Talking of the Tour of Britain, it’s in full swing as I type, and bigger than ever, you can follow the progress of the 17 pro teams including many from the elite squads of world cycling on the tour website, as above or on ITV.com. At the moment Kai Reus is leading (despite having recently been in a coma) and we will be trying to get a man on the ground on Saturday to give you the Four Miles view of the final stage around central London.
Elsewhere in London the papers have noticed people riding on heavy bikes in normal clothes and decided it’s a story. Despite the fact that it’s been going on for years it took a glamour model on a bike with a Mayor to promote the London Skyride to make the press take notice. More interesting in this article is the revelation that apparently the hipsters of Gritty East London are now going one step further in stripping down their bikes, and actually removing the handlebars.
I know they want to be edgy and dangerous, but that’s going one step too far, surely? If that’s the case they’ll soon be rocking unicycles, which have all the appeal of a fixed gear bike, without the bother of a chain or front wheel to fuss over. Although it’s more likely that a newspaper has cottoned on to a trend, but not bothered to get anyone who knows anything about it to write a piece on it.
However, let’s finish by looking at how cyclists can all unite, for once transcending the barriers of Mountain vs. Road and Fixter vs. Commuter and so on, and we can all agree to hate James Martin, celebrity
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* I’ll save you having to read the Daily Mail by not putting the link in the main post. It’s pretty NSFW really, although it’s here if you want it. Don’t stay long, it’ll rot your mind.
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