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...
As a brand Lapierre may go mostly unnoticed, but the firm has actually been making bicycles since 1946 and supplies the La Française des Jeux...
Mavic’s R-Sys wheelset created something of a stir on first arrival, with its traction-compression carbon fibre spokes, chunky looks and stiff but light ride characteristics....
With one month to go, all exhibitor spaces for the first European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition (EHBE) have been snapped up. The show will be held...
New British-based clothing company Colomba has launched a range of Sportwool jerseys which take their inspiration from what it describes as the ‘golden era of...
Cannondale’s Slice Carbon Ultegra SL is designed for speed through the air. At its centre is a high-modulus uni-directional carbon frame with large bladed sections...
Keen eyed observers will have spotted some unusual eyewear being sported by Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie and Mark Cavendish this year – they’ve been wearing...
San Marco Lorica handlebar tape £26.42 (15% VAT) A fibrous, synthetic material that looks and feels much like leather but without the weight and water retention...
A leading authority on all matters regarding training, Joe Friel’s The Cyclist’s Training Bible is for many essential reading, and now the comprehensive training book...
Disaster struck Lance Armstrong’s comeback campaign recently when he broke his collarbone in a fall during the the Vuelta Castilla y Leon, offering RCUK readers...
Show your support for Team Rabobank with one of the newly available limited edition team replica Giant TCR Advanced and TCR Advanced SL road bikes. As...
Castelli has just announced news of its lightest jersey ever created for women cyclists, the Magnifica, which weighs just 84g. It achieves this low weight through...
Fi’zi:k Antares saddle £144.99 The Antares is Fi’zi:k’s third offering in its top-end saddle range and completes a line-up that most cyclists should be able to...
words ednsadifsdnfjnsd Edge Composites is a leading edge US carbon fibre company that produces top-level products packed with engineering know-how, which started out with carbon...
Ain’t she purty? Three-quarters stance Longstaff double freewheel Twin front brake arrangement Back when tricyles ruled the roads… How much is enough ?(bikes, that is), asks Lars Engstrum on the...
