Bike messenger versus taxi in Chicago
As one of the fastest bike messengers in the world, Nico Deportago-Cabrera knows his hometown of Chicago, IL better than anyone. To test his knowledge of the streets, Nico straps on a Sony Action Cam and puts his skills up against the best cab driver he can find in a head-to-head race across the city from the Willis Tower...
“Super Bowl is small fries compared to the World Cycling Championships”
The Washington Post published an article comparing this weekend's much hyped Super Bowl to the forthcoming World Cycling Championships in Richmond, and included some interesting statistics. In the article entitled, "Super Bowl is small fries compared to this: World cycling race is coming to Richmond", they have compared the projected TV figures the two events, outlining that "The organizers figure...
Watch the Women’s World CX Champs LIVE
Watch live coverage of the Women's World CX Championships from Tabor in the Czech Republic. This could be an epic battle between Sanne Cant, Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand Prevot. NOTE: It may be geo restricted in some countries.
Onboard video preview of the Worlds CX Course
Italian cyclist Eva Lechner has filmed a preview of the World Cyclocross Championships course in Tabor for Shimano. She rides the full lap and talks us through the various obstacles. The footage was shot with 3 Shimano Sport Cameras.
An Post Rás launch video featuring former winner David McCann
The 2015 edition of the An Post Rás was launched this week, and the race will begin in Dunboyne, travelling clockwise around Ireland with stage finishes in Carlow, Tipperary, Bearna, Newport, Ballina, Ballinamore and Drogheda, before the customary finale in Skerries. Former winner David McCann, and a number of other cyclists, Brian Geraghty, Damien Shaw, Sean McKenna and Eoin Morton,...
Jack Bobridge is ready for his Hour attempt (Video)
Jack Bobridge (Budget Forklifts) will tackle the Hour Record tomorrow night (Saturday) in Melbourne, and has said that he's "feeling pretty good" and that his performance in the Tour Down Under has given him increased confidence. He says that he will be "going to go to hell and back, probably several times in those last 15 minutes" in his attempt...
Campagnolo workers strike over relocation of a part of the production to Romania
Following on from the announcement that 68 out of 399 Campagnolo workers of the Vicenza plant will be laid-off, mainly in the manufacturing areas, workers decided to go on strike. In 2005, the company founded in Vicenza in 1933 by Tullio Campagnolo, opened its first Romanian plant. The second facility followed four years ago. Part of the production was relocated...
How to watch a bike race
The guys over at Cycling Tips give a run down on what to watch out for in a bike race.
Paris Roubaix route announced
With a total distance of 253 kilometres between Compiègne and the Roubaix velodrome, the 113th edition of the Queen of the Classics, which will take place on 12th April, holds 52.7 km of cobbles in store for the riders (1.6 km more than in 2014). The cobbles will be spread over 27 sections, three of which will also be...
Danny Macaskill’s The Ridge to feature at Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (Video)
Danny Macaskill's 'The Ridge' will be amongst the films to feature at Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. In the film, Macaskill climbs aboard a mountain bike and returns to his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline. Now in its sixth edition, the 2015 UK and...
Chain Reaction Cycles Emerald Enduro sells out in less than a minute
The 2nd Round of the 2015 Enduro World Series will take place in Ireland from the 22nd to the 24th of May this year. The event will involve several timed technical downhill stages, in a rally style format called 'Enduro'. The rider with the fastest combined stage times on day shall be crowned the winner. Entries went on sale yesterday,...
Boris Johnson gives go-ahead for cycle superhighway through London
Boris Johnson has confirmed he would build Europe’s longest segregated urban cycle lane through central London after delays likely to be suffered by motorists were reduced. The Mayor approved the “Crossrail for bikes” protected route through Parliament Square and along the Victoria Embankment and Upper Thames Street after it won overwhelming public support. A total of 84 per cent of...