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Garmin launches Vivoactive GPS smartwatch

Feature-packed GPS-enabled smartwatch unveiled

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 17:40

Connected Cycle 2

New Connected Cycle smart pedal tracks thieves

Innovative design promises to track your routes and mileage via satellite too

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 17:24

Bono titanium elbow x-ray 3×2

Top orthopaedic surgeon says playing guitar “best therapy” for Bono’s bike crash injuries

Doctor who has treated movie stars says shattered elbow among worst injuries he has seen

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 16:15

Merida Ride 5000 2017

Just In: Merida Ride 5000

Take a look at an £1,800 road bike that’s designed with comfort in mind

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 15:44

Laurens ten Dam (source Team LottoNL-Jumbo)

Strava data tells the tale of Laurens ten Dam’s 2014

Dutch rider bags 773 KOMs - and hits 60kph for 4km as he passes Tower of London during Tour de France

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 14:48

London Air Ambulance helicopter (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Stewart Macfarlane:Flickr)

Cyclist saved by Air Ambulance after lorry crash slams Boris Johnson

"He hasn’t really delivered on what he said he would do … it’s not safe to cycle," says Victoria Lebrec

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 14:10

broken-bike (CC BY 2.) by Garry McKnight on Flickr)

Cyclist dies following collision with pedestrian in Altrincham

Woman aged 49 died in hospital of injuries sustained last Friday evening

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 12:09

Blaengwynfi station and the entrance to the tunnel before it was filled in (CC BY 2.0 Ben Salter:Flickr)

Wales’ longest disused rail tunnel may become a cycleway

New life planned for Rhondda tunnel closed in 1968

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 11:57

Bradley Wiggins after winning Olympic ITT gold (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk)

Bradley Wiggins renews with Team Sky until April

Britain's first Tour winner will ride Paris-Roubaix with Sky then concentrate on Rio 2016

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 11:12

Gas bottle trackstand

Video: Brazilian man trackstands — with a gas bottle on his head

Can you top this? Let us know

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 09:28

Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, on the Champs-Elysees (copyright Simon Wilkinson:SWpix.com)

“Snub” as Yorkshire’s Tour de France supremo misses out in New Year’s Honours List

Yorkshire Post asks, where’s Gary Verity’s gong? But he gets an award closer to home

Mon, Jan 05, 2015 08:50

Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)

Tributes paid to two cyclists killed on New Year’s Day

Jamie Murray died in East Sussex hit and run, James Stephenson lost life on A3 in Hampshire; witness appeals continue

Sun, Jan 04, 2015 16:06

Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo training camp wheelie YouTube skill

Videos: Peter Sagan rides rings round world trials champ Vittorio Brumotti

Tinkoff-Saxo's new recruit does 720-degree wheelie at recent training camp

Sun, Jan 04, 2015 11:11

Australia’s PM Tony Abbott chats with Simon Gerrans (picture Orica-GreenEdge)

Australia’s PM Tony Abbott told to get off his bike – by his doctor

Physician fears politician will crash - but cycling campaigner says kangaroos are more of a danger

Sun, Jan 04, 2015 10:37

Huntington Beach bike thief about to crash (source Facebook)

Video: “Karma” as drunk bike thief knocks teeth out on concrete bin

Police in Orange County, California take would-be thief to hospital after incident

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 21:18

Simon Richardson (source CyclingSimonMBE on Twitter)

Simon Richardson aims to get back on bike – but needs another operation

Former Paralympic champion continues his slow recovery from 2011 crash caused by drunk driver

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 20:49

Sir Bradley Wiggins on Graham Norton’s 2014 New Year’s Eve show

Rio, Roubaix and on-bike urination – Sir Bradley Wiggins promotes cycling to a wider audience on Graham Norton New Year show

“The sport’s flourishing – hence why I’m on Graham Norton.”

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 17:15

Passo di Giau (picture The Col Collective)

Video: Mike Cotty rides Passo di Giau for The Col Collective

Latest instalment heads to the Dolomites for an encounter with a shepherd - and some frustratingly low cloud

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 16:52

Pint of cider (CC licensed by Mark Hooper via Flickr)

Five Gloucestershire cyclists stopped for riding drunk in five years

Figures requested after Dursley man is arrested having cycled after 16 pints

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 15:27

Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Families could get right to challenge death by dangerous driving sentences

Attorney general currently reviewing what offences can be appealed

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 13:31

Manchester Town Hall (copyright Wikimedia Commons:Rich Daley).jpg

More criticism for proposed Manchester cycle routes

‘Do less, but better’ is advice from campaign group

Sat, Jan 03, 2015 11:31

Friend’s Life Women’s Tour 2014 final podium pic credit SweetSpot)

Video – Promo released for June’s 2nd edition of Friends Life Women’s Tour

Five-day stage race is back - route to be confirmed in January and February

Fri, Jan 02, 2015 16:34

Bike of the Year 2013-14

Starting this Sunday – road.cc Bike of the Year 2014/15 Awards

An introduction go the road.cc Bike of the Year 2014/15 Awards

Fri, Jan 02, 2015 15:17

Head over Wheels still (uploaded to Vimeo by Fly6)

Video – Top skills as riders avoid another who has crashed

Stick lodged in rear wheel sees rider somersault and land on head as others take evasive action

Fri, Jan 02, 2015 15:00

Chris saves £2,400 per year by riding to work

Beat the rail fare increases by riding to work

Meet the riders who save up to £2,400 per year the the ultimate fare-dodge

Fri, Jan 02, 2015 13:36