Monthly Archives: June 2004

Event News

Summery buyer's guide to shorts

It’s well known that cycling is an excellent way of getting fit. Unlike running, cycling is non-load bearing on our limbs and we need to...

Summery buyer's guide to shorts
Event News

Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion

Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion Authors: Graham Watson (photos) and Lance Armstrong Price: £20 Publishers: Rodale and Macmillan As expected in the run-up to Armstrong’s attempt...

Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion
Features

Tales from the peloton

The sun is setting as I arrive in Otley and for once in my life I’m not going to have to beg for my number...

Tales from the peloton
Other

Recovery propositions

If you want to ride your bike day in day out, it’s important to pay special attention to helping your body recover after each race...

Recovery propositions
Other

Riders' guide to Leeds

We’ve just got back from Leeds where we spent a week taking part in some of the events of the Yorkshire Festival of Cycling, a...

Riders' guide to Leeds
Event News

RAF boys' Race Across America

An RAF team including readers of RoadCyclingUK is today starting off on a 3,000-mile coast-to-coast race across America. The team, consisting of three RAFers and...

RAF boys' Race Across America
Rides News

Government unveils cycling action plan

Choosing Bike Week as a fitting back-drop, Transport Minister Kim Howells announced a government actions plan for walkers and cyclists at the annual Parliamentary bike...

Government unveils cycling action plan
Rides News

New awards for cycle-friendly railways

In a promising indication that cyclists have not been wholly forgotten by the rail industry, the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is launching an award scheme...

New awards for cycle-friendly railways
Event News

Future of USPS team taken on by Discovery

After months of speculation USPS team has announced that it has finally secured new title sponsorship for the next three years and from 2005 the...

Future of USPS team taken on by Discovery
Rides News

Litespeed Ghisallo reviewed

Frame – Litespeed Ghisallo Seatpost – Easton EC70 Fork – Reynolds Ouzo Pro Headset – Chris King Wheels – Campagnolo Bora Groupset – Campagnolo Record Tubulars – Veloflex...

Litespeed Ghisallo reviewed
Event News

Tour challenger raises the bar at Dauphiné Libéré

Thursday’s Mont Ventoux time trial proved decisive in the Dauphiné Libéré, with the substantial lead acquired by Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) proving unassailable in the...

Tour challenger raises the bar at Dauphiné Libéré
Rides News

Buzzard buzzes cyclists

Cyclists in Devon are facing a new safety threat on the A3072. Last weekend 22 cyclists taking part in an Audax UK event were attacked...

Buzzard buzzes cyclists
Gear

Build your own Pegoretti frame

Most of us are pretty capable when it comes to building up bikes, we upgrade, fettle, tweak – sometimes compulsively – or start from...

Build your own Pegoretti frame
Gear

Charity epic draws to an end

Charity cyclist Jane Tomlinson is finishing her 36-day, 2,500 mile bike ride this morning by riding from Glossop to her home town of Leeds. Despite an...

Charity epic draws to an end
Gear

Ciclosport HAC4 Titanium first look

We’ve just got our hands on a Ciclosport HAC 4 Titanium all-in-one bike computer and HRM and it looks very impressive. There are 57...

Ciclosport HAC4 Titanium first look
Event News

Bike Week strikes again

It’s that time of year again; National Bike Week is coming up in just over a week’s time running from the 12th to the 20th...

Bike Week strikes again
Event News

Tour of Britain: revived and on TV

After months of rumblings about a new Tour of Britain organisers have finally confirmed that the new, elite status, event will take place on 1...

Tour of Britain: revived and on TV
Rides News

New report calls for compulsory helmet use law

A report by researchers at Edinburgh University has added to the ongoing helmet law debate by calling for a compulsory helmet usage law for all...

New report calls for compulsory helmet use law
production