After more than 12 years focusing on writing news stories at road.cc my role here has recently changed to that of community editor. Here, I’ll explain what I will be doing and how it aims to give you, our readers, more opportunities to help shape our content and give you more of a voice on … Read more
An “idiot lorry driver” almost knocked five cyclists from their bikes in our latest Near Miss of the Day video.It was filmed at Devoran, Truro in Cornwall by road.cc reader Wayne, who told us: “The lorry driver decided to overtake approaching road furniture then cuts in and is within 50 millimetres of the lead cyclist,” … Read more
The Craft Cadence Metro Pannier Backpack provides a roomy 25L of storage and proves easy to transport both on and off the bike. It has useful outer pockets plus loops for locks and lights, it’s easy to use, and the price is good. It’s a good one.First let’s deal with this as a pannier. It … Read more
Mine may well have become vaguely lost in the great mist of time, but those distant memories, the harsh realisations and promises that I made to myself many years ago have come trickling back to haunt me in recent months… namely where I said I would never ride another aluminium bike frame. > 10 of the … Read more
The Panaracer GravelKing Slick TLC isn’t actually a ‘gravel’ tyre as such, despite the name, but it excels in any kind of on-road/bad road scenario. It’s also very light and has a seriously low rolling resistance its width, which makes it a very fast tyre no matter the terrain. Puncture protection is also pretty solid, … Read more
As well as supplying the official Tour de France yellow jersey, Italian cycling apparel specialist Santini has launched a whole new line of kit for 2022 to whet your Tour de France whistle. Featuring two types of jersey, shorts, a base layer and accessories, it looks like there are only men’s sizes available and considering … Read more
Update: On Tuesday, The Royal Parks issued the following statement on the temporary suspension of Cycle Superhighway 3 in the Green Park, which will be closed for six weeks to allow for the construction and dismantling of infrastructure related to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in early June: Due to the build for ceremonial events … Read more
If you follow professional cycling, you may be familiar with the phrase ‘sticky bottle’, in which a rider taking a fresh water bottle from a team vehicle might choose to hold onto it for a little bit longer than necessary to gain extra momentum from the car (there’s even a whole Irish cycling website named after the trick). In … Read more
Punctures are annoying but we have some tips and tricks to help you deal with them as painlessly as possible and to get you out of a scrape if you’re really desperate.Puncture repair — learn how to fix a tube We all know the basics of puncture repair, right? It’s a pretty straightforward process, but we … Read more
