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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
Event News

European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition

The first ever European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition (EHBE) is being held in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, May 8-10, 2009. The EHBE hopes to bring together in...

European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition
Rides News

Rouleur Photo Exhibition 2008

Pic by Camille J McMillan This years’ Rouleur Photography Show will open on the 28th of November 2008. The show will feature the works of eight...

Rouleur Photo Exhibition 2008
Rides News

London-Paris 2009 entries open

Entries to the London-Paris Cycle Tour opened at 18:00 on 17 November. Two hundred entries have initially been made available to the public, with...

London-Paris 2009 entries open
Rides News

San Marco Regal Racing Team saddle

In yer face graphics Retro copper rivets San Marco Regal Racing Team – £74.99 The list of top riders who favour or have favoured San Marco’s Regal –...

San Marco Regal Racing Team saddle
Racing News

Record Rollapaluza at Revolution

Any hopes the Rollapaluza crew had of mingling with the stars and watching the top class track racing at this season’s Revolution opening meet...

Record Rollapaluza at Revolution
Racing News

Pro-Lite Gavia wheels

Pro-Lite Gavia 50mm deep rim wheels – £899 Pro-Lite (PROfessional LITEweight) produces an extensive range of frames, wheels and components using the very latest technology and...

Pro-Lite Gavia wheels
Gear

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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Fixed wheel removal, refit and chain adjustment

Fixed wheel may be simple, but many cyclists new to the discipline find getting the back wheel out and back in anything but, especially when...

Fixed wheel removal, refit and chain adjustment
Gear

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
Rides News

Roche to ride London-Paris 2009

Pic by Chris Sidwells – www.chrissidwells.com The London-Paris Cycle Tour, which will take place from 25-28 June 2009, is Britain’s premier Pro-Am cycle event. It’s...

Roche to ride London-Paris 2009
Gear

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
Rides News

Champions at Revolution Opener

(pic: David Arthur) Revolution is entering its sixth season and the latest round opens on Saturday 15 November to a sell-out crowd with the likes...

Champions at Revolution Opener
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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
Gear

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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