Specialized yesterday introduced direct-to-consumer online bike sales in the UK and has announced that its Ship to Home option – where your bike comes in a box – is free. The Specialized Delivery option – where a technician brings your bike to your home and ensures that it fits and is set up properly – is … Read more
The Koo Supernova sunglasses are good looking and function well as cycling specific eyewear. They are incredibly light with a wide field of vision, but lack the customisability of many rivals – and they’re relatively expensive, too.Koo is the eyewear brand of well-known helmet makers Kask, so it’s no surprise to find these are light … Read more
The Velocio Women’s Foundation Long Sleeve jersey is the brand’s more affordable option for adding a touch of warmth to cooler rides in autumn and spring. With a well-shaped, relaxed and comfortable fit, it’s made fully from recycled materials so it’s a good option for those who care about a brand’s environmental approach, and aesthetics … Read more
With his busy schedule getting even busier after being appointed interim commissioner of the new Active Travel England, Chris Boardman has revealed that, ironically, he has much less time to ride his bike now because he is “trying to enable lots of people to ride a bike.” The only bike Boardman now rides regularly outside is a … Read more
We’ve got a real scoop for you today on episode 17 of the road.cc Podcast in association with Helix from Bont – unusually there’s only one guest, but when that guest happens to be Chris Boardman in a week that began with him being announced as the interim commissioner of the new body Active Travel … Read more
The Brooks Cambium Rubber Bar Tape wraps well, offers a fair amount of protection on rough surfaces, looks good on the bars, and offers a decent amount of grip.One of the first things you find out when testing bar tape is how easy it is to wrap. This offering from Brooks is, luckily, very simple, … Read more
The Tour de France will next year start in Spain’s Basque region for the second time in its history, with details of the Grand Départ of the 110th edition of the race unveiled yesterday at the landmark Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.The opening stage, covering 185km and featuring a 2km climb late on with an average gradient … Read more
Rapha has launched its new limited edition Seeing Sound collection which has been designed in close collaboration with EF Education-EasyPost’s Aussie adventurer Lachlan Morton, featuring a design inspired by the visual representation of sounds and including many of Lachlan’s go-to pieces of clothing on continent-crossing adventure rides.> Data reveals huge strain of Lachlan Morton’s solo … Read more
In this road.cc Recommends special, we’re looking at not one but two excellent bikes from Vitus, the ZX-1 Evo and Vitesse Evo. These bikes did very well when we reviewed them, so now we’re taking a closer look at what makes them so good.road.cc recommends is our curated list of the best stuff we’ve reviewed. … Read more
