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The Lotus track bike is back! Hope Technology develops new Team GB track bike for 2020 Olympics

The Lotus track bike is reborn for Tokyo 2020

Wed, Oct 30, 2019 11:30

Rouleur Classic 2019 preview: New bikes and star speakers from the world of cycling

Rouleur Classic 2019 is this weekend and here's a taste of what you can expect to see

Wed, Oct 30, 2019 10:39

Scottish police on bikes (copyright g_cowan via Flickr)

Cops criticised for hi-vis handout; No retrial for HGV driver who killed cyclist; New Rapha range; Cambridge Station secure bike parking FAIL; ex-Team Sky doc admits lying; Remembering rubbish bike lights; “I’m a cyclist myself…” +more on the live blog

All today's news from the site and beyond...

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 22:09

Queensbury Tunnel row: Bradford Council urges Transport Secretary to intervene

Highways England accused of breaching planning permission by starting to fill in tunnel

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 21:41

Cyclist in Dublin (licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr by Teyvan Petttinger)

Ireland to introduce dangerous overtaking of cyclists law

Drivers face €120 fine for close passes – but no minimum passing distance stipulated

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 21:40

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Shane Sutton denies Richard Freeman’s claim that testosterone was for him as ex-Team Sky doctor’s tribunal finally opens

Medic who admits having told a "lot of lies" still maintains that Testogel patches weren't meant for athletes

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 21:19

HGV firms given 12 months to make lorries safer for London cyclists – or face fines

Direct Vision Standard to eliminate blind spots comes into force on 26 October 2020

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 18:15

Belgian TV show takes politicians on a bike ride – then confronts them with 500 relatives of cyclists killed through poor infrastructure

The programme Make Belgium Great Again is calling on people to get on their bikes to call for safer infrastructure

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 23:03

Brazil road race car hits lead rider – from País do Ciclismo on Twitter

Shocking moment driver crashes into lead rider in Brazilian road race, which leads to entire peloton staging an on-road protest

The crash was reportedly caused by a driver ignoring a poorly marshalled road block, with riders deciding to abandon the stage in mass protest at the lack of safety provisions

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 22:10

Near Miss of the Day 323: Another London commute compilation

Our regular feature showing close passes from around the country – today it’s London

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 20:49

Watch kid zoom up climb past adult roadies; Watts up! Laverack’s awesome power output wins UK Hill Climb Champs; Malaysian court acquits driver over killing of 8 cyclists; Crackdown on Newcastle Deliveroo riders + cool bikes & lots more on the Live blog

All today's news from the site and beyond...

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 19:30

You can buy Chris Froome’s new personalised Pinarello Dogma F12 X-Light for £500 (on top of the £6k price of a frameset)

Chris Froome has got himself a shiny new Pinarello Dogma F12 X-Light

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 17:46

#MyCyclingWeekend with Decathlon – Finally, some nice Autumn sunshine

And the winner of the Decathlon goodies is...

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 17:43

1,000 cyclists (including road.cc’s own Big Dave) take on Red Bull Timelaps 25-hour race

Third edition at Windsor Great Park of event that takes advantage of extra hour due to clocks going back

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 16:28

Specialized Allez in similar colours to the one stolen from Sunita Trivedi

Thief follows Leicester cyclist into shop to steal her bike

Sunita Trivedi says man took advantage of her being distracted to snatch bike

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 14:09

Dublin cyclist films moment youths fired rocket at him on towpath

Fireworks incident happened last month on Grand Canal Green Way

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 10:26

Five Winners announced! They’ve won Cateye SYNC lights worth £168.98!

Five winners for the Cateye competition!

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 09:51

Winners announced for ControlTech handlebars, stem and bar tape!

ControlTech's Comment to Win competition is now closed and 2 winners have been selected.

Mon, Oct 28, 2019 09:00

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Team Ineos Chris Froome Pinarello Dogma F12 (picture credit SWPix.com (17)

More surgery for Chris Froome, who admits it’s too early to say if Tour de France “doable”

Team Ineos rider skips Saitama Criterium in Japan but rides exhibition time trial

Sun, Oct 27, 2019 16:35

Rapha to scale back discounting as sales fall and losses mount up

"We'd taken our eye off the ball" admits founder Simon Mottram

Sun, Oct 27, 2019 13:45

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First Ride: Look 765 Gravel RS Force 1 Mavic All Road

We take a high-end French all-road machine for a spin

Sat, Oct 26, 2019 15:14

Highland Council says call to end road building is ‘naïve’

Charities call for Scottish Government to prioritise active travel

Sat, Oct 26, 2019 15:12

Queensbury Tunnel No 2 Shaft (picture credit Queensbury Tunnel Society)

Highways England accused of “ruthless vandalism” and abuse of emergency powers over filling of Queensbury Tunnel

“We’ve been advised that the material being tipped down the shaft could be removed and used as the foundations for the cycle track”

Sat, Oct 26, 2019 14:00

Lower Bridge Street, Peterborough (via StreetView)

Peterborough ditches firm that was enforcing cycling ban and keeping all the fines

Kingdom Services Group fined over 1,000 people for cycling in a year

Sat, Oct 26, 2019 12:27

GWR bike storage (picture courtesy Sam Jones, Cycling UK)

LNER to rethink “dangerous” bike storage on new trains

“Lifting a bike to reach an overhead hook, on a moving train and with other passengers around you, is simply not safe”

Sat, Oct 26, 2019 10:42