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 10 best gravel and road bike wheels you can buy Honourable mentions: Tubeless rim-brake wheels under £1,000 Tubeless disc-brake wheels under £1,000 Tubeless rim-brake … 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 10 best high-vis cycling jackets in 2022 Honourable mentions Things to know about high-vis jackets Cyclists in high visibility jackets (usually abbreviated to ‘hi-vis’) … Read more
Updated April 25, 2021What’s the difference between a cyclocross bike and a gravel bike? It’s a question we see asked a lot, as more and more bikes are launched in the gravel bike niche. Let’s try and clear things up.According to our resident cynic VecchioJo Burt the difference between a cyclocross bike and a gravel … Read more
Owning a fine titanium bike is a bucket list ambition for many cyclists, because while steel is a really nice material for making a bicycle frame, titanium is an even nicer choice. At road.cc we admit to a major soft spot for titanium bikes and we’ve tested dozens of them over the years. These are … Read more
Updated April 24, 2021It’s a gut-wrenching, awful feeling. You step out of a shop, cafe or pub and instead of your beloved bike there’s an empty space and the remains of the bike lock that, it turns out, just wasn’t up to the job. Here’s how to stop this happening to you.Bike theft is a … Read more
We’ve spent thousands of hours testing hundreds of sets of the best road bike handlebars. Here are our recommendations for the best you can buy to jazz up your bike’s front end. This guide includes links to retailers; we may make a commission if you buy a product after following a link. More about road.cc … Read more
If you’re after custom cycle clothing there are a lot of options out there these days and the process of getting exactly what you want is surprisingly easy… as long as you go through the various stages methodically. Plan far enough in advance and it should be stress-free.Just to make it clear, we’re talking about … 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
[This article was last updated on May 6, 2021]If you’re deciding between Shimano 105 and Shimano Ultegra groupsets, either on a complete bike or as an upgrade, here’s everything you need to know to make the right choice. Both Shimano 105 and Shimano Ultegra are 11-speed groupsets with the same capacity for sprocket and chainring … Read more
If you’re determined to cycle through the winter whatever the weather, an easy way to make it more pleasant is by investing in the best road bike mudguards. They will prevent a lot of the spray created by the wheels from turning you into a soggy mess. If you’ve never used mudguards — and a … Read more
