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Cadence Man wins second Nocturne Folding Bike Race

The 2009 Smithfield Nocturne Folding Bike Race was won, as was the 2008 event, by RCUK reader Keith Henderson, who is better known to the...

Cadence Man wins second Nocturne Folding Bike Race
Road Cycling News

Big weekend for UK sportives

Dragon Ride ventures into the Brecon Beacons Chiltern Hills face Ride to the Horns entrants Northern Rock Cyclone heads into Northumberland Three big sportive rides take place this...

Big weekend for UK sportives
Racing News

Ed Clancy wins in Southport

Ed Clancy took the win from a select group of three riders who had escaped early on in this hour-long race. The intimate surroundings of Lord...

Ed Clancy wins in Southport
Racing News

Helly Hansen Stripe T baselayer

Helly Hansen Stripe T baselayer £23.99 Helly Hansen has been a name synonymous with baselayers since about the year dot, or least as long as we...

Helly Hansen Stripe T baselayer
Road Cycling News

Investiture for Britain's Cycling Stars

Dave Brailsford collects his CBE Pic: Press Association Images Seven members of British Cycling, ranging from Elite riders to a volunteer, had the privilege of attending the...

Investiture for Britain's Cycling Stars
Road Cycling News

Cervelo R3 First Ride Impressions

As one of the toughest tests for racing bicycles, Paris-Roubaix is extreme. Very few of us however are going to ride on cobbles like those...

Cervelo R3 First Ride Impressions
Road Cycling News

DZ Nuts Chamois Cream

DZ Nuts Chamois Cream £11.99. “Proper maintenance of the perineal area is essential during high level training and racing. Nothing can ruin stage race success...

DZ Nuts Chamois Cream
Road Cycling News

Colnago Primavera review

Colnago Primavera £1,099.95 www.colnago.com Aluminium frame with real pedigree The moment the bubble wrap was pulled off the latest RCUK test bike, Colnago’s entry-level Primavera, I knew...

Colnago Primavera review
Racing News

Rob Hayles wins Tour Series in Blackpool

Rob Hayles exploded from the front of a small group of four riders – who had been away for most of the race – to...

Rob Hayles wins Tour Series in Blackpool
Gear

Essential clothing on a budget?

Cycling is one of the most accessible sports and, while it’s all too easy to be tempted by the expensive exotica on offer, you really...

Essential clothing on a budget?
Racing News

Tour Series: Round 5 and 6

This week sees the racing heading up to Blackpool on Tuesday 9 June and Southport on Thursday 11 June. Unlike the racing in Woking and...

Tour Series: Round 5 and 6
Road Cycling News

London Tube strike to boost cycling

The number of cyclists on London’s streets will boom this week following Tube workers walking out on a 48-hour strike. London Cycling Campaign “predicts that...

London Tube strike to boost cycling
Gear

Ben Swift's Ridley Noah

Katusha’s Ben Swift, team mate to Filippo Pozzato and Robbie McEwen, headed to London at the weekend to participate in the Smithfield Nocturne Elite...

Ben Swift's Ridley Noah
Gear

Vittoria Open Corsa CX 320tpi First Ride

Vittoria Open Corsa CX clincher £43.99 Long established as one of the finest lightweight clincher road tyres around, Vittoria’s Open Corsa CX got a significant upgrade...

Vittoria Open Corsa CX 320tpi First Ride
Gear

Ed Clancy’s Boardman Pro Race Prepared

Just moments before he started the Smithfield Nocturne Elite race last weekend, we grabbed a minute with a relaxed Ed Clancy to check out...

Ed Clancy’s Boardman Pro Race Prepared
Features

Competition Terms & Conditions

The prize will consist of a travel voucher that entitles two adults and two bicycles to an unlimited [standard] return trip to France (EX UK)...

Competition Terms & Conditions
Racing News

Smithfield Nocturne attracts 10,000 spectators

A crowd of over 10,000 spectators enjoyed a packed evening of fast and furious cycle entertainment at the third Smithfield Nocturne, held on Saturday 6...

Smithfield Nocturne attracts 10,000 spectators
Gear

Crash damage to SRAM RED levers

Here’s the main damage sustained by my Enigma Occlusion during the Tour of Wessex, following a fall occasioned by the genius at the front of...

Crash damage to SRAM RED levers
Road Cycling News

William Fotheringham on the Innertube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnTFrqWHkoWilliam Fotheringham, author of the Tom Simpson biography Put Me Back on My Bike, acclaimed by Velo magazine as ‘the best cycling biography ever written’...

William Fotheringham on the Innertube
Racing News

Team Halfords win in Peterborough

The latest round of the Tour Series in Peterborough last night was won by Halfords Bikehut. The boys-in-orange controlled affairs for much of the second part...

Team Halfords win in Peterborough
Racing News

Fizik MicroTex Handlebar Tape

Tasteful grey Tape comes in this box! Fizik MicroTex Bar Tape £10.99 Going by this handlebar tape, MicroTex is a stretch-resistant and breathable material with a rubbery outer...

Fizik MicroTex Handlebar Tape
Road Cycling News

Johan Museeuw heads to Smithfield Nocturne

Those heading to the Smithfield Nocturne on 6 June will be in for an extra treat as it has just been confirmed that three-time...

Johan Museeuw heads to Smithfield Nocturne
Racing News

Tour Series: Peterborough tonight

The Tour Series heads to Peterborough tonight, and serves up an excellent circuit of 90 degree corners and long straights which should guarantee some super-fast...

Tour Series: Peterborough tonight
Gear

Giant launches range of accessories

Giant doesn’t just make bicycles anymore. It’s now branching out into accessories, and has launched an impressive range of such items as luggage, bar tape,...

Giant launches range of accessories
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