road.cc, what’s that all about then? Well, we’re about riding on the road and the bikes you do it on. The stories we run will mainly deal with the British cycling scene, but the site is open to all – we’re starting small, but we’ll be adding new sections new features, and new functionality. There will be something here for you whatever type of road bike you ride and wherever you live. And the .cc…? Because it’s a club. A cycling club on the net. There’s no fees, subs, or memberships lists, and yeah, alright there aren’t many members at the moment either, but you can change that… To get all the dirt on what’s happening off-road visit our partner site singletrackworld.com
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lesterama 2 minutes ago
It does mean something: f*** off you lycra-clad car-botherers.
mdavidford 34 minutes ago
It might mean that, if it was red. But since it's blue it doesn't mean anything.
mdavidford 53 minutes ago
YMMV. To my eye, while the 'ruby', only available for SRAM S-Works is the clear standout, the rest of the options on the top two tiers (including the single option for Shimano S-Works) are either really boring or, in the case of the two-tone efforts, actively rubbish, while the solid blue that's only available on the bottom two tiers is easily the second best.
mctrials23 58 minutes ago
@jackcycles It would certainly be interesting to know the prevalence of general cycling amongst children then vs now because its probably pretty unlikely that children who don't cycle much day to day are going to cycle to school.
capedcrusader 1 hour ago
Why do bike companies insist on differentiating their top tier and lower tier offerings by producing shockingly bad colours for the lower tier bikes? Sucks big time if you ask me.
jackcycles 2 hours ago
Setting aside the tedious and untrue "extreme heatwaves" quote from the article, I've never understood why cyclists and cars alike aren't compelled to be brightly coloured. Not only would this create a highly visible scene, naturally reducing the number of accidents in the road, wearing light colours and having white cars would naturally reflect heat and sun back into the atmosphere, lowering ambient temperatures, creating less need for air conditioning or hydration. Win-win. Domestic car journeys create 16% of UK CO2 emissions, and the UK itself creates less than 1% of global totals. With the increasing proportion of electric vehicle journeys, that figure will only shrink in future. So framing this as some kind of existential argument is alarmist, short-sighted and false.
ROOTminus1 2 hours ago
@mdavidford That's quite the marquee of someone with tunnel mindedness. I'm not sure I want to know the inner thoughts that have led you to this camp. I shall be poleite though, there are some guys patrolling on this site who are very tightly strung and all it takes some bell to get under their dome and teepee them into a right Mess. Not that I'd peg you as one of them, you seem quite grounded.
mdavidford 3 hours ago
Arguments over niceties like that won't fly, and anyway, I wasn't canvassing opinions - if they want to pitch things like this they should do it somewhere else.
mdavidford 3 hours ago
Maybe - but this is a little tent.
sheridan 3 hours ago
@Shades Don't forget that they've just arrived home in their SUV (40% larger and heavier than a regular car a few decades earlier) and now complain about how many potholes there are these days. Tax SUVs, call it a pothole tax, link it directly to the damage they cause.
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Winter Clobber Reviews???
How about some articles on winter clobber?
If you are after a starter for ten…………..I am in the market for a warm casual style jacket for shorter rides and commuting that is waterproof and as breathable as possible.
Also in the market for a warm more professional fitting windproof jacket for longer Sunday morning club rides.
Any suggestions and advice welcome?
re: Winter Clobber Reviews???
Yep we’ve got plans to review winter kit, and lots more besides. In the meantime here’s a few jackets to check out.
For commuting any of the Atura Nevis £49, Altura Night Vision £64, Altura CrossMax also £64 or the Altura or the Altura Reflex £99 would do the job (the more you pay the more breathability you get) are you sensing a theme here – I’d go for the Night Vision myself. The Endura Convert II is a good ‘un too – I like that one cos it’s a good performance commuting jacket, it’s got plenty of reflectives but you can wear it off the bike no problem at all AND it converts into a gilet when/if the sun comes out.
For a closer fitting windproof try the Gore Xenon Windstopper – specifically cut for road riding, close fitting, but roomy enough to allow you to layer up underneath on really cold days and, at about £80, it won’t break the bank.
Winter reviews…
How about lights??
Now that I’m in the market for a secure/adjustable/bright rear light. 😉
Lights
well, we’re off to ride through the night for ‘fun’ on saturday and we have some lights to test for that – mostly front units though.
Lights
Don’t hit any potholes. 😉
2xu?
I personally really rate my 2xu membrane jacket. It’ll neet the ‘professional’ fitting windproof criteria, and is generally far more stylish than most road kit. It’s the staple for my winter riding for sure.
One thing I’d like to see is maybe some reviews of lesser known brands (such as the 2xu type stuff) as generally all that gets tested is the uber-niche fakenger stuff or stuff you can get in Evans, which you can go and test for yourself.