It’s early in the year to be talking about next year’s contracts – the UCI bans any announcements of transfers until 1 August each year, meaning the rumour mill only really gets going ahead of the Tour de France – but already it seems that Vincenzo Nibali may be heading to Trek-Segafredo for what may … Read more
Magistrates in a Norfolk town have questioned whether it is worthwhile to prosecute a cyclist alleged to have been riding his bicycle while drunk and have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to reconsider the case before it goes to trial.Nerijuis Burkiskis of Garwood denied being drunk in charge of a bicycle when he appeared before … Read more
Welcome to Tuesday on the road.cc live blog with Simon MacMichael, Jack Sexty and the rest of the team.
The Rivelo Newington Reversible Jacket is a decent commuter jacket that offers good protection against the elements and a lot of storage, but the suggestion that it can be reversed for casual situations seems slightly wide of the mark; it’s very definitely a cycling jacket, whichever way round you wear it. Pros: Decent weatherproofing, loads … Read more
Here’s a hi-viz vest from France that’s in the news today, but it has nothing to do with the widely reported gilets jaunes protests that have brought civil unrest to cities across the Channel over the past couple of months – it doubles as an airbag to help protect cyclists in the event of a … Read more
A drunk driver who had been on an eight-hour drinking binge before hitting a cyclist and leaving him to die, and who later told police that he thought he had hit a deer, has been jailed for six years and nine months.David Leather, aged 33 and from Leek, Staffordshire, was also banned from driving for … Read more
The new Ritchey WCS Streem III handlebar has a tweaked design over the previous model to give it a more traditional shape. With plenty of angles going on and a wing section for comfort, it offers a large choice of hand positions and it manages to nail the whole stiffness versus comfort balance perfectly. Pros: … Read more
Welcome to our first five cool things round-up of 2019! We’ve filled ourselves with more turkey, booze and Christmas pud than any amount of cycling can undo, but we’ll be taking advantage of the extra stability downhill while we’re testing kit for the foreseeable… Hunt 30 Carbon Dynamo Disc £1059.00Hunt 30 Carbon Dynamo Disc (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)This is the carbon … Read more
Folding bicycle maker Brompton has leased a warehouse near Heathrow Airport where it has stockpiled parts worth £1 million to minimise disruption to its supply train in the event of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit.The news comes as the company files its annual report and accounts for the year to 31 March 2018, with turnover rising … Read more
The Blackburn DayBlazer 800 front light is one of the most compact torches I’ve used – at least one packing 800 lumens. It represents excellent value and is a great option if you generally ride in built-up areas but fancy letting rip along the backroads after work, although run-times in the higher settings are relatively … Read more
