Police in Gloucestershire are investigating an attempted robbery which saw a teenage cyclist stopped on a canal towpath, before being threatened with a plastic handgun and stabbed as he attempted to ride away.Fortunately, Gloucestershire Police explained the victim, a 16-year-old boy, was able to ride away from his attacker but suffered a “small wound” when … Read more
The Q36.5 Dottore Clima Bib Shorts are light, cool and gently compressive, and have an impressive sense of quality. They’re neatly panelled with all kinds of exciting textures to remind you where your money’s gone, but you’ll need quite an aggressive riding position to get the best of the pad, and the tendency of the … Read more
British heritage bike brand Pashley has launched its latest steel-framed gravel bike, the Wildfinder. It’s the latest addition to the Finder range, which already includes the Roadfinder and Pathfinder models. The new Wildfinder offers a more rugged, almost drop bar mountain bike aesthetic and aims to appeal to those wanting to undertake long rides off-road as … Read more
It’s September now, so you might be wondering if I managed to get my Randonneur-round-the-year 200km ride done in August. And the answer is: yes. Just. At the second attempt.In a fit of hubris I originally decided to do the August ride on the Brompton G-Line I’m testing (look out for that soon). And to … Read more
A High Court judge has ordered a construction firm to pay compensation to a cyclist injured in a crash caused by the base of a traffic bollard which was installed next to a cycle lane outside one of the company’s building projects in east London.The case surrounded the £54m Britannia Leisure Centre in Hoxton, construction company … Read more
We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links on this pageThis week’s Five Cool Things features a 100g saddle from Berk, Panda Optics sunnies, an all-in-one toolkit from Topeak, plus carbon wheels from Roval and Fulcrum. Here are the key details before the full reviews land on road.cc in the coming weeks…Roval Rapide CL III (£1,548) 2025 … Read more
Cycling campaigners in Northern Ireland have warned that people are being pushed back towards car-dependency by rail providers’ strict no bikes policy on rush hour trains. This, coupled with poor cycle parking facilities at stations, means people are “being forced to revert to car-dependency behaviours once again”, they say.The Ards and North Down Cycle Campaign … Read more
A drug driver who killed a cyclist before fleeing the scene and setting fire to his car in a bid to destroy evidence has been jailed for 14 years.Jonathan Knight was sentenced to 11 years for driving offences and three years for perverting the course of justice. He was found guilty of causing death by driving … Read more
The BBC amended coverage of a collision in Scotland which it claimed involved the rider of an e-bike, a vehicle that was in fact an electric motorbike, the case the latest example of media inaccuracy around e-bikes.While the BBC are not the only regular offenders — reports in print, online and broadcast media consistently call vehicles e-bikes when they are … Read more
