This competition is now closed and we have a winner for the Scribe ‘Core’ or Gravel Wheels worth £870. Congratulations to Maksym Pokrepa! Scribe Wheels will be in contact with you shortly.Many thanks for everybody else who entered the competition and better luck next time.After last week’s incredibly bright competition, we now have some super light wheels … Read more
The Altura Nightvision Zephyr Men’s Stretch Jacket combines protection from the elements with plenty of reflective detailing. The relaxed fit makes it hugely versatile, both on and off the bike, and it comes in a range of bright colours. It could do with a few more vents, really, and a detachable hood would make it … Read more
Updated for 2022 with a lighter frame and hidden cable routing, “if you love crushing frites almost as much as crushing flyovers, the Boone’s the bike for you,” sums up Trek. 2022 Trek Boone 6 Disc full side (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) This CX disc-brake racer was designed with input from big cyclocross names, including … Read more
Former Italian pro Filippo Pozzato is in hospital being treated for severe pneumonia after contracting Covid two weeks ago. Pozzato, who won Milan-San Remo, two stages of the Tour de France and a stage of the Giro d’Italia during his 19-year career, said Covid is not “bullshit” and called himself an “idiot” for being unvaccinated.The 40-year-old … Read more
The Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 groupset brings an extra level of refinement to what was already a brilliant design. The shifting has somehow become smoother, the braking is marginally better, and the system as a whole is far more user-friendly. It might have taken Shimano a few years to catch up with the wireless competition, but … Read more
A gang of bike thieves cut through a lock outside Surrey Quays shopping centre in Rotherhithe, south-east London, yesterday taking a bike as shocked onlookers rang the police.road.cc reader Martin arrived when the four thieves were already in the process of stealing the bicycle, an act which only took a couple of minutes. Three of them had … Read more
The Balkan countries of Southeast Europe are a colourful collection of cultured peoples and wild lands. One of the smallest countries in the region is Montenegro, no bigger than Northern Ireland with one third of the population. Once a Yugoslavian state, Crna Gora (Black Mountain) gained its independence in 2006; and although contentious, its newly found independent identity … Read more
Some Huddersfield motorists have been left baffled by Kirklees Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s plans to promote sustainable alternatives to driving. Part of the measures included in the consultation would see an end to informal parking arrangements on Wakefield Road and new segregated cycle lanes built instead.The proposed plans also include upgraded pedestrian crossings, … Read more
