Nov 19, 2009

Following on with our cycling magazine reviews, we will today focus on the Bicycling Australia magazine from down under. Put simply, this magazine is an institution in Australia having first gone to press in 1989 thanks to it’s original founders Phil & Catie Latz. These days Phil can be found looking after the advertisers while Editor Simon Hayes who...

Nov 18, 2009

Many cyclist head out early in the morning to beat the traffic to train and enjoy the quiet roads, quite often riding solo. This is all peaceful and enjoyable until something goes wrong – disasterously wrong. In the event that a rider goes down and become unconscious (not to mention even worse scenarios) and cannot be identified, there is quite often no...

Nov 18, 2009

If like me you are an avid reader of bicycle magazines and spend endless hours reading reviews on products from an editors point of view then you will agree with me in that it is time to start reviewing the actual magazines themselves. Over the coming weeks we plan to review a series of bicycle magazines from around the world simply to find which is the...

Nov 17, 2009

The Ridley Helium is the top of the range bike from the Belgium manufacturer and certainly lives up to its name and reputation. The Ridley Helium was the bike supplier of pro-team Silence Lotto in 2007-2008 and was riden by two-time runner-up Cadel Evans. The first thing to notice about the Helium is its finish. Words and photographs do not convey how beautiful...

Nov 15, 2009

The Carbon G. Kangaroo is designed especially for the 2007 and 2008 Tour de France runner-up and the 2009 World Champion Cadel Evans by Italian manufacturer Gaerne. The G.Kangaroo is a limited edition, top of the range shoe that is inspired by Cadel’s home country – Australia. These spectacular shoes feature aboriginal inspired artwork together with...