Road bikes have come in all sorts of shapes and sizes over the past 100-plus years so finding the best road bike for you might seem overwhelming. Here’s one Cannondale did already, on the right. Today, the design has pretty much settled down, so at least 90% of today’s road bikes come in one of… Read more »
Written by Bicycle Co-op member Ged No – not this Beastie! Last Saturday I rode the Beastie section of the Flying Scotsman Sportive – a timed bike ride on a route devised and led by the Flying Scotsman himself, Graeme Obree. The route took in some of the most challenging B roads in East Ayrshire… Read more »
Frontline pictures of May’s Wooler Wheel sportive in Northumberland as seen through the lens of one of our Newcastle mechanics, Karl.
When my friends suggested I might want to join them on the 3 Pistes Sportive – a ride that is billed, ‘the UK’s highest sportive’ – I thought, why not?
This year we were over the moon to become the Great Manchester Cycle’s official mechanic – a big job for a small company! We pulled in all our mechanics from Leeds and Sheffield, and, of course, Manchester – and a posse of staff came down from Edinburgh to do the ride too.
