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Tiffin has been a bit of a damp squib today, as no-one was willing to leave the office to get caked up and we instead had to rely on Zipvit strawberry energy bars; not bad at all, but not tiffin. Anyway they've certainly perked us up enough to fire up the road.cc randomiser, and the names punched in binary on the ticker tape today are...

sfisher0, jak001 and jova54!

There will be a harmonious clash of British style titans on 1 October when Rapha and Paul Smith launch a co-branded collection of cycling clothes and accessories.

Building over two seasons, the collection will feature products - aimed, no doubt, at the well-heeled cyclist - that are inspired by road racing and designed specifically for city riding.

Cyclists in Los Angeles are protesting about the light sentencing of a teenage girl who hit a cyclist in her car when drunk and then drove off.

According to the WeHoNews site, Celine Mahdavi, who is now 19, hit pro cyclist Louis ‘Birdman’ Deliz at 12.15 am on 1 December 2009 and then drove away, only to be stopped and arrested shortly afterwards.

In an announcement that's as shocking as the one about bears' toilet habits that we've also just been handed, Alberto Contador has announced that he will be leaving Astana in a statement today. He has rejected an offer by the Kazakh outfit to extend his contract, and says he will "calmly explore all possibilities available to him"

The statement issued on the Spaniard's behalf today said: "Alberto Contador has rejected the ultimatum of the Astana team, who had asked for a definitive answer to its offer of a contract renewal for the coming seasons.

Altura’s Aero Post rack is something of a handful off the bike but with a substantial (3kg) payload, it’s a keenly priced and well-conceived alternative to small panniers for day riding that doesn’t spoil the clean lines or crisp handling of road/audax, cross and racier mountain bikes. However, dimensions mean it's best suited to machines with at least 15cm of exposed seatpost.