The Recent History of Bike Brands as Team Sponsors

In 2013, there will be three WorldTour teams with their bike brand as a title sponsor of the team: BMC, Cannondale and Lampre-Merida. Last year, Colnago sponsored a pro-conti team and Giant briefly flirted with the idea of become the title sponsor of what is now the Blanco team, whilst Radioshack techically had Trek in...

When does the Cycling season begin?

Is it daft to ask when the cycling season really starts? Not really. The start is different for different people, be they spectators or riders. So where's the 'real' beginning? Tour Down Under - January The Tour down Under marks the beginning of the WorldTour, which is the season long competition, and so it thus...

A Valentines Day Special for Men and Women alike.

Valentines day. It's always a sad day of sorts for cyclists - not only is there the anniversary of the death of Marco Pantani, but its generally a time where you remember that your love and devotion for your most precious should probably be directed at a member of the opposite sex, rather than at...

Bike company names and Logos – Origins, history, explanation.

Where does your bike name derive from? Probably not a question you have asked yourself, but an entertaining one nonetheless. For example, Cervelo is Canadian, but Cervelo clearly isn't a Canadian word. How then, did they concoct this moniker? Of course, some are just family names, and some have logo's that are fairly dull. Pinarello,...

World Cyclo-cross Championships – Report

In the end, the World Cyclocross championships showed that whilst you can take the Europeans out of Europe, you can't take Europe out of cyclocross. Once again, the low countries dominated, with Belgium and the Netherlands taking all four of the available titles and most of the podiums as well. Sure, it wasn't the utter...