Monthly Archives: April 2009

Gear

Top 10 sportive essentials

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...

Top 10 sportive essentials
Gear

SRAM Rival 2009 First Ride

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...

SRAM Rival 2009 First Ride
Gear

Cervelo R3 First Ride

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...

Cervelo R3 First Ride
Gear

LAS Squalo helmet tested

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...

LAS Squalo helmet tested
Gear

Specialized's new time trial bike?

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...

Specialized's new time trial bike?
Gear

Delkin Devices camera bar mount

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...

Delkin Devices camera bar mount
Gear

Tom Southam’s Condor Leggero

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...

Tom Southam’s Condor Leggero
Gear

Pro Missile Aerobar First Look

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...

Pro Missile Aerobar First Look
Gear

Rutland-Melton, the UK's own spring classic

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...

Rutland-Melton, the UK's own spring classic
Gear

Burls Titanium road frame

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...

Burls Titanium road frame
Gear

Dia-Compe Bar-Con shifters

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...

Dia-Compe Bar-Con shifters
Gear

Giant Defy Advanced 4 tested

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...

Giant Defy Advanced 4 tested
Gear

Catlike Whisper Plus helmet

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...

Catlike Whisper Plus helmet
Gear

Rapha Gilet tested

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,...

Rapha Gilet tested
Gear

Cliff Shrubb framebuilding

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...

Cliff Shrubb framebuilding
Gear

Colnago Primavera

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....

Colnago Primavera
Gear

SRAM launches 2010 Force groupset

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...

SRAM launches 2010 Force groupset
Racing News

Mark Cavendish, Boy Racer

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...

Mark Cavendish, Boy Racer
Rides News

ScottishPower Renewables Criterium Series

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...

ScottishPower Renewables Criterium Series
Rides News

Lezyne Classic Floor Drive pump

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...

Lezyne Classic Floor Drive pump
Rides News

Chris Hoy backs NSPCC Big Bike Ride

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...

Chris Hoy backs NSPCC Big Bike Ride
Rides News

Forest of Dean Spring Classic Sportive

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...

Forest of Dean Spring Classic Sportive
Rides News

Inter-Regional Youth Track Championships

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...

Inter-Regional Youth Track Championships
Rides News

Victoria Pendleton Pedals it Pink

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...

Victoria Pendleton Pedals it Pink
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