Oisin Sands is the editor of Sportive.com, and after an unpromising start (his first sportive featured hallucinations of riding a tandem) he has now at least mastered the art of attaching numbers to his bike with zip ties. 2014’s schedule includes the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Dragon Gran Fondo and One Day Coast to Coast but his long-term ambition is to climb every mountain. In between sportives, Oisin is busy trying to work out the fastest colour of bar tape.
2021-07-30 16:17:29 - After an enforced break, Grinduro gravel festival returned last weekend back for its first Wales edition. And Grinduro relaunched with a splash, as 500 riders descended...
2021-07-30 11:58:35 - The Bikeability Trust has launched a £500 bursary to support people to train as a cycle instructor. With a recent survey by Microsoft - the 2021 Work Trend Index -...
2021-07-27 14:03:41 - Rapha has launched a collection of women's cycling kit to mark the 9th edition of the annual Rapha Women's 100 global challenge. This year's Women's 100 will take place...
2021-07-27 12:18:15 - Great news for gravel fans - the team at Glorious Gravel have launched three brand new off-road sportives for the summer. Based in the Chilterns, Surrey and...
2021-07-26 12:26:30 - After a tough year Haute Route is well and truly back, wrapping up an epic tour of the Pyrenees over a new five-day format. Some 250 amateur cyclists from 27 countries...
2021-07-26 11:42:25 - British cycling sensation Tom Pidcock added Olympic gold to his palmares this morning, winning the XC mountain-biking event at the Tokyo Olympics. And UK cyclists will...
2021-07-23 10:48:01 - British Cycling and the Rapha Foundation are to partner on a new grassroots initiative to widen participation in cycling. Announced this week, the British Cycling City...
2021-07-16 12:22:05 - Scottish Borders Council has launched a public consultation on the popular Tour O' The Borders closed road sportive. The consultation invites views from residents in the...
2021-07-16 11:59:42 - MAAP, the Melbourne-based cycling apparel brand, has opened a concession at luxury London department store Harrods. The Knightsbridge retailer has a history of...
2021-07-16 11:46:19 - The 2021 National Hill Climb Championship will return to Winnats Pass after a 44-year absence. Set in Derbyshire's Peak District, regarded as the home of hill climbing,...
2021-07-14 14:11:39 - The past weekend saw the first edition of Glorious Gravel Salisbury Plains sportive. I headed along at the last minute - together with Andy - to try out the course in a...
2021-07-10 17:43:55 - Allez! Allez! Allez! - a new card game for cyclists, which is a mash-up of Top Trumps and Fantasy Cycling - goes on sale this week. The game is the latest from the team...
2021-07-10 16:21:46 - Cycling UK has launched its annual Women's Festival of Cycling with a call for women to share their "bicycle face" on social media. The campaign is a reference to the...
2021-07-06 10:08:28 - Bikepacking is all the rage right now, wherever you look - from Rapha launching their own Pennine Rally gravel tour, to EF Education Nippo's Lachlan Morton riding the...
2021-06-29 10:57:14 - SunGod have launched a new addition to their top-tier cycling sunglasses, the Airas. Weighing just 27g, the new Airas are fully frameless and available in a range of...
2021-06-26 10:02:18 - Starting today, EF-Nippo rider Lachlan Morton will set off on his most ambitious Alternative Calendar ride to date - attempting to ride the whole Tour de France route...
2021-06-24 10:02:48 - This year's Tour of Cambridgeshire Granfondo has been cancelled organisers confirmed today. The closed road sportive was set to take place on 26 September 2021. But, for...
2021-06-23 14:46:45 - This year's Paris-Roubaix Challenge, originally scheduled for April, will now go ahead in October 2021 organisers have confirmed. 2021 will see the 11th edition of the...
2021-06-23 11:19:22 - Ribble Cycles have added two fully integrated models to their e bike range - the Ribble Urban e and the Ribble Hybrid AL e Trail. Both bikes are powered by the MAHLE...
2021-06-23 08:58:49 - Hutchinson Cycling Dpt., pioneer of tubeless tyre technology, has announced details of its new Gridskin tyre reinforcement technology. The French brand says Gridskin has...
