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McDonald’s exercise bikes customers can ride while eating confirmed as real – but they’re not for the reason everyone assumes
Exercise bikes in a branch of fast food chain McDonald’s in China that featured in a TikTok video that went viral in recent days are real according to fact-checking website Snopes.com – but the rationale behind them is not the one that that has been assumed by commenters on social media and media outlets around the world.Mail Online, … Read more
Near Miss of the Day 683: Oncoming driver misses cyclist by inches
“It could have ended badly for me” is the verdict of the cyclist who found a motorist driving towards him without slowing down despite a flatbed truck being parked on the driver’s side of the road – with the vehicle missing him by just inches.Johnny, the road.cc reader who sent it in for our Near … Read more
MAAP Alt_Road Merino Sock
MAAP’s Alt_Road Merino Socks are luxurious, warm and stylish. They don’t hold odours, so won’t be hitting the laundry pile as often as some synthetic alternatives. They don’t look out of place off the bike either, so you could get plenty of use out of them – which you might appreciate after parting with £25 … Read more
Sunset to Sunrise
Come June, you’ll see lots of people setting out on a lovely sunrise to sunset ride on the longest day of the year. We’ll talk about it on the site. There are lots of organised ones you can join. The weather will be warm (relatively speaking), the daylight hours extensive. It’s a fun day out. … Read more
Motorcyclist killed, cyclist seriously injured, after crash in Poole
A motorcyclist has been killed and a cyclist seriously injured after a road traffic collision in Poole.Dorset Police, who are appealing for witnesses, say that they were alerted to the fatal crash on Ringwood Road at the junction with Fernside Road outside the Shah of Persia pub at 0713hrs on Tuesday 21 December.The rider of … Read more
2021 bike tech in numbers: it has been an incredible year for statistics!
If you believe the PR, every new bike that’s launched is lighter than the previous version, stiffer than its rivals, and more aerodynamically efficient than anything already out there, and there’s always an impressive-sounding statistic to prove the point. We’ve seen more hard-to-verify statistics from the bike industry than ever before in 2021; an increase … Read more
Cyclist who rode into barbed wire trap needed 17 stitches in neck (+ graphic images)
The cyclist who rode into a hidden barbed wire trap on a trail in the Rhondda Valley in south Wales at the weekend needed 17 stitches to be inserted into the wounds in his neck, it has emerged.Pictures of the injuries sustained by Tony Roberts went viral after they were shared online at the weekend, … Read more
Park Tool SHX-1 Slide Hammer Extractor
The Park Tool SHX-1 Slide Hammer Extractor is a fabulously expensive way to remove bearings from your frame or wheels. Yes, it’s beautifully machined and presented, and it works well, but you cannot avoid the fact that near-identical functionality can be had for around £400 less.If you own a modern bike, it almost certainly has … Read more