The new Trek Emonda ALR 5 Disc has arrived at road.cc HQ so let’s take a quick look before we send it out for review.Trek Emonda ALR5 – full bike (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)We’ve reviewed the Trek Emonda ALR 6 in the past but the Emonda ALR framesets have been updated for 2019, as announced … Read more
A judge has said that an uninsured teenager would have known that a cyclist was underneath his car when he performed a three-point turn in the road after the pair had had a confrontation. Andrei Marginica, who fled the scene and then left for France, was jailed for 15 months and banned from driving for … Read more
Today’s submission in our Near Miss of the Day series shows an incident at London’s Old Street roundabout where a cyclist riding in a cycle lane gets cut up by a driver – who then gets out of his car and who asked the cyclist “why did you put your bike there?” and advised him to … Read more
A coroner has said that the investigation into Mike Hall’s “avoidable” death while taking part in the Indian Pacific Wheel Race in 2017 was “to some degree compromised by the loss of significant evidence” because police had not retained all of his clothing. Bernadette Boss also concluded that the driver involved in the collision did … Read more
Panaracer claims its Race C Evo 3 Classic Folding tyre offers the best possible performance from a premium road race tyre. This latest version is said to offer better rolling resistance and greater puncture protection while maintaining impressive cornering grip in all weathers. The holy grail then, but do you know what? They do a … Read more
London’s former cycling commissioner has accused Sadiq Khan of presiding over the construction of a “fake cycle network”. Andrew Gilligan says that in many areas the mayor is doing little more than adding Quietway signs to roads and claiming them as new routes.Earlier this year, London’s current cycling commissioner, Will Norman, launched the city’s new … Read more
A couple of years ago Italian tyre brand Vittoria was the first to add wonder material graphene to its tyres, and for 2019 it has launched the second generation compound Graphene 2.0, along with adding tubeless options for the first time.The headline claims make for interesting reading. Vittoria reckons the new Graphene 2.0 compound provides … Read more
The LEM Volata helmet offers a comfortable shape, plenty of adjustment and a decent weight for the money. It’s well worth a look if you want to go semi-aero on a budget, although ventilation could be an issue as temperatures rise. Pros: Adjustment for circumference and height, attention to detail Cons: Ventilation will be an … Read more
