Coming soon: road.cc Recommends awards 2021/22

Starting on Monday 10th January 2022, we’ll present the inaugural road.cc Recommends Awards and reveal the very best bikes, components, accessories, and clothing that we’ve reviewed over the past few months.We’ve given out annual awards for many years but things are different this time because we introduced road.cc Recommends in 2021. If you don’t know … Read more

Peter Sagan tests positive for COVID-19 for second time in less than a year

Peter Sagan, who has just joined Team TotalEnergies after five seasons at Bora-Hansgrohe, has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time. In less than a year.The three-time world champion revealed in a post on Twitter that he and brother Juraj, who has also switched to the French WorldTeam, are now self-isolating.He wrote: “My brother … Read more

Merida Reacto 6000 2022

Just like its big brother, the Reacto Team-E, the Merida Reacto 6000 is a very fast and very stiff aero road bike, and in this guise is a great aero bike on a budget.The cost savings come with some inevitable downsides, and the overall ride may be too stiff and aggressive for some, but if … Read more

Bike at Bedtime: check out the Trek Domane SL

The Trek Domane SL is a super-popular road bike – maybe even an all-road bike when set up with the right tyres – that offers a smooth ride courtesy of front and rear IsoSpeed technology that helps to damp both small vibrations and bigger lumps and bumps. Trek introduced IsoSpeed a decade ago, way back in … Read more