Look away no if you’re not a fan of 1x. British company Vielo has followed up its V+1 adventure bike from a year ago with the brand new R+1, a carbon fibre road bike built entirely around a 1x groupset with space for up to 30mm tyres.– Review: Vielo V+1Vielo launch R+137 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)The British … Read more
A cycling competition which had been due to take place at a secondary school in Leicester involving pupils from 11 primary schools has been cancelled after thieves took 30 Chris Hoy bikes from the premises.The Leicester Mercury reports that the bikes were funded by British Cycling and the school, New College Leicester, in 2017.Bikes, bibs, … Read more
Sport England’s annual Active Lives survey has found that while 498,100 more people (aged 16+) are meeting the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of doing at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week, there has been a decline in the levels of cycling for leisure, sport and travel compared to the previous year. … Read more
At the end of 2018, Wiltshire-based life-long cyclist John Else achieved a major milestone, marking 50 years as a cycling coach, during which time he trained and advised a great number of cyclists in the South West region, and across the country.John started cycling in the 1950s, and over the following decades took part in … Read more
While handy for touring or commutes where you just can’t be without your phone, the BTR Deluxe Bike Bag & Phone Mount is too bulky for enthusiastic riders – plus it’s either waterproof or transparent, but not both. Pros: Straps fit any frame, solidly built Cons: Interferes with pedalling, not fully waterproof, can slump sideways … Read more
SRAM has just announced its acquisition of the PowerTap line of power meters from Saris, which includes the P2 pedal power meter and G3 hub power meter which it plans to merge into its range alongside the Quarq and Zero power meters.The news comes as a surprise. We don’t know if Saris has been wanting … Read more
Welcome to Thursday’s live blog, with Alex Bowden, Jack Sexty and contributions from the rest of the team.
In this incident, which took place earlier today at the junction of Gas Lane, Anvil Street and Oxford Street in Bristol, a van driver pulls out of a side road straight across the path of a cyclist. Attempts to report the collision to police subsequently met with mixed results.Writing to road.cc Peter said: “There I … Read more
