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road.cc’s founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony’s journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website – the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc – finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ – which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he’d like to own a carbon bike one day.
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Carbon cycle 2 minutes ago
Why are there different speed limits for e- bikes - too slow to keep up with traffic in town, so annoying for drivers on the road, and way too fast for anywhere they interact with pedestrians. Daft - make it 20 or even 30 or limit cars to 15 and have all the traffic flow
mdavidford 38 minutes ago
They do have group rates... on the Rouvy side, but those pre-date the acquisition.
eburtthebike 1 hour ago
@Wales56 Thanks for that. As an ex-technical author, the writing could do with a bit of tidying up. "With a gradeability of up to 18% it is an excellent climber, taking ramps in any conventional parking garage in a stride....." "......and includes less wear-prone components that need servicing." "...maneuvering..." Also rather strange use of the word 'recuperating' to describe regenerative braking: is this some modern definition? That writer wouldn't have passed the tech author course.
Mr Blackbird 2 hours ago
Yes. Surprised they haven't introduced some sort of family subscription rate.
mdavidford 2 hours ago
It does say which suggests it gives you a 'start assist' boost, meaning you'd need minimal pedalling to get moving.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
Very generous - I was expecting to be accused of trolling under the cross-chaining bridge...
squired 3 hours ago
@Wales56 Thanks for that link. Yes, it was one of the cargo bikes that I saw, but no pedalling needed! I'm going to pay more attention to them now, to see if that was a one off.
996ducati 3 hours ago
A simple keyword search would be a great improvement for the iPad/IOS version to help finding workouts.
Wales56 4 hours ago
@eburtthebike https://www.mubea-umobility.com/en/products/technology and https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/sustainability/amazon-electric-delivery-vehicles
Cycloid 4 hours ago
@neilmck The DfT figures for the UK say if you do the same journey by bicycle and motor vehicle (Say a commute) you are up to 30x more likely to be killed or seriously injured on the bike.