When bike-tech geeks talk about innovation, we usually mean incremental improvements: a slightly lighter frame, a marginally more efficient wheelset… Every so often, though, something comes along that challenges our assumptions about what a bike can be, even if it’s not road-legal or commercially available. The Van Rysel FTP^2 concept bike – which made the … Read more
Gravaa, the Dutch company which pioneered a self-inflating and deflating tyre system allowing cyclists to adjust and monitor tyre pressure while riding, has filed for bankruptcy – less than a year on from the brand’s technology being used by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on her way to victory at Paris-Roubaix Femmes.On Wednesday, the Eindhoven-based company was declared … Read more
A German cyclist riding solo around the world to highlight “the existential danger of climate change” has been killed by a suspected lightning strike. Florian Berg, 29, was cycling through the Andes in Peru when he was caught in a storm, as reported by Need to Know. Having contacted the German Embassy to warn that he was … Read more
A video showing a cyclist drafting closely behind a hire car in the Canary Islands has sparked anger on social media, but not in the way you might expect.Local blogger Jose Miguel Arraez Guadalupe uploaded a 40-second video to Facebook and Instagram showing a driver and cyclist travelling along the LZ-1, a major road on … Read more
Welcome to the road.cc Recommends Road Bike of the Year 2025/26, where we count down the very best road bikes that we’ve tested over the past 12 months. These are the ones that made us smile the most… and in some cases, check our own bank balances to see if we could afford to invest … Read more
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The Megamo Reach HT may look like a hardtail mountain bike, but on Megamo’s website it bears the strapline ‘limitless performance, everyday comfort’. The variant I tested, the HT 10 Equipped, features a rear rack, hardwired lights, mudguards and kickstand. It also features the latest (2026) Smart System enabled Gen 5 version of the Bosch Performance Line … Read more
We’ve all had to get used to cycling products being ever more expensive over the past few years, but Rudy Project’s new 3D-printed titanium Performance 40 glasses take some beating; they’re priced at €950. That’s £829. Whoa! So what’s the deal here?2026 Rudy Project Performance 40 glasses straight ahead (Image Credit: Rudy Project)To mark Rudy … Read more
Canyon has announced it will be cutting up to 320 jobs as it “aims to reduce complexity and simplify processes” in its business.The company made the announcement to staff and said the redundancies would be split between its sites in Amsterdam and Koblenz. The news arrives two weeks to the day after founder and CEO told … Read more
