A cyclist in Florida who crashed his bike while riding a trail and landed on an alligator sustained serious injuries after the reptile attacked him.According to Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at around 11am yesterday at Halpatiokee Park in Stuart, a city around 100 miles north of Miami on Florida’s Atlantic coast.Police said … Read more
As you may already know if you’ve been following our Built in Britain series with Muc-Off, back in May we raffled what is going to be one very special bike! A frame built by Rourke, painted by Gun Control Paint and rolling on wheels from Pacenti Cycle Design, our raffle winner has been chosen and £3,764 was raised … Read more
The Scott Sport Shield Supersonic Edition sunglasses may have their design roots set in the past, but with excellent clarity from the large lens and loads of eye coverage, their performance is certainly bang up to date. They aren’t a bad price either.There are two versions of these sunglasses, the standard Sport Shields which come … Read more
A motorist who nearly hit a cyclist then claimed to police that he had not been driving the vehicle has been jailed thanks to video footage taken by the rider.Police discovered that the person Kyle Walsh said was behind the wheel during the incident in Sunderland on 19 April 2019 could not possibly have been … Read more
Lachlan Morton of EF-Education Nippo rode solo fully unsupported ahead of the Tour de France this year and beat the peloton to the Champs-Élysées by about six days, completing his Alt Tour challenge on 13 July after 17 days of riding – now the team’s fitness tracking partner Whoop has released his data to show … Read more
Usually, when we hear of motorists being advised to give cyclists a certain amount of room, it’s in the context of overtaking – so we were rather surprised when road.cc reader Brent told us of an advert he had seen on YouTube from an insurance company in Canada that says they should allow bike riders one … Read more
Whether you should choose rim brakes or disc brakes is a big issue for more and more people these days with the bike market becoming mixed at ever-lower price points. We’ve run an article in the past about why you might want to think twice before going all-in with disc brakes, so we thought it … Read more
Two cyclists have been killed while taking part in time trials during the past week, with police in both cases appealing for information.In the first incident, a rider taking part in a time trial organised by Beacon Roads Cycling Club on the K33/10S course was killed on the A46 between Salford Priors and Alcester in Warwickshire … Read more
Favero has launched a Shimano-compatible system for its Assioma power meter pedals that allows riders to convert pre-owned Shimano SPD-SL pedals. There’s a catch though, the Q-factor has been upped significantly from the industry standard 54mm to 65mm – riders with wider pelvises are more likely to get on with this.2021 Favero Assioma DUO-Shi 4 … Read more
