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Tout Terrain Silkroad 27s Silver £1,800 and Rohloff Silver £2,400

A super strong bike for touring addicts with frame-integrated rear rack and solid touring specific features, available with derailleur gears with 27-speeds or Rohloff hub with 14-speeds.

Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Shine Wind Mitts £30

A very interesting concept that isn’t quite pulled off to perfection – softshell gloves with a removable wind and water resistant lumo mitt for extra finger protection if the weather turns bad while you ride.

Cyclo Ezytech Tyre Levers (Set of 3) £6

User friendly, ergonomic, lightweight and super tough tyre levers that are joy to use.

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Upcoming events

19 May 2012 - Vitus Sportive: Selkirk, Scotland 47 miles

The first round of the Vitus Road Sportive Series returns to the most talked about round – Selkirk in the Scottish Borders for another double event....

20 May 2012 - Castle Ride 100 - Full Route

One of the most popular bike rides in the south east, the Castle Ride 100 attracts 1,000 riders on this must do event.  The North Downs offer up...

26 May 2012 - UK End2End - Land's End to John O'Groats

Take on the ultimate cycling challenge that the United Kingdom has to offer. Cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats with Action Medical Research:...

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Latest news

Schwalbe limited edition London tyres
26 Apr 2012

To celebrate London’s ever increasing love for cycling and the fast-approaching 2012 Olympic Games Schwalbe will be releasing a ‘London’ range of tyres. Some of their most popular commuting...

Rapha Condor film 'Sella'
24 Apr 2012

In January Rapha and Condor ran a competition to give a young filmmaker the chance to shoot and direct a 2012 Rapha Condor Sharp team short at their training camp in Spain. Andrew Telling’s previous...

BioLogic Bike Mount for Android
17 Apr 2012

Earlier in the year we reviewed BioLogic’s iPhone 4 bike-specific, weather-resistant iPhone case that mounts to your bars or stem and gave it a solid 4 cogs out of five for both value and performance....

Patriotic bikes from Halfords
16 Apr 2012

Halfords have released three limited edition bikes to celebrate the 2012 London Olympics which kick off in just over 100 days. For roadies there’s the Carrera Virtuoso Race Limited Edition Road...

Rapha and RSA Films Present Knock for Knock
16 Apr 2012

"We thought of this as a sequel to 30 Century Man - a journey again… Knock For Knock looks inwards, into memory, into fear and fighting it." - James Bowthorpe, round-the-world cycling record breaker...

100 days until Black Mountain 3 Day event
20 Mar 2012

Only 100 days left until the start of the Bearded Man Black Mountain 3 Day event which takes place from 29th June to 1st July. The 2012 route has been tweaked to include even more testing climbs, flowing...

Commuting into spring – get on your bike
09 Mar 2012

Advertisement Feature As the weather starts to warm up, many of us will be waking up to the possibilities of the great outdoors for another year. Springtime in the British Isles can be a perfect time...

In pictures: Core Bike 2012
07 Feb 2012

Last week we visited the 2012 Core Bike Show over in Northampton which this year boasted over 20 exhibitors from distributors such as Saddleback to manufacturers such as Bionicon bicycles. Check out...

Victoria Pendleton launches bike range
27 Jan 2012

Following Chris Boardman’s lead, world and Olympic Cycle Champion Victoria Pendleton has also launched her own range of classic-looking ladies cycles. We went along to the launch at the very swanky...

BioLogic’s BikeBrain iPhone app updated
25 Jan 2012

BioLogic’s free BikeBrain app turns your iPhone into a cycling computer without the need for any additional external devices to capture the data. As well as capturing the more standard information...

New Five Black Gold from Orange
11 Jan 2012

With over ten years of evolution the limited edition Black Gold Five is the latest all-mountain 140mm trail bike offering from Orange. Known for its low-slung geometry, fast handling and efficient ride,...

Freddie Flintoff’s riding a Halfords bike
05 Dec 2011

Former England Captains Freddie Flintoff and Lawrence Dallaglio will ride Boardman Performance Series Road Pro Carbon bikes (available exclusively at Halfords) on the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam 2012....

Giant launches online shop
02 Dec 2011

Giant have launched a new click and collect online retail site this month, with 150 bikes now available to buy direct. Popping online for a quick squizz, The Bike List noted that the site is well organised...

Halfords launch sub £1000 carbon road bike
29 Nov 2011

New to Halford’s Carrera range this month is the limited edition, carbon-framed Virago. It’s a great option for commuters looking for a ride below the magic £1000 mark on the cycle2work...

Chain Reaction Mountain Bike series dates announced
09 Nov 2011

Get your diaries out, Chain Reaction Cycles have just released the dates and locations of their 2012 series of races, powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport. All the events will be double again in 2012...

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Latest from the web

Roberto Ferrari avoids crash to take longest stage of Giro d'Italia
guardian.co.uk, 16 May 2012, 16:56
Joaquim Rodríguez breaks away to take 10th stage and Giro lead
guardian.co.uk, 15 May 2012, 17:46
Mark Cavendish's hopes of winning ninth stage in Giro ended by crash
guardian.co.uk, 14 May 2012, 18:57
Bradley Wiggins's Beijing Olympic souvenir medal stolen in break-in
guardian.co.uk, 14 May 2012, 15:19
Paolo Tiralongo wins stage seven of the 2012 Giro d'Italia
guardian.co.uk, 12 May 2012, 17:18