As expected, the British cycling team has dominated the events at Beiijing, claiming 8 golds. With several events still to come - most notably the women’s BMX, where Shanaze Reade is amongst the favourites for gold - Britain’s haul could become even more impressive. Event GOLD SILVER BRONZE Cycling Road: Women’s Individual Time Trial 0 1 0 Cycling Road: Women’s Road Race 1 0 0 Cycling Track: Men’s [...]

The Daily Mail reports on a young cyclist who was knocked off her bike and killed whilst listening to an Ipod. This tragedy might have been averted had she heard the car coming and we think there’s a lesson here for all of us cyclists. Lots of us are guilty of listening to music while we [...]

I bet audiences for the Tour-de-France would be incredibly high if competitors looked like this! OK. We don’t actually remember the Penny Farthing, but this fascinating machine represented the state of the art in cycling for several years. Somehow managing to miss the point about differential gearing, it did at least introduce the principle of moving [...]

It seems that barely a day passes without another innovative scheme to encourage cycling cropping up. Today, it is reported that Peterborough NHS Trust is upping the allowance per mile for staff cycling for work reasons. Normally, the amount claimable in expenses for cyclists lags far, far behind that given for motorists. Typically, a car [...]

A major new cycle route from the Capital to the East Lothian coast took one step nearer to reality today as volunteers began signposting the route. The Round the Forth route is part of the National Cycle Network and is being extended from Berwick-upon-Tweed. It is hoped that it will help develop sustainable travel and also [...]

Playing politics with sport is nothing new - the efforts of sporting organisers, athletes, audiences and amateurs are merrily co-opted by government’s who sense an “easy win” by associating themselves with some kind of sporting success. So it is that Tony Doyle - who has revitalised the idea of the 6 day event - finds [...]

A belated “good luck” to all those taking part in the Otley Town Centre Cycle Races today. There are 3 separate races - categorised into a seniors race (starting at 7pm) which, since its addition to the program in 2003 has proven to be a massive success and is aimed at local club standard racers. The [...]

Back in February, Victoria Pendleton created an iconic image by agreeing to a naked photoshoot for Observer Sport magazine. Done tastefully (you couldn’t see anything too biological) it was certainly a strikingly different portrayal of the cyclist, who is routinely portrayed as a sweating lycra-clad man or a gimpish, ankle-clip wearing traffic hazard. Did it [...]

Kids cycling to school used to be a common sight. This was, of course, back in the days before “the school run”, which sees anxious parents parked 3 deep outside the school as they offload their precious offspring without exposing them to rain, sun or the unwanted attentions of strangers. In fact if you’re over 30 [...]