It’s Christmas, and back for 2024 before we freewheel into 2025 is our festive edition of Five Cool Things. If you’re not familiar, well instead of us telling you/bragging about what we’ve got in for review like our regular Five Cool Things slot, this time it’s your chance to tell us what quality cycling-related gifts you got for Christmas. Comment below to show us, email us at info@road.cc or comment under the social media posts before midnight on Boxing Day, and our top five will win a prize.

The judging criteria is loose and at our discretion as usual, and when we say quality, amusing gifts count too (just perhaps steer clear of submitting anything that appeared on our what not to get cyclists for Christmas list).
Winning entries from previous years include an ‘Evil Cycling Lobby’ hoodie, tasteful cycling art prints, tools, vintage-style frame pumps and everyone’s favourite Christmas present, road.cc socks. Try to tell us a bit of backstory behind your gift if there is one to increase your chances of being among the winners.

As mentioned already, you can send us your submissions in a number of ways: in the comments section underneath this article, via our Facebook, BlueSky or Instagram pages or by emailing info@road.cc. We’ll be judging over Christmas and Boxing Day (deadline for entries is 11:59pm on December 26th), and the article will reappear on the 30th. If you’re a winner you will receive a message of congratulations and a request for a delivery address, and we’ll post the prizes in January when our NYE hangovers have settled. That prize will likely be a road.cc t-shirt and some of our famous Stay Awesome stickers, but with stock running low it may be another useful thing (it’ll be useful, promise).
Best of luck folks!



















16 thoughts on “Five Cool Things at Christmas 2024/25: Show us your cycling-related gifts for the chance to win some cycling schwag!”
This for me from cycling
This for me from cycling Santa this morning:
Double points for that photo
Double points for that photo backdrop Mark1a, and for anyone that has a shelf bracket for their air duster canister.
For the background and the
For the background and the fine choice of pressie, you’re a winner Mark! Email info@road.cc with a delivery address to claim your prize, congrats.
Lucky Me
Lucky Me
Centaur groupset. WDIW?
Centaur groupset. WDIW?
Nothing Campag-related
Nothing Campag-related unfortunately, but a t-shirt and stickers most likely… you are a winner so email info@road.cc with a delivery address to claim your prize, congrats!
Here’s my cycling related
Here’s my cycling related Christmas gift. Beautiful enamel garage sign to go above my Campagnolo Super Record RS equipped Colnago.
Oof fancy, that’s a winner!
Oof fancy, that’s a winner! Email info@road.cc with a delivery address to claim your prize, congrats.
I got something that’ll beat
I got something that’ll beat you all ..
3 packs of 5 Dynaplugs. The little road ones…
More rare than a Scottish Wildcat and almost as expensive as a 3 bed end terrace in Falkirk.
Was a stocking-filler type
Was a stocking-filler type thing but always handy – reflective spoke straws.
(They’re not reflecting as I turned the flash off.)
Effective little things. Even
Effective little things. Even have them on my Good Bike, my least reflectored.
Still working through packs of them I got very cheap at Tesco.
Got mine at Aldi – they are
Got mine at Aldi – they are rejuvenated if you wash them.
Mine tend to get knocked by
Mine tend to get knocked by the chaining of the bicycle, then fall off later. To be found next time I use the light. Some crushed.
The better half got me some
The better half got me some more Rapha, a Trail insulated jacket, hopefully giving me enough warmth when waiting for the train after my evening commute hard off road.
Been getting very cold so far this year, lot of delays and cancellations this autumn/winter.
Very pleasingly warm for its
Very pleasingly warm for its weight.
Thanks to all at road.cc HQ,
Thanks to all at road.cc HQ, I received my t-shirt, socks and stickers in the post this morning.
Stickers are already being stuck: