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Have you signed the petition to ask the government to impliment the recommendations in the “Get Britain Cycling” report? It has had an initial response from the government thanks to all of you that have signed it so far, however it needs 43,000 more signatures for it to be taken even more seriously. If you are [...]
Specialized was confronted with breaking steerer tubes in the front fork, posing a fall hazard. The recall includes the 2012 and 2013 model road bicycles and framesets. These came in various colors named Tarmac SL4, Crux or Secteur. It also includes all models of the 2012 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Crux and 2013 [...]
Polar have launched a new toy. Personally I haven’t managed to get on with their products, but this certainly looks like an interesting training tool. What do you think? If you want to try one out and you can’t wait then they have them in stock at Wiggle Online Cycle Shop at the time of writing [...]
If you haven’t done so yet then please go and sign the “Get Britain Cycling” petition. Here is more info about it, from www.britishcycling.org.uk You can find the petition here. British Cycling has been a key supporter of the Get Britain Cycling inquiry, with contributions from Chris Boardman and our Policy and Legal Affairs Director, [...]
I love Training Peaks and find it to be the best training tool of the many online options that we have these days. The man behind Training Peaks is Joe Friel and on the premium subscription you can make the most of his experience by using the Annual Training Plan and Virtual Coach tools. I also love the [...]
We have just launched the donation pages for my charity challenge. You can find out more about everything that I am doing for charity here, or if you don’t want to beat around the bush then please click on the banner below to be taken straight to my Virgin Money Home Page where you can [...]
I have shifted the swim to the day before for more favourable tidal conditions, after a friend at the Devon Wild Swimmers gave me a few pointers about the low tide conditions in the Erme Estuary. This means that the challenge will now take place over three days, starting from Bigbury Beach at 10.30am on the [...]
There are rumours that Danger Mouse has come out of retirement to run the Plymouth Half Marathon this weekend in aid of Cancer Research UK. He looks like he has retained his fantastic, ahem, physique although his eyesight is definitely failing with age. In fact if you look closely at the clip below you can [...]
London Inc, a new reality TV show from The Discovery Channel, has commissioned two giant statues to be build and installed in London for promotion. The first statue is located near London Bridge and is 46-feet long and 10-feet high. It features a life-like swimmer swimming through the grass. The statue is made out of [...]
On the 18th August 2013 I will be swimming the Breakwater to Plymouth Hoe swim in aid of the Chestnut Appeal for Prostate Cancer. Just a few months ago I was pretty terrified about the prospect of open water swimming, but since then I have been going every week. I have had a lot of [...]
