Monthly Archives: January 2008

Maintenance

Improve your SKS mudguard!

All-weather cyclists will have noticed that it has been raining hard recently. Those of us with standard SKS mudguards will also have noticed that, in...

Improve your SKS mudguard!
Gear

Pro Tarmac (Road) Overshoe tested

Pro Tarmac (Road) Overshoe £24.99 I hate overshoes; they are normally bulky, hot and frankly never do what they say they will. Unfortunately in our British...

Pro Tarmac (Road) Overshoe tested
Racing News

Nocturne series for 2008

Following the success of the inaugural Smithfield Nocturne on June 2007, founders RaphaCondor and organisers Face Partnership are planning more events in 2008...

Nocturne series for 2008
Racing News

Staff aims for World Track Champs

Former world BMX and track cycling world champion Jamie Staff (GB) is on excellent form ahead of the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in...

Staff aims for World Track Champs
Racing News

Revolution 20 preview

The Madison returns to Revolution as part of the season finale on February 23rd with international teams now confirmed to challenge the strong British ...

Revolution 20 preview
Rides News

Onimpex and Museeuw enter the Dragon

Flax fibres give MF5 main tubes distinctive appearance Museeuw Bikes and the Belgian brand’s UK distributor Onimpex are to enter into a 2 year deal supporting...

Onimpex and Museeuw enter the Dragon
Gear

Team Astana Trek Madone

For a while it almost looked like – after Discovery pulled out of cycling last year – that Trek may no longer be a familiar...

Team Astana Trek Madone
Gear

Briko Performaniac bib tights

Briko Performaniac bib tights £129.99 Briko started out in 1985 by producing waxes for the Italian national ski team. From such extraordinary beginnings, the company eventually...

Briko Performaniac bib tights
Gear

Assos airBlock.LL bib tights

Assos airBlock.LL bib tights £151.99 As with the airJack jacket tested recently, these tights feature airBlock 851, a material with a real talent for fending off...

Assos airBlock.LL bib tights
Gear

Castelli Gregario Bibtights

Castelli Gregario Bibtights £90 Castelli’s Gregario tights are made from Thermoflex Core Due material, which with its luxurious fleece lining makes them as warm as stuffing...

Castelli Gregario Bibtights
Racing News

Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk Team Launch

In the stylish surrounds of London’s Singapura restaurant, the Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk team was launched on 24 January 2008. Following the merger of two of...

Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk Team Launch
Event News

Elite Circuit Series 2008

With the British Premier Calendar punishing riders by testing their fitness, endurance and tactical ability, Elite Circuit Series will bring out the bike handling, quick...

Elite Circuit Series 2008
Event News

British Premier Calendar 2008

The series gets underway in March, with three tough races – the Bikeline 2-Day in North Wales, the Girvan Stage Race in South West Scotland...

British Premier Calendar 2008
Gear

Kurve CNC brakes

Carbontec has added Kurve brakes to its stable of brands. Machined from 6061 T6 aluminium, lack of weight is these brakes’ speciality, with titanium bolts...

Kurve CNC brakes
Gear

Bontrager Race XXX Lite OS Carbon Road Stem

Bontrager Race XXX Lite OS Carbon Road Stem £149.99 The Race XX Lite OS is the latest carbon stem from Bontrager, and it their first road-only...

Bontrager Race XXX Lite OS Carbon Road Stem
Gear

Scott Addict R2 First Look

It’s light, it’s svelte, and it’s sitting in RCUK’s bike shed just begging to be ridden. But all in good time… Scott’s Addict is one...

Scott Addict R2 First Look
Gear

Quick Step to ride Roval wheels

Boonen’s newly painted SL2 complete with a nice set of Roval deep section carbon wheels – expect to see them moving very fast come the...

Quick Step to ride Roval wheels
Rides News

Burnham and Baddow Cyclosportive

Southend Wheelers will be promoting their annual Burnham and Baddow Cyclosportive Cyclosportive Charity Challenge on Sunday 10 February. There will be rides of 40km and...

Burnham and Baddow Cyclosportive
Rides News

Cheshire Cat Cyclosportive 2008

The Cheshire Cat cyclosportive, which runs on the 30th March 2008, has put measures in place to cater for an increase in participant numbers. 500...

Cheshire Cat Cyclosportive 2008
Rides News

Giordana Body Clone Activa jacket

Giordana Body Clone Activa jacket £99.99 Giordana’s Body Clone range is the Italian company’s high end offering and is aimed at those riders who want the...

Giordana Body Clone Activa jacket
Gear

Litespeed Archon First Look

RCUK first clapped eyes on the jaw droppingly gorgeous Litespeed Archon at last year’s Eurobike show, and now a test bike has just rolled into...

Litespeed Archon First Look
Features

Forum Help Guide

Adding a message How to format a forum message (style your text, add a link, check spelling etc) How to add an image...

Forum Help Guide
Rides News

Jason MacIntyre Memorial Fund

On Tuesday 14 January, one of Britain’s leading cyclists, Jason MacIntyre, was killed while out training after being knocked off his bike by a van...

Jason MacIntyre Memorial Fund
Racing News

Peter King wins Bidlake Award

British Cycling’s CEO, Peter King, has been awarded the prestigious Bidlake Memorial Plaque. The FT Bidlake Memorial Trust is an independent body which meets on...

Peter King wins Bidlake Award
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