Women's Cycling News Roundup, February 14 Lotto Ladies for New Zealand, 27 women's UCI teams, Team Norris replaces Skyter, Cooke and Cromwell to compete with National Teams, GP Costa Etrusca Shortened, Manel Lacambra to work with USA National Team, Becker joins Cervelo and more..
A rear cycle light that senses approaching traffic and illuminates both the rider and the road has been nominated for a major international award.
Australian design student James Morton has come up with the 'Firefly', a piece of kit that uses a passive infra-red sensor to detect vehicles coming from the rear. The closer the vehicle gets, the brighter the light shines. It also employs a set of white LEDS to light up the rider's back and the road beneath the bike.
Firefly lights up the rider AND the road
Two weeks ago I was cycling in the gym, watching cable TV. Roger Federer was beating Andy Murray live from Melbourne; after losing a point he looked at his tennis racket in puzzlement, as if trying to understand what just happened, and then he resumed winning game after game without even the basic courtesy of showing signs of sweat.
Paul Heaton, the former frontman of The Beautiful South and The Housemartins, is to tour the UK - on a bike.