Oxford’s low-traffic neighbourhoods are to be made permanent after a vote by Oxford County Council yesterday.The scheme has been in place in various parts of the city since March 2021, but has been blighted by vandalism, described as a “civil war”, with planters rammed out the way, and even one recent incident which saw a bollard … Read more
Must get in front (or MGIF to those in the know) denotes a driver who just has to get in front of a cyclist (or any other road user, for that matter), often at truly pointless or unsafe moments, such as today’s Near Miss of the Day…Dan from Stoke-on-Trent is today’s submitter, and was cycling home … Read more
UPDATE 9/8/2022: Dorset Police have confirmed a local man aged in his 60s has attended a voluntary police interview. He has been released under investigation as officers carry out further enquiries.Police in Dorset have released a picture of a man, captured by a cyclist’s helmet camera, who is alleged to have assaulted the rider, pushing … Read more
When Neil Feakins boarded his flight home from Vienna having competed in Ironman Austria on July 3rd he had already read about a fellow Ironman athlete, Sian Hurley, whose bike and kit had not arrived in Newcastle on a connecting flight from Heathrow she and her family had boarded to complete their journey from Australia to Ironman … Read more
Thanks to spending a huge number of hours on the bike each week, riders in the pro peloton can pull off some pretty extreme positions that, of course, we mere mortals love to copy. The latest ‘in thing’ appears to be using tiny bars and angling the shifters inwards, but why? And should we be … Read more
Take a look at the Tour de France peloton this year and you’ll notice that there are a fair few teams riding very similar-looking bikes. Specialized sponsors three teams in the race and they all ride the S-Works Tarmac SL7. Here is the TotalEnergies edition.The TotalEnergies team is one with plenty of history. The origins … Read more
Squire has launched a new Bluetooth-controlled inigma Diamond BL1 smart D-lock that comes with Sold Secure Diamond rating – the highest available for bike locks. Like existing inigma locks, it is secured using “maximum security AES-256 bit military-grade encryption”, according to Squire.The Squire inigma Diamond BL1 digital D-lock features a hardened steel lock body and a 12.7mm … Read more
A cyclist in his 70s died after collapsing in the midday heat near Little Aston, in Staffordshire, on Monday.A road.cc reader, who happened to pass the scene at the time of the emergency, reported seeing bystanders performing CPR on the man at around 11.40am, shortly after West Midlands Ambulance and Midlands Air Ambulance had been called … Read more
The dhb Aeron Short Sleeve Jersey 2.0 updates dhb’s most popular jersey with sleeker looks, laser-cut sleeves and a recycled main fabric. Unfortunately the fit is a bit weird and, while the fabric might be eco-friendly it won’t help curb your personal warming.Let’s start with the fit, as that’s the most important thing for me. … Read more
