Wilier jersey competition Nadeem Bashir, Susannah Southurst and Christopher Daniel all find themselves the lucky recipients of this overtly classy Wilier jersey. Prologo saddle competition And the winners...
Oakley Radar – from £100 After 17 years of being the top choice for the world’s best athletes, time has come for Oakley to replace the...
Metal strut supports integral step High level of finish An intriguing development of late, perhaps in response to the sheer boredom of riding a ‘static’ turbo trainer,...
Well-finished hub… … and well-hidden spoke end Vying for pride of place on the Mavic stand was the eagerly-awaited Cosmic Carbone SLR wheelset, which has the same...
Some five years in development and introducing several novel features, Look’s ZED carbon monobloc crankset was one of the star attractions of Eurobike ’08. The...
Short section is moulded into inner tube 320 TPI is Vittoria’s new top-end thread count New versions of old favourites were on display on the Vittoria tyre...
The Xcite Patrol on hand should interest flag ‘Super’ Mario Cipollini with minder… It’s Eurobike time again, and as ever RCUK’s fearless reporters are there to peer...
Personalised? Well, you have to, don’t you.. Exposure Joystick MaXx £160 Lighting for road bikes doesn’t need to be quite as powerful as for night-time off-road riding,...
The Burgess Hill Rumble is the latest sportive to join the growing list of UK events, and offers up three challenging rides that culminate with...
The bike that arguably ignited the sportive-specific road bike scene when it arrived way back in 2003 has been redesigned for 2009, which will see...
Rapha Touring Shorts £70 Satisfactory alternatives to Lycra shorts for performance cycling are few, with the baggy, heavy duty type favoured by many mountain bikers perhaps...
Chris Hoy and Geraint Thomas at the Salford Nocturne Over 5000 spectators descended on Salford Quays on the evening of Saturday 30th August to enjoy a...
Simkins Designs is the work of former bicycle racer whose day job as a mechanical engineer working for a Silicon Valley based medical device company...
Lew Racing makes some of the lightest carbon rims, and wheelsets from Lew weighing under 850g are not uncommon. The company has recently turned its...
Pics: Trevor Lenthall The Tour of the Hills is not a sportive. If it were, it would be one of the most celebrated on the UK...
“Proper maintenance of the perineal area is essential during high level training and racing. Nothing can ruin stage race success faster than an infected saddle...
Viewers will be able to enjoy nightly highlights of The Tour of Britain for the first time ever in 2008, as ITV4 screens the...
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...
Suunto t3c heart rate monitor £100 (Cadence Pod: £35) Before technology came along, cyclists had to make do with gauging their effort by the level of...
A new event on the rapidly-expanding sportive calendar is the Burgess Hill Rumble, taking place on Sunday 31 August and set in the scenic countryside...
The man Stout not in TT action At 2am the night before the national 12 I was lying awake, my heart was pumping and I hadn’t...
Effetto Mariposa has released the Carbocut, the first hacksaw designed specifically for the job of cutting carbon steerer tubes and seat masts. A grit edge tungsten...
So, I’ve got a new [Pegoretti – ed.] road bike and I’m signed up for a sportive in September. But I’m not very fit and...
