Dan Craven, the Namibian cyclist whose ‘live tweeting’ while riding the Olympic road race at Rio five years ago went viral, is out of the Tokyo Games after testing positive for COVID-19.The 38-year-old revealed on social media that he had tried for months to secure vaccination in Spain, where he lives.To rub salt in the … Read more
A glance at a picture of Tadej Pogacar’s 2021 Tour de France race bike might have led you to believe that we could have done a quick cmd+c, cmd+v of his 2020 winning bike and clocked off for an early lunch – but a second glance would have shown you a shift in the Slovenian’s … Read more
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series is a particularly nasty one as a skip lorry driver makes an extremely close pass on a cyclist.Jayme, the road.cc reader who filmed it, said: “Unfortunately, the timestamp is out by about 15 minutes, so I can’t send it off to Avon & Somerset Police. “But … Read more
Muc-Off has announced its new target to save over 200 tonnes of plastic by 2023 after it topped the original goal of 30 tonnes by shifting to recycled cardboard packaging and upping its product refill stations.The bicycle care brand has so far saved in excess of 94 tonnes of plastic from its products since setting it’s … Read more
Hounslow Council has voted to make Cycleway 9, built as a temporary facility last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, permanent.The route, much of which passes along Chiswick High Road, has been a decade in the planning and proposals for the segregated infrastructure were overwhelmingly backed following two consultations.The West London borough brought forward … Read more
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
