Posted by Heather Bamforth on April 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I have noticed recently that there have been many articles flying around about women’s bikes, but so far nobody has given a review of a women’s specific design bike for racing. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that you can’t race on one – for the past two years I have been riding [...]
Category Beginners Guides, Bikes, Heather Bamforth, Road, Womens Cycling · Tags Bike Shop, Boardman Bikes, Giant, Heather Bamforth, Shimano, Ultegra Di2, women's cycling
Posted by Bikeboyslim on April 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Can you ever have too many bikes? Well I suppose it depends who you ask the question of! In our household I would naturally answer No of course you can never have too many, however my wife might just answer rather differently posing a question of her own. How many bikes can you ride at [...]
Category Bikes, Cross Country Cycling, Cycling Kit, Cyclo-Cross, Four-Cross, Kit, Leisure Cycling, MTB, Off Road, Sim Parrott · Tags 29er, Avid Shorty, Bars, bike build, bikeboyslim, bikehugger.com, BikeRadar, BMX, Bottom bracket, brakes, build, building a bike, cable hanger, cable set, Cannondale CX, cantilever brakes, cantilevers, carbon road bike, chain, Chainreaction, chainset, compact chainset, CX, CX EVO 4, Cycling, Cyclo Cross, Deda Zero, Deda Zero 1, Dolan, Dolan Multicross, downhill, drive train, ebay, Empella, Empella Froglegs, Forme Hiver, frameset, full suspension, Gisburn, Goodridge cables, Graham Weigh, Grizedale, Guy Kesteven, handle bars, Hardtail, headset, helicopter tape, Kenesis, Kenesis Crosslight EVO4, Mountain Bike, MTB, Paul Milnes, Paul Mines CT Wing, Preston’s Guild Wheel, railway lines, road bike, saddle, seat post, Shimano, Shimano CX50, Shimano Tigra, Shimano WH-RS10, Sim Parrott, Specialized, Specialized Allez Sport, suspension, SUSTRAN, Tektro Colorado, Tektro CR 520, Tektro V brakes, track bike, triple chainset, tyres, What Mountain Bike, wheels, wheelset, Winlatter
Posted by Anna Magrath on March 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Great short film by Aran iolo Cook on his Build & Ride Project, beautifully shot. Aran: “The frame is stainless steel, and I built it at the Naked Bicycles Shop, Quadra Island BC. I must say a huge thanks to Sam and Andrea at Naked Bikes for all they have done for me.” Built, Filmed, [...]
Category Anna Magrath, Bikes, Cycling Art & Design, Flatland BMX, Freestyle, Kit, MTB, Urban Cyclist · Tags Aran iolo Cook, build a bike, Build it then ride it, film, Naked Bicycles Shop, Quadra Island, Short Film, stainless steel bike, stunts, Submarines, The Lumineers
Posted by Lawrence Bywater on January 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Hopefully this will add something to the great article written by Tony here. Last week was tough for cycling, hitting the national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Yet help was at hand with the start of the pro tour season in Australia and Argentina and perhaps even more exciting; 4 days of the London Bike [...]
Category Bikes, Criterium, Cycling Kit, Dream Kit & Gadgets, Lawrence Bywater, Nutrition & Diet, Pro Cycling, Reviews, Road · Tags Aeroad CF, Alex Peters, Andy Tennant, Animal Bike Tour, Ant McCrossan, Bikes, Billy Atkins, Blake Samson, Brendan Townshend, Builders Bar, Canyon, Cervelo, Chris Snook, Citrus, Clif Bar, Dean Downing, double espresso, electrolyte, Elite Men’s Criterium, folding bicycle, frames, Garmin-Cervelo, geometry, giro D'Italia, Hope Factory Racing Team, Ian Bibby, Jack Pullar, jacket, Joaquim Rodigruez, Keith Henderson, Lawrence Bywater, London Bike Show, London Bike Show 2013, Loz Bywater, Luke Madigan, Madison Genesis, Maglia Rosa, Martyn Ashton, MTB, Nanoprotech, Pinarello, Reynolds, Roger Hammond, Ryder Hesjedal, Schwalbe, scooter, Sebastian Baylis, Shimano Dura Ace, Specialized, Sportful, Team, Time, Tony Davies, wiggins, wiggo, Wilier, Willier
Posted by Hayley Davies on January 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I was delighted to receive two tickets to the London Bike Show last weekend and rather gutted to find out I couldn’t go. As an ex-pro who still cycles every day, my Dad was of course, more than happy to pop along. Here’s Tony’s account of the bike show on Saturday… ***** The moment I [...]
Category Amateur Cycling, Beginners Guides, Bikes, BMX, Commuting, Criterium, Cycling Kit, Cycling Teams & Clubs, Dream Kit & Gadgets, Elite, Fixie's, Freestyle, Hayley Davies, Kit, Leisure Cycling, MTB, Off Road, Pro Cycling, Road, Track, Urban Cyclist, Womens Cycling, Youth Cycling · Tags Bamboo, Bike, Bike Show, British Cycling, Canyon, carbon, Chris Boardman, Colnago, Cycling, cyclist, Dean Downing, Hayley Davies, Jaguar, Le Beau Velo, London, London Bike Show, Madison Genesis, Martyn Ashton, Pinarello, Pro Cycling, Road, road cycling, Roger Hammond, Sigma Sport, Steel, Tony Davies, UCI
Posted by Anna Magrath on January 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A quick competition for you to win tickets courtesy of Jaguar Sportbrake Closing Date 10th January 2013 The generous folk at Jaguar Sportbrake are very kindly giving Cycling Shorts readers the chance to win tickets to The London Bike Show taking place at Excel London on the 17th to the 20th January 2013. Jaguar [...]
