Monthly Archives: July 2009 - Page 3

Gear

hudz Brake Lever Hoods First Look

hudz Brake Lever Hoods £20.99 per pair Here’s a great way to customise your road bike and add ergonomic efficiency: coloured brake lever hood rubbers...

hudz Brake Lever Hoods First Look
Gear

FSA SL-K Light chainset tested WIP

FSA SL-K Light chainset £399.99 There’s a huge amount of development in the world of cranks at the moment. Cranks can be considered one of the...

FSA SL-K Light chainset tested WIP
Gear

Lezyne S Caddy review WIP

Lezyne S Caddy review £23.99 Helly Hansen has been a name synonymous with baselayers since about the year dot, or least as long as we can...

Lezyne S Caddy review WIP
Gear

Polaris Sprint bib shorts review WIP

Polaris Sprint bib shorts £44.99 How much should you spend on bib shorts? Typical advice is to spend as much as you can for ultimate comfort....

Polaris Sprint bib shorts review WIP
Gear

dhb Knowle Bib Shorts review WIP

dhb Knowle Bib Shorts £89.99 Having earned itself a place at the low- to mid-end of the clothing market, Wiggle’s in-house clothing brand dhb has designs...

dhb Knowle Bib Shorts review WIP
Gear

Gore Bike Wear Xenon Sonic Bib Shorts review WIP

Gore Bike Wear Xenon Sonic Bib Shorts £140 Brand new for 2009, the Xenon Sonic bib shorts are Gore Bike Wear’s latest top-end short and are...

Gore Bike Wear Xenon Sonic Bib Shorts review WIP
Racing News

Race radios banned for two stages

Traditionally, pro bike riders had to race on instinct and racing was unpredictable, but for the last two decades race radios have had one of...

Race radios banned for two stages
Gear

K-Edge Chain Catcher

Among the many special touches we see on professional racing cyclist’s bicycles during the early season’s classics such as Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders, when...

K-Edge Chain Catcher
Gear

Tifosi Optics Slip eyewear

Tifosi Slip eyewear £45.99 There sure is a lot to write about with ‘eyewear’; stuff about ventilation ports, hydrophilic (or should that be hydrophobic?) nose pads,...

Tifosi Optics Slip eyewear
Gear

Calfee bamboo bicycles reach the UK

Calfee’s unique Bamboo bicycles will now be available in the UK, as RAW Bamboo Bikes have announced they’re to handle the UK distribution. US-based Calfee has...

Calfee bamboo bicycles reach the UK
Gear

Another custom Trek for Lance

Custom painted frames used to be reserved for special occasions, holders of the yellow jersey for example, but as we’re seeing in this year’s race,...

Another custom Trek for Lance
Racing News

David Millar's Garmin Stage 6 data

Stage 6 of the 2009 Tour de France saw Garmin-Slipstream’s David Millar come nail-bitingly close to winning the stage, until the peloton caught him with...

David Millar's Garmin Stage 6 data
Gear

Zym biodegradable water bottle

Zym, maker of portable electrolyte tablets, has released a 100% biodegradable water bottle. Made by adding a ‘bio-batch’ material to the water bottle during the manufacturing...

Zym biodegradable water bottle
Gear

Focus Izalco 2010 revealed

All-new Focus Izalco is stiffer and lighter Since last year German brand Focus has been supplying bikes to Team Milram and subsequent feedback from the riders...

Focus Izalco 2010 revealed
Gear

Energicer cooling product

Here’s an interesting product. Knowing how hard it can be to keep cool on hot days, the inventors of something called Energicer claim to have...

Energicer cooling product
Road Cycling News

New Sportive for Cambridgeshire on 26 July

Pic by www.georgeburgessphotography.com Wheels in Wheels CC, organisers of the Forest of Dean Classic and Ride to the Horns sportives, are pleased to announce a...

New Sportive for Cambridgeshire on 26 July
Gear

Giant Trinity Advanced SL

Giant will make its radical time trial bike available to buy later this year Giant’s radical looking new time trial bike broke cover last year but...

Giant Trinity Advanced SL
Gear

Pro riders on Shimano Dura-Ace Di2

Introduced last year after many years of development, Shimano’s Dura-Ace Di2 electronic groupset has been causing waves of excitement and speculation among the cycling world,...

Pro riders on Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Gear

BH Bike G5 launched at Tour de France

Total revamp for the G5 and will get its first airing at the Tour de France BH Bikes has unveiled the all-new G5 in time for...

BH Bike G5 launched at Tour de France
Racing News

Armstrong talks about his chances at victory

In a tense team time trial the Astana team won the fourth stage but Lance Armstrong missed out on the yellow jersey by just 0.022...

Armstrong talks about his chances at victory
Gear

Giro Prolight helmet launches

The new Giro Prolight helmet will officially launch on stage 7 of the 2009 Tour de France (Friday 10 July), the first mountain stage of...

Giro Prolight helmet launches
Gear

dhb Knowle Jersey and Bib Shorts review

dhb Knowle Bib Shorts £89.99 Having earned itself a solid reputation for outstanding quality and performance at impressive prices, Wiggle’s in-house clothing brand dhb is expanding...

dhb Knowle Jersey and Bib Shorts review
Gear

Santini Top Bib shorts

‘Top’ insert Santini ‘Top’ shorts Santini Top bibshorts £45.00 Bib shorts, eh? Not the most exciting article in the cyclist’s wardrobe but surely the most important. Especially the...

Santini Top Bib shorts
Racing News

Astana win but no yellow for Armstrong

Astana rocketed to victory but missed out on yellow by less than a second (pic fotoreporter sirotti) It was a thrilling final few moments in the...

Astana win but no yellow for Armstrong
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