The Vizirider LED Cycling Backpack Cover is a weatherproof cover for a wide range of rucksack shapes and sizes, and boosts visibility still further with rechargeable red LEDs. It does a good job at what it aims to do, but could do with a few tweaks.Made from highly water-repellent fabric, this cover is available in … Read more
The Big Two in cycling components, Campagnolo and Shimano, have delivered us lots of great bike parts over the years. But now and then it all goes horribly wrong. Let’s take a look at some of their worst blunders.Shimano HollowTech II cranksets: might split in two shimano crank failure – via HawkinsPeter on rodcc forum … Read more
The Van Rysel EDR CF 105 Disc is part of the Decathlon brand’s new endurance line-up, but don’t go thinking that it has some kind of relaxed, upright, soft riding style about it. This bike still focuses on performance, and thanks to some well-sorted geometry you end up with a machine that can be ridden … Read more
Cycling commentator Ned Boulting has said that a ‘porn film’ was ‘inexplicably’ played through Giro d’Italia sound channels before the stage began today. The author and journalist added it was a ‘source of considerable hilarity’ and a sound engineer was trying ‘desperately’ to locate where it was coming from.Former cyclist David Millar commented: “The Giro is the gift … Read more
The president of the AA said it ‘doesn’t look great’ after one of his company’s vans was pictured parked in a cycle lane. Edmund King OBE, was responding to an image posted on social media of the vehicle parked in a cycle path in Cheadle Hume, Stockport. Twitter user, Andy Brown spotted the van and posted an image asking the … Read more
Female delivery riders have spoken out about the harassment they receive from men while trying to do their job. Bristol delivery rider Alex Ramosova, 22, said that she often wears masculine clothes when she’s working to avoid getting unwanted comments. She said: “I dress like a man, I hide my hair and wear a really bulky, puffy jacket.“I want to … Read more
A cyclist, her husband, a cargo bike and a poodle created a social media storm this week when they ‘photobombed’ the Liverpool team bus. Harrie Larrington-Spencer, 30, a PHD student at Salford University, was on her way to the pub with her husband, Çağlar, 33, and her 18 month old poodle, Frida.The trio were travelling along a quiet cycle route they … Read more
This article contains links to retailers. Purchases made after clicking on those links may help support road.cc by earning us a commission. Find out more about road.cc buyer’s guides. Contents The best workstands you can buy Honourable mentions Everything you need to know about workstands A workstand aka bicycle repair stand holds your bike firmly … Read more
Want something to read? There are vast numbers of cycling books out there; few activities have as wide a range of literature. There are books on the bikes themselves, in all their variety; books on where to ride; on riding technique; on the great — and not so great — races; on cyclesport’s heroes and … Read more
Updated April 25, 2021From scrappy upstart with knobby tyres in the 1980s, though the boom of the 1990s, mountain biking has become an essential, muddy part of the cycling landscape. If you’re a mountain biking beginner who came to cycling via the road bike boom, why should you have a go at mountain biking?When the … Read more
