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Build power and endurance with new book

With the winter now in full swing, for many cyclists thoughts turn to training plans and setting goals for next year. And for manyof those,...

Build power and endurance with new book
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New Third Transition tops

Clothing company Third Transition, which specialises in cycling specific t-shirt designs, has released a couple of fresh new tops. The Race Invaders and Downhill designs...

New Third Transition tops
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Hotlines UK to distribute Lynskey

Lynskey is the name behind many of the finest titanium bicycle frames. The Lynskey family founded Litespeed in 1986, before selling Litespeed to the...

Hotlines UK to distribute Lynskey
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Wet weather and oversocks

Prendas Ciclismo Meraklon Oversocks £7.95 What, exactly, is the point of wearing socks over your shoes, apart from experiencing the thrill of having non-cyclists within earshot...

Wet weather and oversocks
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Vintage San Marco website

Hot on the heels of San Marco’s Racing Team series of pro-issue saddles comes a website dedicated to three legendary shapes from the Italian specialist. All...

Vintage San Marco website
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The Eagle of the Canavese

Saddle failed to please reviewer The Eagle of the Canavese – Franco Balmamion and the Giro d’Italia by Herbie Sykes, hardback £17.95, softback £13.95 Many sporting biographies ensure...

The Eagle of the Canavese
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Exmoor Beast 2008 report

Rearing its ugly head right at the end of the season, the Exmoor Beast offered a tantalising way for many sportive riders to end their...

Exmoor Beast 2008 report
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Changing Shimano SPD-SL cleats

How often do you check the state of play of your cleats? Probably not all that often, and if you’re anything like me you’ll wait...

Changing Shimano SPD-SL cleats
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Torq Single Measure

We’ve all been in the same situation. Out on a long ride with bottles topped with energy drink, only to have to fill them up...

Torq Single Measure
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Hotlines to distribute Gaerne shoes

Distributors Hotlines (Lapierre, Hayes, Manitou, Goodridge, Foes) have added Gaerne shoes to their catalogue. Gaerne shoes, founded in 1962, are handmade in Italy in their Treviso...

Hotlines to distribute Gaerne shoes
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Update your Edge

Got a Garmin Edge 605 or 705? A software update has just been issued today that brings a throng of changes to the popular GPS...

Update your Edge
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Tubeless future for Campagnolo

It seems tubeless wheelsets are gradually catching on, with Campagnolo having decided to add to the growing momentum by releasing two tubeless road wheelsets in...

Tubeless future for Campagnolo
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Time to replace my bar tape

After a summer aboard my Parlee, the white bar tape is beginning to tired and ragged, with frayed sections beginning to show and the once...

Time to replace my bar tape
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Hutchinson Equinox training clincher first ride

Hutchinson Equinox clincher 700×23 £14.99 each Catalogued in Hutchinson’s ‘Cyclo-tourisme’ range of road clinchers, the Equinox is apparently available in both folding and wire-bead versions; given...

Hutchinson Equinox training clincher first ride
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Merida Bikes 2009

Merida is one of the biggest bike companies in the world, but don’t worry if you’ve never heard the name before; Merida has traditionally spent...

Merida Bikes 2009
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Endura Luminite jacket

Take a waterproof jacket, an LED light, merge the two and you’ve got Endura’s new Luminute jacket, the latest line of defence against not being...

Endura Luminite jacket
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Condor 2009

For 2009 Condor is pulling out the stops, with some exciting new additions and wholesale changes across the entire range, which now amounts to a...

Condor 2009
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Rollapaluza Bristol

Rollapaluza took its roller racing extravaganza on the road and headed to Mud Dock in Bristol last Wednesday for an evening of electric entertainment. The event,...

Rollapaluza Bristol
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Fruitus Organic Fruit and Oat Bars

We all need a bit of food when out on a long ride, but those looking for alternative to laboratory-developed and scientifically proven energy bars...

Fruitus Organic Fruit and Oat Bars
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Have you won a Mezzo?

A while ago RoadCyclingUK.com, in association with Mezzo Bikes, exclusively gave readers the opportunity to take a Mezzo folding bike for a two-week test...

Have you won a Mezzo?
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Brooks Leather Bar Tape reviewed

As new After 18 months Black keeps its colour Brooks Leather Bar Tape £29.99 Leather goods, as any owner of new shoes – or a new leather cycle saddle...

Brooks Leather Bar Tape reviewed
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Rapha Merino Socks

Rapha merino socks £15.00 per pair, £30 for 3 pairs Keep your feet warm and comfortable and you will feel the same, no matter how...

Rapha Merino Socks
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ThunderVote Obama Dolan Special

Barack Obama has been elected 44th POTUS. His campaign, said to have been the best-funded in US history, was funded in large part by small...

ThunderVote Obama Dolan Special
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