Mar 21, 2024 | Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Sportive, Spring
Embrace the Season Part #2 Exploring new cycling routes in your area… Spring is the perfect time to explore new cycling routes and discover hidden gems in your local area. Take advantage of the longer daylight hours and plan a ride to a nearby park, nature reserve, or...
Nov 21, 2021 | Cycling, Ride London, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Sportive
An all new Ride London is back…! The world’s greatest festival of cycling returns on Sunday 29 May 2022, with a new format, exciting new routes and a new partnership with Essex County Council. The first 10,000 UK general entry places for 2022 RideLondon-Essex 100 have...
Oct 19, 2021 | Cycling, Mark Cavendish, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Sportive, Tour de France
As we come to the end of another cycling year, here in the Northern Hemisphere, the only thing you can say is that it has been an odd sort of a year. Better than 2020, but nowhere near a full calendar of events. Many of the iconic Events and Races were cancelled,...
Jan 25, 2021 | Road Racing, Santos Tour Down Under, Sportive
The Santos Tour Down Under is a professional cycling race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is usually the first event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 World Tour Teams. It also incorporates a UCI Women’s Pro Series event and a one day circuit...
Sep 2, 2018 | Cycling, Helmets, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Sportive
Should the wearing of helmets be compulsory for cyclists…? The debate rages on, many newspaper column inches are written, pundits give their reasoned arguments and ‘experts’ mostly say it would be a ‘good thing’. Everybody who is anybody has an opinion. Whether you...
May 31, 2013 | Cycling, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Sportive
“Build it and they will come” was the tag line to the Kevin Costner film – “Field of Dreams”. In 1952, the then Department of Environment, Planning and Development Secretary John Silkin announced that a new town would be built 30 miles...