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.
2020-09-17 11:52:34 - A Crowdcube investment campaign by endurance sports TV has gone live today, offering endurance sports fans to invest in new original event and documentary TV content, to...
2020-09-16 08:57:36 - The world's longest one-day road cycling challenge, Red Bull Timelaps, will go ahead as a virtual event in 2020. Taking place across Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th...
2020-09-14 15:35:11 - This year's Tour of Flanders sportive has officially been cancelled. The next edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen will now take place on 3 April 2021, according to an...
2020-09-11 14:18:14 - The organisers of Mallorca 312 have informed riders that this year's event is cancelled and will not take place as planned on 10 October. In a statement sent by email to...
2020-09-11 13:58:21 - "Rule 1: the Touareg has no rules" say Hutchinson of their latest tyre, which sounds like fighting talk (or at least Fight Club) - but does it convey the versatility of...
2020-09-10 11:41:11 - When Scicon Sports launched their new cycling sunglasses on the eve of this year's Tour de France, they couldn't have dreamed of a better start. Three teams at this...
2020-09-10 10:33:32 - Fancy winning a sleek new custom carbon frameset? 'Course you do... And Slovakia's premier cycle outfitters Isadore have teamed up with Festka to offer cyclists exactly...
2020-09-10 09:53:17 - Iconic Italian bike brand Colnago have agreed a partnership deal with the Haute Route series of cycling events. In a move focused on "providing unrivaled support for...
2020-09-08 23:44:00 - The past weekend saw one of the calendar's biggest sportives take place, as thousands of cyclists tackled La Marmotte. Rescheduled from its usual date in early July,...
2020-09-08 10:27:32 - With summer on the wane and cyclocross (not to mention rainy commutes) on the horizon, cyclists' thoughts may be turning to disc brakes. If you're looking to make the...
2020-09-04 12:32:45 - Cycling UK has launched the first of its 'Pumped Up Crews' this week in Manchester. Described as "the AA of cycling", the crews are made up of local volunteers who are...
2020-09-02 12:22:29 - The organisers of Mallorca 312 have cut the headine 312km route and plan to test all riders for Covid-19, as part of new measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus....
2020-09-02 11:02:46 - Sports stars including Tour de France winners Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas, along with Sir Dave Brailsford, Sir Ben Ainslie and Patrick Vieira, have joined forces to...
2020-09-01 15:05:15 - I'm sitting at my laptop ordering a pair of SunGod Vulcans sunglasses, when a scene from Pulp Fiction pops into my head. It's the bit where Mia orders the "Martin and...
2020-08-28 10:24:08 - We love a cycling challenge here at Sportive.com - so we figured it's high time we jumped aboard the Everesting bandwagon. For those of you still blissfully oblivious,...
2020-08-28 09:40:01 - Cycling UK has today launched a new off-road adventure route taking cyclists through 10,000 years' worth of history in the south of England. King Alfred's Way is a 350km...
2020-08-27 15:24:29 - Hammerhead have opened pre-orders for the Karoo 2, the successor to the brand's acclaimed Karoo cycling computer. The updated Karoo features a smaller form factor and...
2020-08-24 22:51:26 - Sportives may officially be back in business, but the coronavirus fallout continues - today saw another event fall victim with the cancellation of this year's Grinduro...
2020-08-24 22:24:23 - Cycling UK has launched the World's Biggest Bike Ride - a new initiative aimed at encouraging all UK bike owners to get out and ride on September 12. The national...
2020-08-21 14:59:48 - British Cycling has announced that sportives and other non-competitive cycling events can resume in England from Saturday 5 September 2020, under new guidance approved...
