A senior doctor from Scotland was thrown off an LNER train because he had not booked his bike – even though there were four spare spaces to store bicycles on the service.Dr Graham Mackenzie, a specialist in public health who is now training to be a GP, was heading home from Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy after … Read more
The successor to the original budget direct-drive trainer, Tacx’s Flux S is easy to use, measures your power to a useful level of accuracy and consistency, and works with popular virtual riding applications such as Zwift to make indoor training less dull. It’s still decent value, but it now has stiff competition from other budget … Read more
A 72 year-old great-grandmother managed to reunite a teenager with his stolen bicycle after taking on a bike thief and preventing him from making off with it.Metro reports that Mari Parker was working at her son’s shop, Barnsley Antiques Centre, when a man aged in his 20s came in and tried to sell her the bike … Read more
The Crown Prosecution Service has defended itself from not bringing charges against a drug-driver who left a teenage cyclist seriously injured.George Pennick, aged 74, was found to have more than four times the permitted limit of benzoylecgonine, a by-product of cocaine when police tested him after he was involved in a collision with the 13-year-old … Read more
WattSocks Classic Dutch Orange cycling socks are great if you love bright colours. For those not so brave, there are more subtle colours to go along with the comfort, good breathability and nice fit. Pros: Bright; comfortable; plenty of colour choices; breathable vented mesh Cons: Slightly pronounced cuff If you’re looking for a standout pair … Read more
The founder of the Eroica series of retro sportives, which led to the creation of modern-day classic race Strade Bianche, is in talks with the UCI about creating a professional gravel race series.Italian news agency Adnkronos reports that Giancarlo Brocci, who launched the first edition of the Erioca in the Tuscan town of Gaiole in … Read more
The Lomo Winter Thermal Cycling Top – Full Zip certainly delivers on cost. At just £25 it’s one of the cheapest jerseys we’ve tested. While it has plenty of neat additions for the money, it doesn’t exactly deliver on winter performance like you’d expect a thermal product would, though. It’s certainly not the warmest, and … Read more
A quick-witted road.cc reader who found out his helmet camera hadn’t caught footage of a London taxi driver undertaking him managed to obtain CCTV footage from buses that did capture the incident, resulting in the driver being prosecuted.Joel told us: “A very scary incident with a taxi undertaking me on the approach to Euston Station, … Read more
CeramicSpeed makes some bold performance claims for its UFO Drip Chain Coating and while these are hard to quantify without a laboratory, it is an excellent product for keeping the chain clean and running smoothly with very little other maintenance required. You’ll have to get your head around the price, though. Pros: After the first … Read more
Welcome to Friday’s live blog, with Jack Sexty, Simon MacMichael and the rest of the team.
