The Chapeau! Dry Tech Tee is a stylish, gravel-oriented casual top that wicks and cools very well. The barely dropped tail and stitching issues undercut both its on-bike performance and cafe-stop looks, though.Chapeau! describes the fit as ‘loose but not baggy,’ and that’s as good a description as any. It hangs slightly away from your … Read more
You all shared your routes with us for our mega competition with komoot to win a Garmin Edge 1030 (the winners have now been chosen, by the way!) and so now we’re sharing our favourite rides with you. This time it’s the turn of our live blog editor Dan – some might say there’s something missing, … Read more
Lezyne’s Tubeless CO2 Blaster is an innovative solution to getting your tubeless tyres sealed and inflated, and with a simple design tweak it’d be really useful, but as it stands it feels a bit compromised.The Tubeless CO2 Blaster is a slightly different take on the tubeless fix kit. If you’ve got a hole in your … Read more
The family of a cyclist killed in Norfolk three years ago have branded a police investigation into his death a “shambles” after the case was closed with no charges brought against either of the two motorists involved, one of whom was more than twice the drink-driving limit when the fatal crash happened.Sze-Ming Cheung, aged 44, … Read more
The Tour de France is over for another year, leaving us with no other option than to get on with some actual work. But this is a great time to have a look back at the tech that we saw and while we couldn’t be at the race in person, that didn’t stop us from … Read more
Giant’s Contend SL 1 Disc is a high-quality aluminium road bike that’s relatively light, comfortable and well priced. It’s not really a racer, but offers a lively, positive ride, with crisp handling.The Contend SL 1 Disc tops Giant’s aluminium road bike line-up, positioned above the SL 2 Disc and the rim brake Contend SL, with … Read more
The competition is now closed and we can announce the Winners!Congratulations to: Steve Baker David Rodgers Johri van EerdabsoluteBLACK will be in contact with you shortly to arrange your prize.For everybody else, thank you for entering and better luck next time.This week’s competition is another fantastic offering from our friends at absoluteBLACK. Not content to sit … Read more
Our story on the live blog yesterday about a film crew parking their vehicles in the cycle lane in London’s Hyde Park has prompted a road.cc reader to share an incident that happened to him a couple of months ago when a driver cut across him to park up on a segregated cycleway in Waltham … Read more
Wales’ record try scorer and former IRB World Player of the Year Shane Williams has unveiled his new Agilis sportswear ranges, having found a new passion for endurance sports since retiring from professional rugby. Launching with ‘cyclewear’ and ‘leisurewear’ ranges, Williams is aiming to offer both high performance garments for on-bike efforts and casual threads for your downtime. > 30 … Read more
