Riding

First look: Scicon’s new Elan racing saddle

Best known for their high quality bike boxes and bags, Scicon have created a carbon fiber reinforced saddle "for the most demanding athletes", and one has just landed in the office...

Five cool things coming soon from Giant, Castelli, Dexshell, Blinkers and Merlin

Another fine selection of kit and gear that road.cc's reviewers are testing at the moment...

Breaking down Strava’s “simpler, clearer” privacy controls

Who can see your profile page and activities? Have you set up a privacy zone?

Vélo Birmingham and Midlands officially launched! + Our top big sportive tips

New date, women-friendly focus and entirely new route that heads east out of Birmingham and takes in the Coventry cobbles

Five cool things coming soon from Zefal, Zwatt, Vittoria, Torq and Sweet Protection

Another round-up of the hottest products we're testing right now...

Cyclists aged 83 years apart complete Land’s End-John O’Groats within days of each other

Rhoda Jones, four, is believed to be youngest rider to complete End to End and Donald Wells, 87, the oldest

E-bikers sweat three times less than regular bike riders, finds Shimano study

The findings of this study won't exactly come as a surprise, as the research found e-bike riders sweat less and have a much lower heart rate and core temperature following exercise...

The most exciting new products… that you can’t actually buy yet

You spot a shiny new thing you just need to have, only to find you can't actually get it for weeks! Here's our pick of the most exciting bikes, components and accessories around, that you can't quite get your hands on just yet...

Five cool things coming soon from Deda, Assos, Auxtail, Claud Butler and TyreKey

More cool kit, bikes and tools we're testing at the moment...

Cyclists aiming to ride UK’s 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs in a month reach a third of the way through their challenge

Three riders are tackling every climb in Simon Warren's seminal book for charity

The Pix backpack with animated turn signals is crowdfunding on Kickstarter

Proclaimed as 'the first smart animative backpack', you can customise the animations on the Pix; and when it comes to going for a ride, it shows turn signals that are controlled through a wireless remote

Trek reveal updated 520 Touring Bike

The new 520 steel touring bike has a new lighter alloy fork, wide gearing and more stable geometry to make it ideal for multi-day trips, so say Trek

Video: North Cape 4000 winner Ian Walker and his Whyte Wessex One

We catch up with Ian after his epic 4,300km ride and look at the bike that propelled him to victory

Five cool things coming soon from Cannondale, Time, Samvær, Ritchey and Topeak

Yet more new bikes, gear and accessories we're putting to the test at the moment...

Unboxing 12 speed Campagnolo Record on a Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Disc 9.0 Movistar: video

We've just got our hands on a Canyon Ultimate dripping with Campagnolo's new 12 speed Record disc groupset. Jack checks out the finer details in this video...

German woman to ride entire Vuelta route on same day as pro peloton

Monika Sattler aka RAD Monika gave up career in management consulting to focus on her passion for cycling

Five cool things coming soon from Shimano, Nalini, Garmin, Smith and Xplova

Some more cool kit, components and gadgets that have found their way into our test pile this week, with reviews coming soon...

Dangerous drivers force Surrey couple to stop riding tandem after almost 80 years

Lionel and Joyce Joseph, both aged 95, started taking bike rides together when courting during World War II

Raleigh revive Aero Pro Burner in chrome for 35th anniversary, and launch two limited edition balance bikes

The classic BMX in its Aero Pro guise was first released in 1983, and to celebrate its 35th birthday Raleigh have recreated it with the classic chrome frame...

Five cool things coming soon from Shimano, 76 Projects, Redshift, Shokbox and Palomar

Some more new stuff we're testing at the moment before the road.cc verdicts are delivered...

First look video: Mason Resolution2

We catch up with Dom Mason to talk through the new Resolution2, their classy steel 'go anywhere' frame that's been subtly tweaked to bring it bang up to date...

Mio launch the Cyclo 210 GPS

Mio's new computer promises ease of use and a no nonsense operating system, with turn-by-turn instructions and full European mapping included, for £189.99

First ride: new Giant Defy Advanced Pro 0

The Defy is Giant's best selling road bike built for endurance, so what better way to test it out than to haul ourselves up the Gavia Pass in the Italian Alps atop of it... twice?

Five cool things coming soon from Cervélo, F3 Cycling, Gore, Brooks and dhb

Another smattering of snazzy gear we're testing at the moment, with reviews coming soon...

All new Giant Defy launches, featuring D-Fuse handlebar and Giant’s new power meter included on the top model

The latest version of Giant’s hugely popular endurance road bike has wider tyre clearance, tubeless tyres off the peg and now has D-Fuse handlebars for extra compliance. The Defy Advanced Pro 0 also comes with Giant’s new Power Pro dual-sided power meter.

Same number of cycle trips but people are riding further finds National Travel Survey

Regular cyclists in particular riding more often and further

Video: Ridebyside, the side-by-side tandem

Bloody cyclists, always riding two abreast

Merida launch the Mission CX, an ‘all-in-one’ racing, training and commuting bike

The all new cyclocross bike from Merida has the latest disc brake standards and the frame has plenty of tyre clearance for CX racing and fast commuting alike

Off-road Tour of Flanders announced

The classic 'Ronde van Vlaanderen' hits the dirt in the Ardennes

Bianchi’s Oltre XR4 special edition paint jobs for the Tour de France

Dylan Groenewegen and Primoz Roglic of LottoNL–Jumbo are both riding Oltre XR4 frames with eye-catching custom paint jobs at Le Tour this year