Search Results for: Near miss of the day – Page 174

A-Levels, angry sportive riders, and forgetting your gloves at Paris-Roubaix: A beginner’s guide to racing in Europe and the fight to become a pro cyclist

Last week, 18-year-old Patrick Casey finished third at the Eroica Juniors stage race, just two weeks after a blister-filled Paris-Roubaix debut. The Red Bull-backed prospect chats to road.cc about his unusual path to racing in Europe and his pro dreams

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 21:26

Knife-wielding moped muggers assault cyclist in latest “very targeted” attack at bikejacking hotspot

The 6ft 7in cyclist was pushed into a fence and held down with a knife during the early morning attack last week

Mon, Apr 22, 2024 10:59

Tadej Pogačar, 2024 Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

Death, taxes, and Tadej Pogačar dominating a bike race: What we learned as Pogačar and Grace Brown win Liège-Bastogne-Liège

From 35km solo attacks and unflinching dominance to a dramatic, nail-biting sprint finish, the men’s and women’s editions of La Doyenne served up two very different storylines this year

Sun, Apr 21, 2024 18:30

Could the “world’s strongest folding lock” be the answer to your bike security woes? Plus more bike tech news from Zipp, Vision, Fizik, POC, and Bob Marley. Yes, that Bob Marley

Check out loads of cool new wheels, Kona’s rowdy gravel bike, clothing from Jack Wolfskin, and a couple of collabs you never saw coming…

Sat, Apr 20, 2024 11:00

JLab Epic Air Sport ANC True Wireless Earbuds

Great sound quality, unbeatable battery life, with useful noise-cancelling and sound pass-through modes

£99.99

Tue, Apr 16, 2024 08:45

Norfolk Street ‘School Street’ outside St Matthew’s Primary School

“It’s there to protect children going to school”: Parents raise alarm about “aggressive drivers” putting kids in danger by ignoring School Street

Volunteers reported being driven at and having abuse yelled at them while trying to enforce the traffic scheme that aims to help children walk or cycle to school safely

Sat, Apr 13, 2024 14:56

Van Rysel’s £9,000 RCR Pro team edition replica sells out in minutes

Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale's team bike was available to pre-order for £9,000, known as the ‘cheapest’ World Tour bike... and it appears quite a few cyclists were more than a little bit tempted to buy one

Fri, Apr 12, 2024 15:13

Bike check – Karl Platt’s Bulls Wild Edge

An in-depth look at the all-new Bulls Wild Edge bike of the greatest Cape Epic racer of all time.

Wed, Apr 10, 2024 08:00

Say hello to ‘HelloFresh for bikes’… plus, Hunt revamps carbon wheel range, new Canyon, gravel kicks from Quoc and Specialized, Hope offers FREE files to 3D print tools, and that’s just a taster of this week’s top tech news

We’ve also got “air conditioning for your head” from Specialized (yes, it’s a helmet), “the perfect rain cover” for inclement commutes (claim creators), cool watches from Bravur, limited edition Kask/MAAP collab lid + more

Sat, Apr 06, 2024 11:00

Devonshire Tunnel, Bath, closed due to flooding

“If this was a road it would have been fixed months ago”: Cycling tunnel closed (again) due to flooding – as Sustrans says fixing drainage issue “could take some time”

The Devonshire Tunnel, part of Bath’s Two Tunnels circuit, was closed in early January after heavy rainfall overwhelmed a nearby drain, but reopened again in late March with cyclists advised to “take care”

Fri, Apr 05, 2024 16:26