Monthly Archives: March 2008

Gear

Lezyne Alloy Drive pump

Lezyne Alloy Drive pump £18.99 Founded by Micki Kozuscheck, who originally started Truvativ and then sold it to SRAM, Lezyne is a new accessories company with...

Lezyne Alloy Drive pump
Gear

£1,500-£2,000 Grouptest Preview

Technology and materials are advancing at such a rate that today’s high-end bikes are really something special, with incredibly low weights and more stiffness than...

£1,500-£2,000 Grouptest Preview
Gear

Rebycle the world

In today’s climate of being encouraged to reduce our carbon footprint and damage to the environment, recycling is one way towards decreasing our waste. By...

Rebycle the world
Gear

Specialized opens fourth Concept Store

In 2007 Specialized opened its first Concept Store in Chester, following up with stores in Plymouth and Birmingham. It’s now announced a fourth, to open...

Specialized opens fourth Concept Store
Rides News

Tour of the Cornfields 2008

Now in its second year, the Tour of the Cornfields, based in South Cambridgeshire, is a cyclo-cross sportive that uses quiet lanes, by-ways and bridleways...

Tour of the Cornfields 2008
Other

Sportstest expand services

Sportstest offer performance, training and nutrition services for cyclists of all levels, from the novice to the elite. Previously based just in the West Midlands,...

Sportstest expand services
Rides News

Energy Wasting Day

As concerns about climate change gather pace, here’s an interesting film that attempts to inject some humour into challenging attitudes towards combating environmental problems. The...

Energy Wasting Day
Gear

Gardena Cleansystem

Find washing your bike a chore? Or is it just me? For those adverse to a bit of quality time spent washing the bike, here’s...

Gardena Cleansystem
Gear

Tufo C Elite Ride 25mm tubular clincher first look

Plenty of info on the label Shaped base has lip along edge to grip rim Tufo’s tubular tyre concept, which does way with an inner tube thanks...

Tufo C Elite Ride 25mm tubular clincher first look
Gear

Sludge tyre sealant application goes well

Sludge is a tyre and tube sealant from South Africa that is specifically designed to deal with the high inflation pressures of narrow road bike...

Sludge tyre sealant application goes well
Gear

Allsports Energy Products

Allsports International is one of the UK’s longest established suppliers of performance enhancing energy products, with a range of products designed to speed up recovery,...

Allsports Energy Products
Gear

Pozzato custom Sidi shoes

There’s more than a few well known perks to being a pro cyclist, and customised bikes and clothing have always been some of them. Liquigas’s...

Pozzato custom Sidi shoes
Event News

Mosquito Open House

April 10th, 2008 is the date of the Mosquito Open House which will run at Islington’s Mosquito Bikes emporium from 3pm – 8.30pm. The idea is...

Mosquito Open House
Gear

FFWD Wheels

Netherlands based FFWD (Fast Forward) is a relatively new company which specialises in producing carbon wheels, with the aim of building the lightest and fastest...

FFWD Wheels
Racing News

British Cycling wins Halfords sponsorship

British Cycling has announced today that leading UK cycle retailer Halfords is to become the first-ever commercial sponsor of the hugely successful Great Britain...

British Cycling wins Halfords sponsorship
Racing News

UK cycling team for sale

A British cycling team has literally put itself up for sale in a bid to continue competing this season. Wearing cycling tops emblazoned with the...

UK cycling team for sale
Rides News

New Flanders Tourism Web Page

Fancy cycling in Flanders? If so, there’s a great new page on the Tour of Flanders website devoted to the touring possibilities of the...

New Flanders Tourism Web Page
Rides News

Double the numbers for Etape Caledonia 08

Over 3000 cyclists are expected to descend onto the picturesque roads of the Scottish highlands when Britain’s only closed-road cycle challenge – the Étape Caledonia...

Double the numbers for Etape Caledonia 08
Rides News

dhb Elsted Bike Bag

dhb Elsted Bike Bag £59.99 As good as the UK weather can be, sometimes you just can’t beat packing your bags, bike and suncream and heading...

dhb Elsted Bike Bag
Rides News

Ride Scotland with Sustrans

Booking is now open for Sustrans’ mass summer bike ride, which this year is uncovering the beauty of Scotland’s lochs, glens, forests and mountains with...

Ride Scotland with Sustrans
Rides News

Tour des Cols joins Pendragon Series

Cycling event organiser Pendragon Sports and operator Yellow Jersey Adventures have announced today that the Tour des Cols 3-stage cyclosportive, which will take place...

Tour des Cols joins Pendragon Series
Rides News

New Scottish Sportive takes highest road

Will it be this sunny? Something to aim for Starting in Wanlockhead – the highest village in Scotland – and covering 105 miles and 2000 metres of...

New Scottish Sportive takes highest road
Gear

Hutchinson Road Tubeless takes Het Volk

Française Des Jeux (FDJ) rider Philippe Gilbert of France demonstrated the competition worthiness of the Hutchinson Road Tubeless system at the weekend, crossing the finish...

Hutchinson Road Tubeless takes Het Volk
Rides News

Museeuw Classic 2008 package ride

The Paterberg’s cobbled slopes London-based Elitecycling is offering the chance to spend two days in the company of Classics legend Johan Museeuw. Participants will meet and...

Museeuw Classic 2008 package ride
production