Browse bike ads on eBay and Facebook Marketplace and you’ll see a lot of ‘vintage’ bikes and half-finished ‘projects’ featuring archaic bike parts that have all but vanished from mainstream cycling use — for good reasons. Here are eight dubious and archaic features that you should swerve if you’re shopping for a second hand bike…Cottered cranks … Read more
Giro has unveiled two new helmets, the Ethos Mips (£239.99) and Ethos Mips Shield, both designed for commuting and urban riding with the latter gaining a visor. Both helmets feature white LED lights at the front, red at the rear and amber turn signals which are controllable via a handlebar remote.2022 Giro Ethos Mips helmet (Image … Read more
A campaign group has criticised the council and urged “more ambitous” plans to protect cyclists after a second rider died in a hit-and-run on Bolton’s Chorley New Road, the second fatality since cycle lane segregation was removed.Walk Ride Bolton said that the orca wand segregation “could have protected people cycling on Bolton’s roads”, comments that come … Read more
Authorities scrambled to find a solution after numerous reports of cyclists in one of the Netherlands’ national parks being chased by wolves that have become unafraid of humans.Experts believe the animals — around 20 of which now inhabit Veluwe following reintroduction in 2019 — might have eaten food left close to hiking trails and now associate humans with getting an easy meal.Officials … Read more
The Token Ninja BB86/BB89.5/BB92 Bottom Bracket offers premium bearings at an attractive price while avoiding the annoying press-fit installation method. There was a bit of creaking until it bedded in, but it’s been smooth running ever since.The bottom bracket is part of Token’s Ninja range and fits into frames made for press-fit BB86, BB89.5 and … Read more
The cyclist involved in today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day Series was initially concerned about the bus driver moving across her path on a gyratory in Chichester, West Sussex – only to then have another motorist almost take out her front wheel as he undertook her then crossed her lane.Tizzie, the road.cc reader … Read more
Works to make a roundabout in Oxford safer for cyclists following the death of a bike rider there earlier this year are due to start in a fortnight’s time and will be completed by the end of the month, says Oxfordshire County Council.Safety features being urgently introduced by the local authority follow the death there … Read more
Decathlon’s Van Rysel Cyclometer GPS 100 is a decent GPS ride-logger, but it can’t compete with the best cycling computers even at the budget end of the market – its lack of features stops it being a good choice compared with its rivals.The Cyclometer GPS 100 displays your ride data in two sections of its … Read more
A coroner’s inquest has heard that the family of a man found dead in the New Forest believe he took his own life due to the effects of a cycling crash, saying that his personality changed after he sustained a blow to the head.The body of Jason Thomas, aged 53 and from Romsey, Hampshire, was … Read more
