Monthly Archives: September 2004 - Page 2

Event News

Olympian opens new facility

Olympic star opens new trails Glasgow City council yesterday opened Scotland’s first fully developed series of city park mountain bike trails and Olympic gold medalist Chris...

Olympian opens new facility
Gear

2005 range from Giant

RCUK met Giant at yesterday’s Cycle Leisure Show at Sandown so here’s the highlights from the 2005 range, including new carbon road and TT frames...

2005 range from Giant
Event News

Pedal for Scotland

Date: 19th September 2004 Start: Glasgow – George Square Finish: Edinburgh – Meadowbank Stadium Pedal for Scotland – Scotland’s largest mass participation bike ride – has the Scottish...

Pedal for Scotland
Event News

Radio ga-ga

Should two-way radios be banned from bike racing? You seemed to think so. Radios are now established in the pro peloton. They are really sophisticated bits...

Radio ga-ga
Event News

Campagnolo wheels for 2005

carbon hub clinchers from Campag Neutron Carbon wheels The Campagnolo made composite hub saves 80g over the standard set up. Overall weight is an impressive 1500g...

Campagnolo wheels for 2005
Gear

Buying a bike? - The RCUK basics

Road Bikes – a few options and several opinions: Main issues First of all do as much research into your favourite brands, find out where their design...

Buying a bike? - The RCUK basics
Gear

Campagnolo 2005 - more carbon

Campag Flatbar stuff – At last! At long last Campagnolo have returned to the flat bar gear control market with these rather lovely carbon Chorus 10...

Campagnolo 2005 - more carbon
Event News

2005 ToB - bigger and better

2005 Bigger? Better? – (c) Chris Keller-Jackson Tour of Britain has to be longer in 2005 and reports state that next year’s race could be an...

2005 ToB - bigger and better
Event News

Top UK riders at the Tour of Britain

Roger Hammond – UK National road champ – pic. (c) Gerard Brown Olympic track star Bradley Wiggins takes to the road – pic. (c) ...

Top UK riders at the Tour of Britain
Other

SIS backed Bradley's Olympic success

As the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad came to a close Ribble Valley based Sports Nutrition Company Science in Sport were left proudly counting the...

SIS backed Bradley's Olympic success
Event News

Tour of Britain victory for Mauricio Ardila

Colombian Mauricio Ardila (Chocolade Jacques) has won the Tour of Britain, 12 seconds ahead of his nearest rival and 33 seconds ahead of fastest...

Tour of Britain victory for Mauricio Ardila
Event News

Safety cloud over Tour of Britain?

In an embarrassing turn of events, riders on the freshly reinaugurated Tour of Britain have complained that conditions on stage one of the event...

Safety cloud over Tour of Britain?
Event News

Tour of Britain - Day one report

Finish in Manchester (c) Chris Keller-Jackson The Tour of Britain 2004 kicked off with a spectacular cavalcade of domestic and international cycling stars including Andreas...

Tour of Britain - Day one report
Event News

Tour of Britain - Starts today!

If you were tuned in to Radio Four’s Today programme this morning then you might have caught Bradley Wiggens playing down his prospects for the...

Tour of Britain - Starts today!
Racing News

Road Racing explained - part 2

Road racing – part two: Climbing, attacking and sprinting These three techniques have a lot in common, so we’ll deal with the basics together. Good climbers...

Road Racing explained - part 2
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