Sportives. There are lots of way of approaching sportives and what gear to use during the ride to make it more enjoyable, and much of...
No doubting what you are riding Open Core Technology works SRAM Rival 2009 groupset £550 Rival is the name given to SRAM’s entry-level road groupset. As monikers...
A winner… Classic Cervelo stays The Cervelo R3 needs no introduction. Two wins in the most-feared one day race, Paris-Roubaix, and a list of other top race...
LAS Squalo helmet £99.99 The new Squalo from LAS arrived in the RCUK office a couple of months ago, and since then I’ve been putting in...
Proving that the pace of development in the cycle industry never ceases to amaze, Specialized are readying the release of an all new time trial...
Delkin Devices has launched the Fat Gecko, a camera mount designed to securely attach any camera or video camera to the handlebars. Rather ingeniously, the Fat...
We bumped into Tom Southam at the Rutland-Melton last weekend and took the opportunity to take a close look at the latest Condor Leggero the...
All in one tri-bar system… Bars give bike aggressive look Pro Missile Aerobar £441.42 (15%VAT) Aerobars, as fitted to lo-pro time trial and triathlon bikes, have become progressively...
The East Midlands International CiCLE Classic took place last weekend, with nearly 200 riders racing some 160km between Rutland and Melton in what is becoming...
Ardent readers of RCUK will be familiar with Burls. Last year we were lucky enough to test both winter bike and fixed variants of the...
Dia Compe/Dia Tech bar-end shift levers £39.99 pair A very long time ago, about two decades in fact, there was only one way to shift gears...
Giant Defy Advanced 4 £1,500 www.giant-bicycles.com Modern and fast sportive machine For 2009 Giant completely redesigned its SCR range of bicycles and in the process renamed the range...
Catlike Whisper Plus helmet £119.95 Catlike’s Whisper helmet is noticeably striking in comparison to most other helmets, but underneath the distinctly ‘euro’ looks is a lightweight...
Rapha Gilet £105 As the weather becomes increasingly warmer and the layers of winter clothing can be stripped away, a bit of wardrobe rearranging can begin,...
Spotted outside Corridori Cycles in Drift Bridge, Epsom, was this sparking new Cliff Shrubb fixed wheeler complete with modified Rohloff rear dropouts, a spec and...
Colnago is one of the most emotive bike brands in the world, conjuring up images of true champions racing through the toughest conditions to win....
SRAM has whipped the wraps of its brand-new Force groupset, which gets a raft of significant changes for 2010. The changes, and there are many, bring...
Mark Cavendish needs no introduction. At the age of just 23 Cavendish has become the fastest sprinter in the world and amassed an impressive list...
The ScottishPower Renewables Criterium Series, Scotland’s premier circuit race event, kicks off on Saturday 23 May in Dumfries and Galloway and continues an exciting year...
Safe for use on softwood flooring Flip-Thread chuck in action…, Lezyne Classic Floor Drive pump £44.99 Four models make up the Floor Drive range of track pumps from...
Triple Olympic Gold medallist, Sir Chris Hoy is backing the 2009 NSPCC Big Bike Ride which goes to Buckinghamshire on 12 July and to Sussex...
Extra spaces for the Forest of Dean Spring Classic Sportive on 3 May have been announced, with the rider limit taken from 750 up to...
Open to teams of youth riders from each of the 10 English regions, British Cycling’s inaugural Inter-Regional Youth Track Championships takes place on 4-6 September...
Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton yesterday joined over 700 women for Breast Cancer Campaign’s first ever Pedal it Pink cycling event in Liverpool’s Sefton...