The Green Oil Eco Rider Deluxe Set is a great buy – it’s effective, environmentally friendly and well-specced for cleaning and maintaining your bike.The set is sold as everything you need to keep your bike in peak condition while caring for the environment. In the past, it’s often been the case that these sorts of … Read more
Apologies for the rather dramatic headline, but if you cycle in the UK you will know that this is the kind of crap we have to put up with every single day – someone driving a car putting our lives in danger.Paul, the road.cc reader who sent this one in, told us: “I’ve been using a camera … Read more
Cateye’s AMPP 500 is one of its lower powered ‘see by’ lights, but it still manages to chuck out enough lumens to light dark rural roads for riding at a decent pace. It’s not badly priced, though it has a slightly cheap feel to it, and if you need to run it on max most … Read more
Most of us like to treat ourselves to cool new bike stuff from time to time but there’s a place for saving money too, so here are some tips for using everyday alternatives to expensive cycling products.Some of these suggestions come from the road.cc team and some come from readers.If you have any more to … Read more
The Altura Endurance Mistral Women’s Softshell Jacket is light, comfortable and offers good windproofing and reasonable rain-proofing for autumn/early winter rides. It’s a good midlayer for the coldest rides, too.This jacket claims to protect from showers, and it certainly did this well, with no water ingress through the parts of the jacket treated with DWR … Read more
You can all stop Everesting now – a cyclist from Portugal has done it for real, and claims* to be the first person ever to cycle solo to the Base Camp of the world’s highest mountain.Okay, pedalling to an altitude of 5,356 metres isn’t quite what is required to qualify for the Everesting Hall of Fame, … Read more
It’s that time of year again when we’re treated to lots of interesting data collected by the fitness platform giants showing the trends and behaviours of the past 12 months, with fitness and health tracking company Whoop sharing the deets it’s discovered on recovery, sleep, COVID-19 vaccine effects and also the relationship between sex and exercise. > Data reveals huge strain of Lachlan Morton’s … Read more
If a week is a long time in politics, how about three years? That’s how long we’ll have to wait to read the full report commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) into cycling and walking schemes paid for under the Active Travel Fund, introduced last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.In the meantime, … Read more
The Topeak Power Lever X is a clever idea – it’s a set of quick-link pliers that separates to become tyre levers, and it has a couple more little extras tucked away too. It’s sturdy, does a good job and is ideal for either your workshop or your saddlebag.The main role of the Power Lever … Read more
The Rondo HVRT CF 2 Disc road bike is the brand’s versatile road racing bike that can also take some rougher track exploration. It has a full carbon Aero EPS frame and comes with a spec that’s high-quality but at price that’s accessible to many. b@b Rondo HVRT CF 2 Disc Road Bike 2 (Image Credit: Farrelly … Read more
