The Tadej Pogačar era rolled on at the Tour of Flanders, the world champion equalling the record for most victories at the race and claiming his 12th Monument with a typically devastatingly dominant solo win.It’s only the second time this century that a men’s team has won Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders in … Read more
The owner of a major Hampshire bike shop has thanked his staff and the community after the cycle business reopened following an overnight ram-raid which saw an estimated £40,000 worth of bikes stolen.Pedal Heaven in Fleet was broken into during the early hours of Wednesday morning (1 April), the owner waking up to images of … Read more
The Tour of Flanders sportive was overshadowed by the death of a participant, a British rider suffering a suspected heart attack during the event on Saturday.We Ride Flanders, a mass-participation sportive, takes place on the day before the elite men’s and women’s races, 14,000 riders from around the world taking in the same famous climbs, … Read more
Ding-a-ling. Sharp right turn onto a descent.Ding-a-ling. Hard left onto a steep, 15 per cent climb.Ding-a-ling. Left, then right onto a lovely plateau, before a narrow, twisting downhill.Ding-a-ling. Some bone-rattling cobblestones, for good measure.Ding-a-ling. Ding-a-ling. A mini-roundabout then an almost imperceptible turn onto a gravel-strewn path right outside someone’s front gate.Ding-a-ling. Oh, piss off.Ding-a-ling. Another … Read more
On Sunday 6 April 1986, with 100 metres or so remaining of that year’s Tour of Flanders, Adrie van der Poel darted out from behind Sean Kelly’s wheel.Listen to the road.cc Podcast on Apple Podcasts Listen to the road.cc Podcast on Spotify Listen to the road.cc Podcast on Amazon MusicKelly, already with five monuments to … Read more
The Garmin Instinct 3 Tactical Solar 45mm Smartwatch is high quality. If you’re more interested in your watch being able to do stuff for a long time than being particularly pretty or flash, then it’s one for the shortlist.The Instinct 3 Solar features a 45mm fibre-reinforced polymer case with a metal-reinforced bezel and it’s waterproof … Read more
They say you never forget your first, and that is indeed true. Needless to say, I’m talking about my first ever mountain bike, a 1987 Raleigh Elkhorn, of course! Time is a strange old thing – it drags like a concrete weight when times are tough, and rushes by at warp speed when things are … Read more
The Decathlon Bike Floor Pump 900 is a great value track pump offering mostly metal construction, a really clear dial and a neat pump head for sensible money.We’ve been all about the battery inflators here on road.cc lately, it seems like. But maybe there are some cyclists out there unconvinced by the need to use … Read more
After getting the hard news over with first as we interviewed Forest about its viral social media clip featuring none other than One Pound Fish Man (he also DM’d us on Instagram afterwards which made our year), it’s time to wind down with the rest of this week’s e-bike news as we pedal towards Easter … Read more
Here at road.cc, myself and the rest of the test team have ridden and reviewed nearly every gravel tyre going. Even so, when it comes to actually buying a set, it’s surprisingly hard to know what to pick.So, I’ve pulled together a ranking of some of the most popular gravel tyres in early 2026 to … Read more
