Out of the Saddle Gets Ready for Evening With The Stars

This weekend, professional cycling brothers, Dean and Russell Downing, will host “Out of the Saddle – An Evening with the Downing Brothers” on Saturday 20th October 2012 at the Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham. Last year’s event saw numerous stars from the cycling world join the Downing brothers, and this year is no different. Team Sky rider Ben Swift and new teammate, as of next season Cycling Shorts very own Jon Tiernan-Locke, the overall... Read More

howies Tour de France Competition

NOW CLOSED! And the winner is…  Matthew France   Win a howies T-shirt of the Tour! howies have released a limited run of Rest Less t-shirts for the Tour de France. They have very kindly given you lovely Cycling Shorts readers the chance to get your mitts on one. These t-shirts are only available to buy during the Tour de France, so if you can’t wait to find out if you’ve won you need to head over to howies to purchase... Read More

How do you celebrate Le Tour?

While the wind and rain are lashing the UK we are preparing to switch our collective attention away from our sinking Noah’s Ark to mainland Europe for the greatest cycling race in the world…. with the pavé of the Champs Elyse looming in the distance. Some riders will just hope to make it round the last few bone shaking kilometres in one piece while a hardy few who suffered at the back through the mountains will be licking their lips with... Read More