Category Anna Magrath, Bikes, BMX, Commuting, Competitions & Prize Draws, Criterium, Cross Country Cycling, Cycling Holidays, Cycling Kit, Cycling Travel, Cyclo-Cross, Dream Kit & Gadgets, Elite, Fixie's, Four-Cross, Freestyle, Junior Cycling, Kit, Leisure Cycling, MTB, Nutrition & Diet, Off Road, Pro Cycling, Road, Six Day, Street Trials, Super Cross, Tandem, Track, Training, Urban Cyclist, Womens Cycling, Youth Cycling · Tags 2013, competition, Jaguar Sportbrake, London Bike Show, prize draw, Team Sky, win
Posted by Anna Magrath on December 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Cycling Shorts unleashes Santa’s (last minute) Little Helpers. We’re up to our eyes in bicycle shaped packages badly wrapped and covered in sticky tape, it’s all got a bit manic, so much to get organised and so little time, so we’ve got together to give you a list of gift ideas that won’t disappoint even [...]
Category Amateur Cycling, Anna Magrath, Beginners Guides, Bikes, BMX, Charity Challenges, Christian Grasmann, Classics, Coffee & Nibbles, Commuting, Cristi Ruhlman, Criterium, Cross Country Cycling, Cycling Art & Design, Cycling Holidays, Cycling Kit, Cycling Oddities, Cycling Teams & Clubs, Cycling Travel, Cyclo-Cross, David James, Dream Kit & Gadgets, Elite, Felix English, Fixie's, Four-Cross, Freestyle, Grand Tours, Hayley Davies, Heather Bamforth, Jack Holroyde, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, Junior Cycling, Keelan Phillips, Kit, Lawrence Bywater, Leisure Cycling, Marty McCrossan, MTB, Musette Morsels, Nick Dey, Off Road, Paul Harris, Paul Sloper, Pro Cycling, Road, Sam Jackson, Sim Parrott, Track, Urban Cyclist, Womens Cycling, Youth Cycling · Tags Bicycle, Bike, christmas, Cycling, gift, Holiday, ideas, present, Santa, secret santa, shopping, tree
Posted by Heather Bamforth on November 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Phil and Anna Weaver of Epic Cycles opened their doors on a sunny Sunday morning to welcome the class of 2013. Team Scott Contessa Epic formed in 2011 and with 8 junior riders on the squad for the 2012 Road Season and they managed to secure victory in the National Womens Team Series in their [...]
Category Amateur Cycling, Bikes, Cycling Teams & Clubs, Heather Bamforth, Junior Cycling, MTB, Paracycling, Track, Womens Cycling · Tags Epic Cycles, Junior Women, Paracycling, Scott Contessa, Team Series, women's cycling
Posted by Nick Dey on November 18, 2012 · 1 Comment
Bicycling Science, 3rd Edition Everything you wanted to know about the bicycle but were too afraid to ask By David Gordon Wilson with contributions by Jim Papadopoulos. The MIT Press David Gordon Wilson is British born Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of the first [...]
Category Bikes, Nick Dey, Reviews, Training · Tags 3rd Edition, academic, aerodynamics, air, Bicycle, Bicycling Science, Bike, Book, Book Review, braking, British Cycling, camera, chainwheel, conditions, crank, cycle, Cycling, cycling shorts, cyclist, David Gordon Wilson, design, diagram, disc brake, engineering, foot, formula, graph, hand built, Height, history, Human-Powered vehicles, hydraulic disc brake, illustrations, land, marginal gains, Nick Dey, paperback, philosphical, photograph, physics, physiology, power meter, power speed, ratio, review, rolling resistance, saddle, stability, star buy, steering, technologies, technology, text, timing, upper body, water, weather, Wheel, wiggins, wiggo
Posted by Colin Tonks on November 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Great news, funding for the following project has been approved, which means Electric Pedals are off the Malawi early next year! Woo Hoo! A meeting with Elspeth Waldie founder of Purple Field Productions the other week has sent us off on yet another adventure…. Purple Field Productions is a charity that makes films and videos for educational [...]
Category Bikes, Charity Challenges, Colin 'Flash' Tonks · Tags Africa, agriculture, AIDS, awareness, cerebral palsy, Charity, Climb, Colin Flash Tonks, Colin Tonks, Denis Agaba, disability, educational, Electric Pedals, Elspeth Waldie, environment, Field Cinema, films, food, food security, fuel, fuel crisis, GAFI, Ghana, HIV, humanitarian, Kisoro, Malawi, mobile, mobile film shows, mountain, NGO, petrol generator, protection, Purple Field Productions, Rwanda, Tv, Uganda, video, Wild Life Clubs of Uganda
