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Craft Ideal Wind Bib Tights
On paper, Craft’s Ideal Wind Bib Tights are a bit of a bargain, but can the Swedish brand’s tights deliver the performance that their well-featured specification hints at? The answer is a resounding yes: warm, windproof and with decent low-light visibility, there’s a lot to like.The tights are mostly constructed from reasonably heavyweight Thermo Roubaix … Read more
Bike at Bedtime: Steven Kruijswijk’s Bianchi Oltre XR4 Giro d’Italia race bike
The year is 2016. The leading riders have crested the Cima Coppi and have started the descent of the Colle Dell’Agnello. But disaster strikes for the Maglia Rosa, Steven Kruijswijk as he slams into a wall of snow that has banked up at the side of the road.This is Kruijswijk’s bike from the 2020 edition … Read more
Oxford Aqua V20 Single QR Pannier Bag
Oxford’s ever-expanding range of bicycle bags and panniers builds on the company’s years of experience with creating reliable motorcycling luggage. The Oxford Aqua V20 Single QR Pannier Bag is affordable, easy to use and adjust, and utterly bombproof and protective. Only the weight and the stiffness of the roll-down top stop it from being pretty … Read more
Gocycle sets up Dutch subsidiary after Brexit deal “certainty”
Gocycle, the award-winning e-bike brand founded by ex-Formula 1 engineer Richard Thorpe, is setting up a subsidiary in the Netherlands after the Brexit deal signed on Christmas Eve provided “certainty” about the future trading relationship between the UK and EU.The Chessington-based company says it has enjoyed sales growth in Europe of 25 per cent in … Read more
Le Col Women’s Hors Categorie Bib Tights
The Le Col Women’s Hors Categorie Bib Tights are very warm and forgettably comfortable bibs. Yes, they are expensive, but seem to be durable and will cover you across a wide range of temperatures, including the deep winter.Made in Italy, with a construction of 85 per cent polyamide and 15 per cent elastane, this fleece-lined … Read more
Two teenagers arrested after father and son attacked while cycling
Two teenagers have been arrested after a father and son were assaulted with tree branches while riding their bikes through woodland on the Wirral peninsula yesterday.Merseyside Police say the assault happened on Moreton Road in Upton, with the attackers attempting to steal the victims’ bikes, reports the Liverpool Echo.The father, aged 46, and his 16-year-old … Read more
Mint Sauce lockdown fundraiser makes more than £8,000 for Cancer Research
A one-off collection of Mint Sauce cartoons featuring Jo Burt’s much-loved mountain biking sheep has raised more than £8,000 for charity, far exceeding the artist’s expectations for the project which he has been undertaking during lockdown.As we reported last week, Jo, who has blogged regularly for road.cc since the very earliest days of the site, … Read more