Monthly Archives: September 2009 - Page 2

Gear

American Classic Seat Post First Ride

American Classic 350mm seatpost £39.99 It’s fitment time for the American Classic seat post; time to find out whether the infinitely adjustable cradle makes precise adjustment...

American Classic Seat Post First Ride
Gear

Dahon iPhone Bike Mount

Folding bicycle specialist Dahon recently unveiled the BioLogic Bike Mount, a bicycle mounting system designed specifically for the Apple iPhone. The BioLogic Bike Mount securely attaches...

Dahon iPhone Bike Mount
Gear

Independent Fabrications Club Racer First Ride

Independent Fabrication Club Racer £1595 frame and fork So, do we have, in Independent Fabrication’s Club Racer, the ultimate all-rounder? An affirmative answer would, presumably, depend...

Independent Fabrications Club Racer First Ride
Road Cycling News

Sir Chris Hoy to attend London Skyride

Caption please Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Sky, in partnership with British Cycling, will on Sunday 20 September host Mayor of London’s Skyride -a mass...

Sir Chris Hoy to attend London Skyride
Road Cycling News

Cent Cols Challenge Day Three

The calm after the storm After the crushing dissapointment of not being able to ride the Galiber yesterday due to a snowstorm, it was with sunken...

Cent Cols Challenge Day Three
Road Cycling News

Gore Sportive final event entries available

The final round of the Gore Bike Wear Sportive Series 2009 kicks off at the Ruthin Rugby Club on 19 September 2009. Two challenging sportive courses...

Gore Sportive final event entries available
Road Cycling News

Cent Cols Challenge Day Two

A col too far Day two of the Cent Cols Challenge dawned bright and early with the sun shining over the mountains behind our hotel and...

Cent Cols Challenge Day Two
Gear

New commuting tyre from Continental spotted

Spotted at Eurobike was a narrow clincher tyre from Continental expected to be launched at the London Cycle Show. For many UK riders the most important...

New commuting tyre from Continental spotted
Racing News

Tour of Britain warms up

Following stage wins for Garmin-Slipstream’s Chris Sutton and Rabobank’s Kai Reus, Norwegian superstar Edvald Boasson Hagen confirmed his presence as one of the best sprinters...

Tour of Britain warms up
Racing News

Cent Cols Challenge Day One

36 riders including RCUK’s correspondent departed on the inaugural stage of the Cent Cols Challenge on Monday 14 September for an event boldly described as...

Cent Cols Challenge Day One
Road Cycling News

Places available on Cycle Cairngorms Sportive

First run in 2008, the Cycle Cairngorms Sportive follows, for the first time in Scotland, a two-day format for 2009 over a scenic and challenging...

Places available on Cycle Cairngorms Sportive
Gear

Eurobike 09 - Pick of the Show

Brooks showed this saddle embossed with the topography of the Alpe d’Huez No hinge, no fold, but it sure looked cute Mavic’s cadence sensor is simply an...

Eurobike 09 - Pick of the Show
Gear

Eurobike '09 Sprocketry

French transmission specialist TA showed new chainrings for 11 and single speeds, while SRAM displayed a mesh-form machined steel MTB cassette that will probably suit...

Eurobike '09 Sprocketry
Road Cycling News

Ibbo's Cake Quest 2009

John Ibbotson, who died suddenly in 2005 of heart failure, was just 27 years old and a talented ex-professional cyclist with a very successful cycling...

Ibbo's Cake Quest 2009
Riding

Cyclists at risk in cycle lanes

New research claims that motorists give cyclists less room when they are riding in a cycle lane, a study due to be published in the...

Cyclists at risk in cycle lanes
Gear

Eurobike: Independent Fabrication Corvid

Say hello to the new Independent Fabrication Corvid. Yes your eyes aren’t deceiving you, it is made from carbon. The company better known for its...

Eurobike: Independent Fabrication Corvid
Gear

Eurobike '09 - Wheel News

So precious they were encased in Perspex… …were Lew-designed RZR wheels from Reynolds A little paint goes a long way with Lightweight One for the faster audax rider…...

Eurobike '09 - Wheel News
Racing News

Team Sky adds more riders

Team Sky today announced ten international riders for the new professional road cycling team, following the news of the first six British riders to join...

Team Sky adds more riders
Racing News

Team Sky announces first six riders

Team Sky today announced the first riders to sign for the new British professional cycling team. Six British riders are the first to be secured...

Team Sky announces first six riders
Road Cycling News

Tour of Worcestershire Sportive

Wheels in Wheels CC have announced that Geoff Thomas will ride the Tour of Worcestershire Sportive to help raise funds for the Geoff Thomas Foundation...

Tour of Worcestershire Sportive
Road Cycling News

House rides Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride

Stoke City kick-off Kristian House awaits the start A fun time… …for all National Champion rides charity event In a UK first, more than 1,200 cyclists from all over...

House rides Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride
Gear

Eurobike '09 - Litespeed carbon more pics

Pride of place in a slimmed-down range presented at Eurobike ’09 was taken by Litespeed’s curvaceous Archon Carbon, which represents the fruition of two years’...

Eurobike '09 - Litespeed carbon more pics
Gear

Giant Trinity Advanced SL

RCUK was invited up to a plush hotel on the outskirts of Birmingham recently to take a close look at the entire Giant 2010 product...

Giant Trinity Advanced SL
Gear

Parlee Z5 launched

Parlee today announces the arrival of the latest frame to its range, the sub-800g Z5. It makes much use of Parlee’s advances in carbon moulding...

Parlee Z5 launched
production