Monthly Archives: July 2009

Gear

Colnago CLX 2.0 launched

Recently, Colnago announced news of its first sportive bike, the new Ace. And there’s more, for on the horizon is a new CLX 2.0. The CLX...

Colnago CLX 2.0 launched
Gear

Enigma Factory Visit

Enigma-on-Sea In little more than three years of existence, Sussex-based Enigma Bikes has gone from being a well-designed, executed and finished bicycle brand based around frames...

Enigma Factory Visit
Gear

GOCEM founded to work with UCI

A sector of the cycling equipment industry today announced the formation of the Global Organization of Cycling Equipment Manufacturers (GOCEM) with the objective of providing...

GOCEM founded to work with UCI
Road Cycling News

Rapha Condor team gains new sponsors

The Rapha Condor cycling team today welcomes three new sponsors, Sharp Electronics, Paul Smith Jeans and Malmaison Hotel Group for the remainder of 2009. The new...

Rapha Condor team gains new sponsors
Gear

Colnago Ace sportive bike released

Colnago have long been associated with racing and some of the greatest champions of the sport have ridden to victory aboard one of the Italian...

Colnago Ace sportive bike released
Racing News

Blackpool Nocturne this weekend

Blackpool is set to welcome the last of the Nocturne evening crit races on 1 August and with it the strongest field of riders yet. Leading...

Blackpool Nocturne this weekend
Road Cycling News

Kilo To Go Wild Edric sportive

Pics by www.georgeburgessphotography.com The next sportive from Kilo To Go is the Wild Edric, set in Shropshire and the Marches and taking place on 9...

Kilo To Go Wild Edric sportive
Gear

Bike-Eye cycle mirror

Bike-Eye £15.95 inc P&P Do you need a mirror when cycling? Most of us will say no, going by the small number to be seen...

Bike-Eye cycle mirror
Gear

Nalini Nippio Short Sleeve Jersey

Full-length zip… …and three rear pockets Nalini Nippio short sleeve jersey £59.99 The Nalini clothing brand is perhaps best known for superb synthetic chamois inserts, but it is...

Nalini Nippio Short Sleeve Jersey
Gear

American Classic Sprint 350 wheelset First Look

American Classic Sprint 350 wheelset £439.99 The latest wheelset to roll down the corridors at RCUK comes from a firm long absent from the UK market....

American Classic Sprint 350 wheelset First Look
Gear

Rotor Agilis Crankset First Look

Oversized aluminium axle on L/H crank Separate spider The benefits of having a hole through the centre of a crank arm are the same as those to...

Rotor Agilis Crankset First Look
Road Cycling News

Four Seasons Fred Whitton

The annual 112 mile Fred Whitton Challenge is so oversubscribed that organisers, The Lakes Road Club, have launched the Four Seasons Fred Whitton, which allows...

Four Seasons Fred Whitton
Gear

Bradley Wiggins’ Felt F1 SL team bike

Three-times Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins has been the revelation of the 2009 Tour de France, having transformed himself from a track specialist to a real...

Bradley Wiggins’ Felt F1 SL team bike
Road Cycling News

Cycle Show 2009

The Cycle Show returns to Earl’s Court, London on 9-11 October and will be the chance to see some of the best brands exhibiting their...

Cycle Show 2009
Road Cycling News

Craft’s Performance Light Vest reviewed

Craft Performance Light Vest £19.99 Gilet’s are fantastic items of clothing to have in your cycle clothing wardrobe (you do have a seperate wardrobe for your...

Craft’s Performance Light Vest reviewed
Racing News

Lance Armstrong launches own team

RadioShack has partnered with Lance Armstrong to launch Team RadioShack, which will begin in 2010 and will compete at, amongst other races, the Tour de...

Lance Armstrong launches own team
Riding

Sugoi commuting clothing

Sugoi has launched a line of commuter specific clothing which it has dubbed “Human Operated Vehicle (H.O.V.).” The new range is designed for the rigours and...

Sugoi commuting clothing
Riding

Exclusive Oakley / Mark Cavendish content

Mark Cavendish takes a back seat in Oakley’s ‘Square O’ lifestyle sunglasses; to win the glasses he wears on the bike see below Mark Cavendish has...

Exclusive Oakley / Mark Cavendish content
Road Cycling News

Gore Bike Wear Sportive Series: Selkirk

The first round of the Gore Bike Wear Road Sportive Series took place in Llanwrtyd Wells 4 July and saw lots of riders enjoy a...

Gore Bike Wear Sportive Series: Selkirk
Racing News

Tour of Britain teams announced

The Tour of Britain have announced the names of nine out of the 16 teams that have confirmed they will be taking part in Britain’s...

Tour of Britain teams announced
Road Cycling News

Giant opens second store

Giant opened its first brand store earlier this year in Liverpool, and has now thrown open the doors of its second store in Cambridge. The new...

Giant opens second store
Gear

Green Grips handlebar tape

Worried about the carbon footprint of your bicycle? Carbon Grips have launched 100% eco-friendly, organic cotton bartape so you can ditch your regular oil-based bar...

Green Grips handlebar tape
Gear

Craft Pro Cool Sleeveless baselayer review

Pro Cool Sleeveless baselayer £19.99 Craft’s Pro Cool baselayer is made from a material so light and thin that you hardly notice it when you’re...

Craft Pro Cool Sleeveless baselayer review
Road Cycling News

Mayor of London’s Skyride event

Thousands of people are expected to take part in the free Mayor of London’s Skyride – Hounslow event, where cyclists of all ages and abilities...

Mayor of London’s Skyride event
production