A woman from Grimsby has described how she rode into barbed wire stretched across a path while out riding her bike with her husband.Fortunately, Kat Slater was not badly hurt in the incident, which happened on Sunday, but she has warned other cyclists to be vigilant, reports the Grimsby TelegraphShe was on a bike ride … Read more
Vulpine’s Men’s Cycling Jeans offer everything you could ever really expect with cycling-friendly denim. They fit well with good coverage at the back; they offer a bit of stretch, so as not to hinder movement; and they even have impressive comfort in the saddle with a seam-free diamond of material at the gusset. Just a … Read more
Welcome to the penultimate road.cc live blog of the decade with Simon MacMichael and the rest of the road.cc team.
A nurse in Bath who discovered on Christmas Eve that her bike had been stolen from outside the hospital where she had been working a night shift has told the thief who took it, “I may be looking after your relative in hospital for all I know.”Catherine Harding, who works at St Martin’s Hospital in … Read more
The gravel, adventure and all-road sector of cycling has developed massively over recent years and here are the bikes from this broad category that we think have been the most innovative since 2010.You hear loads of terms used to cover these bikes but, essentially, we’re talking about drop handlebar bikes designed, at least partly, for … Read more
Nic Dlamini, the NTT Pro Cycling rider whose arm was broken during an altercation with South African National Parks (SANParks) staff when he was on a training ride on Friday says he does not know when he will be back on his bike, and that a major international law firm is acting for him in … Read more
Most cyclists are also motorists, as highlighted at the start of this Near Miss of the Day video from road.cc reader Dave, who takes to his motorcycle to show the safe way to overtake people on bikes.What prompted him to do that is an incident, also show on the video, in which a motorist made a … Read more
The Chrome Mazer Vigil Pack is an excellent choice for commuting, with a large capacity, a design that sits well on the back, and a huge number of storage options so you can organise your stuff. It looks good too, though it is pretty expensive. Pros: Loads of storage, looks good, comfortable Cons: Fairly expensive, … Read more
Police in Dublin have found more than 100 stolen bikes collectively worth more than €250,000 in a shipping container.Officers are now trying to reunite the high-end bikes, found during a raid in the south of the Irish capital, with their owners, reports the Irish Times.The discovery was made when Gardai executed a search warrant on the … Read more
Boris Johnson said he wanted a bicycle for Christmas – well, he got a two-wheeler alright but it’s an off-road dirt motorcycle.The Mail on Sunday reports that the motorcycle, a second-hand Yamaha TTR 125 that apparently cost the Conservative politician’s girlfriend Carrie Symonds £1,000.After winning an 80-seat majority at the general election earlier this month, … Read more
