A thief who posed as a potential buyer of an e-bike worth £6,800 but made off with it when he took it for a test ride, leaving a stolen van with the seller as collateral, has been jailed for 12 months.Louis Maxwell, aged 34 and from Newport, Gwent, had got in touch with the seller … Read more
Bike theft victims in Cambridge, where more bikes are stolen per head of population than any other city in the UK, have been sharing their frustrations with road.cc, with one highlighting that repeated break-ins at bike storage facilities where she lives have left people feeling “powerless” and another saying that after their bikes were stolen, … Read more
Rover Development has launched its patent pending PSIcle sensor that allows riders to check tyre pressures quickly before road and gravel rides, and fine-tune during, with the PSIcle app. The Kickstarter page has already raised £9,981 towards its £24,794 goal, and there’s 27 days to go. 2021 Rover Development PSIcle sensor (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Battery-free, … Read more
Velocio’s Women’s Ultralight Bib Shorts are very breathable and – thanks to a comfortable pad, effective comfort-break design and totally opaque finish – they transfer well from indoor turbo sessions to long days on hot roads.Light and breathable bibs are always handy. Even if you’re not treated to gorgeous hot weather all the time, they … Read more
Belarus has been stripped of hosting next month’s European Track Cycling Championships, which were due to have been held in Minsk from 23-27 June. The Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC) says it is now working on finding an alternative venue.As we reported yesterday, Great Britain Cycling Team performance director Stephen Park said earlier this week that … Read more
An image of a Colnago bike has fetched almost $8,600 at auction, with the Italian bike maker becoming the first – as far as we know – company within the cycling industry to have cashed in on the growing non-fungible token (NFT) trend in which digital assets are stored on a blockchain.The digital picture of … Read more
Zwift and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has now announced the full series of cycling events for the first ever Olympic Virtual Series (OVS) on the online training platform.2021 Zwift OVS 3 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)The all-new OVS was launched last month by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is an Olympic-licensed event open to … Read more
Bontrager’s MIK Commuter Boot Bag is a really well made and superbly stable rear rack bag with surprisingly decent carrying capacity, excellent waterproofing and impressive practicality both on and off the bike. It’s a little heavy and a fair price, but you won’t be disappointed.I don’t know the absolute data but I suspect trunk bags … Read more
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