Support road.cc

Like this site? Help us to make it better.

Five cool things at Christmas: here are the winning bike-themed festive gifts!

We asked you to send us pics of the cycling-related goodies you got for Christmas, and you didn't disappoint us! Here are the five best, who will all bag a pair of road.cc socks as an extra pressie.....

Our weekly round-up of Five Cool Things usually shows off the latest and greatest products we've got in for testing here at road.cc... but this time we gave you the chance to show us some of your favourite bike-themed Christmas gifts for the chance to win some stunning road.cc socks.

Buy road.cc socks here
Five cool things coming soon to road.cc

Below are our five faves - of the things that are commercially available we've also been on a virtual hunt to find the same or similar products online, you'll see the buying links above the pics if you want one for yourself (or if you're one of those annoyingly organised types who wants some Christmas gift inspiration for 2020). Congrats to the winners and we hope all our readers have had a great Christmas! 

Flamme Rouge board game

flamme rouge board game

road.cc reader Tommy has got a great excuse to pass on those long-winded games of Monopoly this festive season, as his new board game of choice will now undoubtedly be Flamme Rouge! This "fast-paced, tactical bicycle racing game" sees each player controls a team of two riders (a Rouleur and a Sprinter) with players racing to cross the line first - it's suitable for ages 8 and up and is for two to four players. 

Pantani was a God book

Aeropex wireless bone-conducting headphones

Rapha chamois cream

five cool things presents Mark HB

Mark HB received this epic trio of cycling gifts - ideally the book, cream and the headphones won't be used all at the same time... 

Herne Hill Velodrome experience

mark frost velodrome

Lucky Mark Frost will be honing his velodrome skills at Herne Hill and learning from some of the best coaches in the country. He also got these lovely chocolate bicycles from Choc On Choc to sweeten the deal... 

cycling chocolates Mark Frost

...Merry Christmas Mark, and enjoy the track day! 

Flights to Mallorca 

Mallorca flights Goosey Karlsson

This is a gift we can all get behind... some flights to Mallorca, gratefully received by road.cc Facebook follower Goosey Karlsson! In case you didn't know, this Spanish island is officially the world's most popular for cycling, with hills a-plenty and some seriously epic views as a reward for your efforts. 

LEJOG bicycle print

lejog picture Teresa Day

We've saved our favourite until last... and it's this super special LEJOG-themed framed bike print received by Teresa Day from a friend. Teresa and her friend completed the mammoth challenge back in September, so this gift was particularly apt and meaningful of course. 

The five winners above have all been contacted - but just to reiterate if you are one of the famous five then please email jack.sexty [at] road.cc with your delivery address, shoe size and preferred sock colour (black or white), and we'll post your prize out to you when our hangovers have settled on the 2nd January!

Jack has been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of the website including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named Editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master's degree in print journalism and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it's a long story). 

Latest Comments