Komoot has set us a challenge to ride and film some of the best routes that the UK has to offer. For the first in this series, we didn’t want to do any old road ride on roads that are familiar to us. We wanted to push ourselves and use Komoot’s routing tools to the best of … Read more
Ashton Lambie has broken the four-minute barrier for riding 4km from a standing start, riding 16 laps of the Aguascalientes Velodrome in Mexico in a time of 3 minutes 59.930 seconds.The American gravel rider turned track cyclist is supported by the UK’s Huub Design and Watt Shop, and a teammate of Dan Bigham on the Huub … Read more
Ribble Cycles has launched a new Ultra aero road bike with a radical frameset design, an innovative handlebar, and some bold aero claims. 2022 Ribble Ultra SL R Hero – 2 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) Dubbed the Bat Bike during development, Ribble says that the Ultra’s design brief was to be “the fastest aero road … Read more
Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Fenix has won Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana, his second victory of the race, on a day when a massive crash split the field with 12km remaining of the 184.4km stage from Tarancon to Albacete.Among the riders caught up in the crash was race leader Rein Taaramae of Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert, with the … Read more
Cyclists in Birmingham will have to dismount when travelling through a main road in the city centre due to tramlines or else take a diversion – leading one local campaigner to describe the city as “way behind Manchester and London” when it comes to provision for people on bikes.The expansion of the existing line 1 of … Read more
Just when you thought there weren’t enough jerseys in the world to choose from, the Santini Karma Kite comes along and makes it all better. It’s cool, comfortable, stylish and really nicely made. Oh, and it’s got a tiny Italian flag on it, which will probably make you faster.Santini says this is its ‘Classic comfort … Read more
“Excuse me, do you know the way to Newcastle?”I’ve cycled to Mount Everest, I’ve even cycled in North Korea, but last week I took on a real adventure… I cycled the length of England without a mobile phone. How did I find the experience, people’s reactions, and did I get to the place I was trying to … Read more
“Not all d*ckheads drive BMWs – some ride them instead” is the observation road.cc reader Richard made after this shocking incident while he was out for a group ride at the weekend.“A small group of us were out on a social ride on Sunday (15th August) on the quiet Essex roads and some motorbikes went past,” … Read more
