The Oakley Encoder sunglasses look absolutely epic with their flared-edge lens – there to add stiffness – and fit securely and comfortably with a wide range of helmets. The lens clarity is up to Oakley’s usual high standards, but that flared edge causes distortion which has been ‘solved’ with a fairly sizeable nose rubber. And … Read more
Catch up with all of this week’s big – and not so big – bike and equipment news, starting with a couple of new e-bikes that really don’t look e-bikes until you look closely.Is Scott’s updated Addict eRide the stealthiest e-bike around?Have you ever seen an e-bike that looks less like an e-bike than Scott’s … Read more
Dame Laura Kenny has revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in November and had one of her fallopian tubes removed due to an ectopic pregnancy two months later, during what the five-time Olympic gold medallist described as the “hardest few months I’ve ever had to go through”.Kenny, Britain’s most successful female Olympian, was part of … Read more
Yesterday was the first day of the 2022 Cycle Show and we showed you some top bikes from the likes of Cannondale, Ribble, Pearson and Moots. Now it’s time for a second helping of loveliness with our next batch of standout bikes from the show. Fat tyres continue to feature heavily, as do the dropper posts, plus we … Read more
The r3pro Piston Release Tool is a genius bit of kit for servicing stuck or sticky four-piston Hope callipers. It makes an otherwise devilish job a piece of cake.If you run a four-piston calliper like Hope’s excellent V4, at some stage it’s highly likely one of those pistons will get sticky and not want to … Read more
Tyre Extinguishers, the activist group that targets SUVs due to the damage the vehicles cause to the environment as well as the risk they pose to vulnerable road users including cyclists struck again in London last night, letting the air out of the tyres of 120 vehicles and leaving behind leaflets explaining to the owners … Read more
Bat Tyre Sealant is a latex-based sealant infused with suspended particles designed to clog holes quickly, and it’s something it does well. It seems good at staying liquid instead of drying out, but this small bottle works out pricey and it’s generally tricky to track down.Bat claims this uses ‘rapid seal technology’ so punctures seal … Read more
A cyclist in south west London who was riding slowly around the back of an ambulance in south west London got a bit of a shock to find an e-scooter rider coming the wrong way down a one-way street cutting across her path then heading through a No Entry sign.The incident happened last Friday 15 … Read more
The Apidura Bottle Cage Adapter gives you the option of carrying a large bottle on a small or bag-cluttered frame, by letting you adjust where the cage sits. It’s a neat solution that is well made and works with both two- and three-bolt cages.This adapter gives up to 55mm of adjustment, which is more than … Read more
The accidental adventurer is an apt description of Vedangi Kulkarni, who in the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast tells us how, arriving in the UK from India to study at Bournemouth University, she somehow found herself on an entirely unplanned ride to John O’Groats – and then, at the age of just 19, went … Read more
