Ultra-light Roval gravel wheels offering “faultless” performance and featherweight Castelli bib shorts: road.cc Recommends updated with nine great products

We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links on this pageEvery month we collate the things that have impressed our expert reviewers the most, and nine products have made the most recent cut. This month’s selection is packed with lightweight summer kit, gravel tech and clever accessories.The full nine are listed below and there’s … Read more

“Far too much business as usual”: Transport for London fails to install a single cycle lane on its own network last year, damning new report finds

Transport for London did not install a single cycle lane on its own road network last year, instead relying on individual boroughs to build their own infrastructure, a new report shows.London’s Healthy Streets Scorecard Coalition published data on TfL’s own road network for the first time, having previously monitored the progress of active travel across … Read more

Amazon makes a million e-bike deliveries in Belgium (despite company’s carbon emissions rising by 16%), Portland’s world record ambitions, another e-bike brand goes pop + more

Another red-hot week, another red-hot Week in E-bikes. Things that we have deemed worthy of covering this week include Amazon’s cargo e-bike celebrations (ahem, greenwashing, ahem), Scottish e-bike expansions, and Portland’s bonkers world record attempt…Amazon celebrates a million deliveries via cargo e-bike Amazon Cargo E-bike (Image Credit: Amazon) Amazon has completed one million deliveries via … Read more

Specialized Cotton TLR

The Specialized Cotton TLR is raced in the UCI WorldTour by the likes of Demi Vollering and Remco Evenepoel, and it lived up to that pedigree in my testing. The new tubeless version of the popular Cotton clincher pairs wonderful ride quality with low weight, excellent grip and the perception of low rolling resistance.Despite Specialized … Read more

Sans Self-Cleaning Water Bottle

The Sans Self-Cleaning Water Bottle is an interesting proposition for people who love clean living. It has some interesting tech but some practical drawbacks. The UV-C purification technology is genuinely clever, the insulation works well, and the battery lasts a long time. However, it is expensive with limited use, and needing to unscrew the lid … Read more

“A false understanding of the law”: Labour MP demands BBC amends ‘e-bike injury payouts’ article that failed to mention £110m in claims all involved illegal bikes

The Labour MP for Leeds North East has written to the BBC’s director of editorial policy and standards to demand that an article about millions paid out in compensation to people injured by the riders of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters be amended, saying the article had factual inaccuracies and that the use of the generic … Read more