Cornwall-based UCI Continental team Saint Piran had £30,000 of bikes stolen from their team van in the early hours of Sunday morning, with team manager Steve Lampier saying it may be difficult to find replacements as “bike parts have been hit hard by Covid, shortages, and Brexit.”The team was in the Netherlands to race the Midden-Brabant Poort Omloop one-day race … Read more
The Altura All Roads Lightweight Jacket is a comfortable and good looking jacket, though it doesn’t stand up to persistent or heavier rain as well as you might hope.The jacket has a casual fit – Altura actually refers to it as a ‘hoodie’ – and is usable both on and off the bike. It works … Read more
Colin Strickland says he has been in “shell-shocked grieving mode” since the murder of fellow gravel racer Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson who was shot dead in Texas last month, and still can not recall any time his then-girlfriend — on-the-run prime suspect, Kaitlin Armstrong — showed she may be capable of such violence.Following the shooting, Armstrong fled the state and has … Read more
The Eclipse Road 20/25 Tube is not only a very cost-effective way of shedding grams from your bike, it also makes for a surprisingly compliant ride and palpably lower rolling resistance than a butyl tube when accelerating or climbing.The tubes are made from thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and welded rather than bonded like some TPU tubes, … Read more
It’s feeling a lot more like summer so no jackets or gloves this week, instead we’ve got a very pretty bike, a summer jersey, a pair of shoes and a kit to keep them clean… and if it stays sunny then there’s even a solar charger! Check out some of the highlights that you can expect … Read more
A new cycle lane in Worcester has been slammed by local cycling group Bike Worcester and ridiculed in the press after pictures of the obstacle-packed infrastructure — including a speed camera — appeared on social media.Apart from the path-blocking speed camera, the segregated cycle lane on New Road has obstacles including lampposts, trees, road signs and bins for riders to … Read more
Today’s Near Miss of the Day comes courtesy of a road.cc reader who was on the receiving end of some impatient must get in front driving from… a police officer driving a British Transport Police vehicle. At least it was easy to work out where to send the complaint… The reader was riding a tandem through … Read more
Some of the British Heart Foundation’s London to Brighton riders were faced with scenes of gridlock as they rode the final metres of the 54-mile charity ride on Sunday after a lack of segregation meant traffic filled a lane designated for the event.In scenes seen in a video shot by local news outlet The Argus, and … Read more
