Half Bike Shop – Half Pub
This bike shop in Portland, Oregon looks pretty cool. Velo Cult is equal parts bike shop, venue, and bar. They have a few live music acts every week in addition to showing films. In their bar, they serve 12 different types of beer, and that's not all. They also have a museum of classic bikes, including vintage bikes from Cinelli,...
Inside Santa Cruz Bicycles workshop
Google recently added a 360 degree view from inside the Santa Cruz factory. Check out the green bike which looks to have two sets of forks on it and an extra long wheelbase. Any ideas what they were designing this bike for? They also have some cool arcade video game machines including Golden Axe! Check it...
Landslides affect Tour de France route
Two landslides in Northern France in 2012 and 2013 may result in a diversion from the planned route for Stage 6 of next year's Tour de France. The landslides occurred near Dieppe in Normandy, where the stage from Abbeville to Le Havre will pass. The cliffs at Pourville, overlooking the English Channel, fell by 40 meters, carrying a house and...
1986 World’s Photography – Exhibition in New York
A new exhibition of photographs from the '86 World Championships opened last night in New York. The photographs were taken by Kevin Hatt at the event which was held in Colorado Springs that year. Hatt, who was a young photo assistant and his friend Sukeun Chun decided to drive from New York City to Colorado to see the first ever...
Cyclocross in wartime France – Archive Footage
Paris may have been occupied by the Germans for much of the Second World War, but that didn't stop cyclocross races from taking place. This race took place in the Montmartre district on the 19th of February 1943, where 50 riders took to the start line. The lap took them past the Sacre Couer and they had to negotiate 1408...
No cyclo cross for Winter Olympics
A decision has been made that cyclocross will not feature in the Winter Olympics. A meeting has been held by the International Olympic Committee in Monte Carlo and it was decided to maintain the rule that only sports which take place on ice or snow would be part of the Winter Olympics. Earlier this year, the UCI president Brian Cookson...
Cycling Ireland coach Brian Nugent nominated for Philips Sports Manager of the Year
The head coach of Cycling Ireland, Brian Nugent, has been nominated for the Philips Sports Manager of the Year award. The winner will be announced later today. The award has been going since 1982, and amongst the previous winners are Jack Charlton, Eddie Jordan, Ger Loughnane, Sean Boylan and Declan Kidney. Nugent has been involved with development and High Performance coaching...
Col du Glandon
The latest video from The Col Collective features the Col du Glandon. Col du Glandon (1,924 m) is in the Dauphiné Alps in Savoie, France, linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans to La Chambre. It is situated between the Belledonne, Grandes Rousses and Arvan-Villards mountain ranges, west of the Col de la Croix de Fer. The road over the Col du Glandon was...
“I had to tell myself that I hadn’t won gold yet” Orla Hendron _ Ireland’s latest World Champion
Two months ago, Orla Hendron of Orwell Wheelers claimed her second rainbow jersey when she won the 2-kilometre pursuit at the World Track Masters Championships in Manchester in the 50-54 age category. It followed on from her points race win in the 2010 World Championships in the 45-49 age category. In the final of the pursuit, she finished in...
Two An Post Rás winners moving to new teams
The two most recent winners of the An Post Rás, Clemens Fankhauser and Marcin Bialoblocki, have both been linked with new teams today. The 2014 winner, Fankhauser, has revealed that he will be leaving Team Tirol for an unnamed new Austrian continental team. The Austrian enjoyed an excellent 2014 season. In addition to winning the Rás, he finished in second...
Full Replay | 2014 Track Cycling World Cup | London, Great Britain
If you missed any of the action here is over three hours of track racing from the Cycling World Cup in London. Please note the action starts at 51 seconds in case you think the video is not working.
UK premiere tonight of ‘Clean Spirit: In the Heart of the Tour’
A unique and compelling inside story of cycling team, Argos-Shimano, keen on showing that winning is possible without any use of doping. The film follows the team during the 100th edition of the Tour de France. Knowing that they cannot beat their opponents in the mountains, they have specialized in the sprint. We see the young team inside...