Monthly Archives: March 2004

Rides News

LCC manifesto gets thumbs up from would-be mayors

The ten-point cycling manifesto drawn up by the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) to improve conditions for London’s growing number of cyclists has been endorsed by...

LCC manifesto gets thumbs up from would-be mayors
Event News

Duffield adds his own challenge to CTC

You might not be hearing too much from David Duffield from the Tour de France this year, but he’s not about to disappear altogether,...

Duffield adds his own challenge to CTC
Other

Energy bars, gels and drinks

Carbo-loading might be your favoured approach in the run-up to an event, but as your ride time draws near and once you’re actually out and...

Energy bars, gels and drinks
Gear

Half-price bikes!

Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a tax exemption scheme for bikes, The Green Transport Plan, which could see you saving up to 50% on your...

Half-price bikes!
Rides News

Compulsory helmet use uproar

A private member’s Bill to make wearing a helmet compulsory for under 16s is to get its second parliamentary hearing in April. But no sooner...

Compulsory helmet use uproar
Maintenance

Park Tool Maintenance School

Ready to wrench N.B. ATG have now taken over the Park Tool School from Promech following the recent demise of the Aylesbury based company new...

Park Tool Maintenance School
Rides News

Marin sponsors CTC

CTC, the national cyclist’s organisation, has signed up Marin as its first corporate supporter, a move that signals CTC’s intent to strengthen its pro-cycling message...

Marin sponsors CTC
Other

Getting back into the spring of it

Spring. It has to be our favourite time of year; nothing beats setting off on a crisp spring morning, spending a few hours pootling along...

Getting back into the spring of it
Other

Cramp basics

Getting cramp is unpleasant at the best of times; when it strikes during an event you’ve been targeting for months, it’s not just painful, it’s...

Cramp basics
Event News

Unravelling the mystery of Pantani

If you missed Matt Rendell’s feature on Marco Pantani in the weekend’s Observer Sport Monthly it’s worth a web read. When news broke of Pantani’s apparently...

Unravelling the mystery of Pantani
Features

Armstrong hits back at WADA doping claims

Following an article in a January issue of Le Monde newspaper in which Dick Pound, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), discussed doping within...

Armstrong hits back at WADA doping claims
Features

Specialized Allez Sport

Specialized Allez Sport Price: £749.99 Contact: Specialized.com Test log: Three months of pre-season training in the Essex countryside Specialized’s Allez Sport sits second in the company’s road range...

Specialized Allez Sport
Maintenance

Chain cleaning

It may not be the most interesting way you can think of spending a Saturday morning, but cleaning your chain is one of those irksome...

Chain cleaning
production