube gallerySo, as well as a custom paint job, if you’ve … Read more
Jan Ullrich won himself a big pay day yesterday when a German court found in his favour in a dispute over back pay dating back to his time with Team Coast in 2003.The amount is thought to add up to about €350,000 and is money Ullrich said was owed to him when the team went … Read more
A US study that looked at fatalities per million hours of exposure to different activities concluded that cycling (0.27) was almost twice as safe as motoring (0.47), and five and a half times safer than living (1.53)*. Cycling was also a whopping 32 times safer than riding a motorbike.The study is actually 10 years old … Read more
Cateye’s EL410 from last year was well received in most quarters as a town commuting light, and the EL010 is the new pretender. Cateye don’t have an unblemished record where superseding old models is concerned, so how does the new model stack up? Three LED emitters have become one, and it’s driven from just one … Read more
