Tao Geoghegan Hart, second and third in successive Vuelta stages earlier this week, finally got on the podium after yesterday’s penultimate stage to collect the most combative rider award – but had an unwelcome surprise when he returned to his bike to discover that his Garmin had been stolen.The 24-year-old, who had finished 12th on … Read more
The Triban RC120 Disc is an entry-level road bike with mechanical disc brakes from Continental budget bike maestro Triban/Decathlon. With almost faultless ride manners, a perfectly practical spec and the extra incentive of that enhanced stopping power, the RC120 Disc has more potential as a high-mileage road machine than its price might suggest. Pros: All-round … Read more
Dozens of protesters on bikes from the Extinction Rebellion group yesterday brought roads around Bristol Airport to a standstill in protest at plans to expand its capacity to 12 million passengers a year by the mid-2020s.BBC News reports that on Saturday lunchtime, traffic queues of between two and three miles in length had built up … Read more
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows the moment a Mini driver turned left across the path of a cyclist without indicating in Bermondsey, south London.The footage was submitted by Simon, who said that he’d love to get the views of fellow road.cc readers on it. The left-hook itself is at … Read more
Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates – at 20 years of age, the youngest rider in this year’s Vuelta – has won Stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana after launching a solo attack from more than 30 kilometres out on a historic day for Slovenian cycling, with Jumbo Visma’s Primoz Roglic poised to ride … Read more
The Cycle Show has become a great place to see lots of new bikes, mainly from British brands, and we’ve pulled together some highlights from the 2019 show with new bikes from Kinesis, Whyte, Ribble, Shand and many more. You can still get to the Cycle Show as it runs all weekend and road.cc readers can … Read more
Mathieu van der Poel has won the 2019 Ovo Energy Tour of Britain after winning the final stage in Manchester, his third stage win of the week.Earlier, his Corenden Circus team mates ensured that his closest rival, Matteo Trentin of Mitchelton-Scott, could not pick up the intermediate sprint bonus seconds he needed to have a … Read more
Videos posted to Instagram show moped riders in London deliberately pushing cyclists from their bikes, with Cycling UK describing is as “despicable behaviour.”In one video, a moped rider shouts, “Get over!” as he pushes a cyclist into a brick wall, with another rider shouting, “He’s off, he’s off!,” reports The Times.A separate video shows a … Read more
It’s not all about the bikes at The Cycle Show (athough there are lots of lovely ones)… there was plenty of cool new tech, gear and clothing on show too when we visited this week. Best new bikes from the Cycle Show 2019Here are some of our highlights, with brand new lights from Cateye, new helmets … Read more
A road.cc reader who obtained dashcam footage of an incident in which he was left with cuts and bruises after he was knocked off his bike in South West London by a hit and run driver has been told by police that they cannot take action against the motorist because the vehicle involved had cloned registration plates.The … Read more
