Tour of Britain Photo Gallery
The Tour of Britain started yesterday with a 177-kilometre stage from Beaumaris to Wrexham. Here's some photos from that opening stage which was won by Elia Viviani (Team Sky).
Super Mario Commuting
A nice little video edit complete with Mario theme music and graphic overlay highlights the terrible infrastructure for cyclists on the roads of Manchester. In the three minutes plus of the video there is only one stretch of cycle lane which lasts just 28 seconds and is on a straight stretch of road and not at the large...
Pedestrian knocks a female cyclist off her bike. Wait till you see why.
At first glance it looks like the man in this video has just pulled the girl off her bike for no reason. Look closer though and you will notice the pedestrian looked at the road to his right just a second before the incident and thanks to his quick thinking and lightening reactions he quite possibly saved this...
At first the way this car passes doesn’t look too bad. Wait till you see the second camera view.
These cyclists out for a group ride in the Potomac area near Washington DC had a very close call with a very dangerous driver. The impatient driver overtook the group of cyclist on the wrong side of the road despite the fact that there were cars coming in the opposite direction. He clearly knew what he was...
Movistar mechanic tells soigneur to “hide the bike” (VIDEO)
Rumours of motorised doping have been circulating for some time now, with the UCI undertaking regular checks for motors in bikes. Amidst all of this, a strange video has emerged from the Vuelta. The Spanish newspaper Diario AS posted the video which they say shows a mechanic from the Movistar team saying to a soigneur "hide the bike." The team mechanic...
Top International Entry for An Post Rás na mBan 2015
Reigning world Scratch Race Champion Stephanie Pohl of Germany is among the star-line up of riders from Europe and beyond for this year's An Post Rás na mBan women's international stage race. Pohl, who won her World Track title in France last February ahead of Giorgia Bronzini and Kirsten Wild among others, is entered with the South Netherlands regional...
Protect your bike with these products from Bopworx – a Kickstarter company
If like us, you've had your bike damaged during transit, then the range of products from Bopworx may be what you have been looking for. The product range from the new Irish company has been developed to protect your bicycle and its surroundings while transporting a bike on a car rack, in a car, in a bike bag/box and...
Eddy Planckaert plans on setting a new World Hour Record
Ex-professional Eddy Planckaert, is set to establish a new World Hour Record in Rochefort, Belgium according to Sporza. He plans on establishing the record for a wooden bike, which has never been undertaken before. The former Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner is also planning on establishing a new speed record for a completely wooden bike. The record currently stands...
Mountain biker rides down the side of a dam (VIDEO)
We've gone down some steep descents in our time, but nothing like this. Primož Ravnik decided that he could make it down an incredibly steep dam slipway and he filmed it on his GoPro. The dam is somewhere in Slovenia, and is just over 60m tall. However, taking it on was a bit more tricky than it comes across in...
3,000 cyclists getting set to descend upon Dublin’s Smithfield
The heart of Dublin City, Smithfield, is getting ready to welcome over 3,000 eager cyclists and spectators to the inaugural Great Dublin Bike Ride. The first cycling event of its kind to happen in Dublin will takes place on Sunday 13th September and will be a flagship event in Ireland for the European Week of Sport (7-13th September). The...
Blind cyclists using just sound to navigate
This short video tells the story of two blind cyclists. The first one is Daniel Kish who is also known as the real batman. Daniel is head of the World Access for the Blind and he trains the visually impaired to achieve greater freedom through echolocation. This technique simulates a bat's night vision, perceiving the environment...
TV footage shows Sergio Paulinho’s motorbike incident
On Wednesday, the Tinkoff-Saxo rider Sergio Paulinho abandoned the Vuelta a Espana, after an incident involving a race motorbike. It followed on from an earlier incident in the race where a motorbike collided with another Tinkoff rider, Peter Sagan. The Spanish TV channel RTVE have since said released footage showing how the incident took place. RTVE have said that it was...