Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
I think it was Northumbria Police who, a few years ago, came up with 'don't go out cycling on public holidays', promptly followed by something like...
I don't know this for sure, but I suspect that there was thought to be something innovative in the idea of providing removable batteries on each...
Am I the only one who thinks the prices for these bikes is utterly ridiculous? For an item with not that many components compared to a motorbike...
Entrapment, innit? I mean, there's a road there then they decide you can't drive there? Buses get in the way of drivers anyway, they're always...
I don't entirely agree......
Er...most probably not. I mean where's the money to be made in something that's backwards compatible?
I am interested to know the exact wording of all this. Currently not up to date https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3511
10 years on, this for £100 more and better brakes: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/road-bike-ncr-cf-tiagra-blue/_/R-p-332106
It's a truly magnificent stat which I will be wheeling out.
Same for electric motorcycles. I get that adding lightness also adds $$$ but there are just as many weight weenies in the motorcycle enthusiast world