UPDATE 07/06/2022 14:30 Following contact from road.cc, West Midlands Police offered the following statement in reply to the story below. As part of our investigation into a cyclist being knocked from his bicycle on Albany Road, Coventry, on 28 May, we did review CCTV and other video footage handed in to us. We’re very sorry he … Read more
What looks set to be the 2023 Cube Litening C:68 has been spotted at the Criterium du Dauphine. The new bike appears set to combine low weight with aero tube shapes and is being used for the classic warm-up for the Tour de France.Cube is set to release a lightweight and aero race bike ahead of the … Read more
A pace setter riding a bicycle alongside Kristian Blummenfelt as he attempted to become the first person to complete an Ironman-distance triathlon in under seven hours briefly stole the limelight with this comedy of errors sticky bottle fall.Blummenfelt took a bottle from the runner, who had completed his pacesetting duties and swapped onto two wheels to keep up and … Read more
Sir Chris Hoy is one of six ‘hero cyclists’ who will lead a peloton of 300 riders pedalling vintage bicycles down The Mall later today as part of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant…an honour slightly dampened by the headgear he’s been asked to wear…“These are the ‘Team GB cycling helmets’ that have been provided for us to wear … Read more
A competitor preparing to ride Unbound Gravel, one of the United States’ premier off-road events, was hit and killed in a collision with a motorist on Friday night.Kansas State Highway Patrol broke the news in a report, saying that Gregory Bachman, 61, was killed by the driver of a Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck in a collision … Read more
A new Trek Madone road bike has broken cover for the first time, being ridden by members of the Trek-Segafredo pro team in the Criterium du Dauphine that began in La Voulte-Sur-Rhone this morning.The Madone is Trek’s aero road bike, sitting alongside the lightweight – and these days also aero – Emonda.Trek is saying nothing … Read more
Ergon’s BT Allroad bar tape is grippy, even in the wet, and it’s relatively easy to fit to even the most compact of handlebar drops. At 2.5mm it’s not the thickest of bar tapes for venturing away from the road, but it is certainly comfortableFor a bar tape that is designed to be used on … Read more
US Marshals in Texas have once again urged Kaitlin Armstrong to turn herself in following the shooting of leading American gravel racer Moriah “Mo” Wilson last month.Armstrong is wanted on a warrant in connection with the death of Wilson, who was shot dead at an apartment in Austin on May 11. However, the 34-year-old suspect has not been seen since … Read more
The Assos Equipe RS Spring Fall Bib Tights S9 are a beautiful fit with an excellent chamois and neat design all round. However, given they’re for ‘training and racing in the cool, dry conditions of spring and fall,’ they are curiously warm – so long as it isn’t raining, you could wear them for the … Read more
We regularly see impatient overtakes on Near Miss of the Day, some worse than others, but few come as close to causing a collision as this.road.cc reader Marcus was riding on the A442 in Worcestershire near Inkberrow just after 11 o’clock, and was “heading back to quieter lanes” when this high speed near miss happened.> Near Miss … Read more
