Welcome to Tuesday’s live blog, with Jack Sexty, Simon MacMichael and the rest of the team.
HS2 could decimate a brand new £1.2m greenway, a local cycle tourism programme, cut off up to ten interconnected cycling and walking routes, and destroy future active travel links in Derbyshire, by failing to plan bridges and tunnels, road.cc has learned.Derbyshire County Council is still building the (£1.2m) Clowne Branch Greenway, a 7.4km long traffic … Read more
Shimano has updated its fourth-tier Tiagra groupset with new Dual Control hydraulic brake levers, mimicking 105, Ultegra and Dura-Ace, bringing better ergonomics to entry-level road bikes as well as improved mechanical shifting performance.Shimano Tiagra 20196 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Tiagra, Shimano’s most expensive 10-speed groupset, was last updated in 2016 and ushered in hydraulic disc brakes … Read more
We hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday… we certainly did, which is why this is coming to you a day later than usual! Here’s the pick of the test pile this week…Triban RC 520 Gravel£849.99Triban RC 520 Gravel – bars (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Most of Decathlon’s B’Twin range has now morphed into the Triban … Read more
The Panaracer GravelKing will take some beating on rough roads in this whopping 38mm size. We’ve already reviewed both the 26mm and the 32mm versions of these tyres and this pothole-conquering, gravel-busting 38mm version in Nile Blue is just as impressive. It’s light for a 38mm at 337g, is very easy to set up tubeless … Read more
The atest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a motorist in Glasgow who made a close pass on one cyclist then tailgated another before turning left – although the rider who shot the footage says he doesn’t believe there was any “malicious” intent, just some poor driving.It was filmed on 2 … Read more
Zwift has partnered with the Giro d’Italia and will add a brand new 8.2km prologue course on the same day as the professionals line up for the Italian Grand Tour on Saturday 11th May.The new 8.2km expansion is a simulation of the Giro’s opening prologue time trial around the streets of Bologna. It starts with … Read more
An expert on the BBC TV programme Antiques Roadshow has put a £2,000 valuation on a child-sized penny-farthing bicycle, stunning the owner who bought it for a tenth of that sum in a house clearance sale.The owner had brought the Victorian bicycle to the filming of the latest episode of the show at Newcastle Civic … Read more
It’s been a long time coming, but after teasing with Ultegra RX last year, it’s finally here, Shimano has announced its first dedicated groupset aimed at gravel and adventure bikes. Called GRX, the new offering provides a wide spread of possible builds including 10 and 11-speed, 1x and 2x, mechanical and electronic, wide or close-range … Read more
The FLR F-II Pro Road Race shoes use a lot of technology trickled down from the top of FLR’s range and offer a comfortable fit and decent ventilation when the weather gets warm. If you have any performance aspirations, though, you might find the soles a little too flexible. Pros: Comfortable upper and sole shape, … Read more
