A video showing a lorry driver knocking deliberately knocking a cyclist off his bike after the cyclist hit out and broke the vehicle’s wing mirror has received more than 2 million views on Facebook – and generated a huge amount of debate that one road.cc reader tells us is reflective of the level of anti-cyclist … Read more
The company behind a £2,000 in-home exercise bike that enables the likes of David Beckham to take part in virtual spinning classes has told an Australian cyclist and YouTube user to stop using its name – Peloton – in the titles of his videos.News of the letter Shane Miller received from its lawyers was greeted … Read more
A 71-year-old member of a charity organisation chased down a bike thief in Sussex and reunited the owner with her bike which had just been taken from outside a bookshop where she was browsing.The Eastbourne Herald reports that Chris Millen set off in pursuit of the would-be thief when he saw him making off with the bike from … Read more
SP Connect’s Saddle Case Set is a solid and sturdy storage option for your bike, and it makes a nice little package in tandem with the All-Round Safety Light (review to come) which can be fitted to the rear. Pros: Water-resistant, sturdy, good fitting system, built-in bracket for light Cons: Not big enough for (some) mini-pumps, … Read more
A minibus driver’s “momentary lapse in concentration” led to the death of a cyclist, a court has been told.Robert Worden, aged 53 and from Great Harwoood, died in hospital from injuries sustained when he was knocked off his bike and then run over at the Whitebirk roundabout in Blackburn on 5 May this year, reports … Read more
The driver of a Porsche Boxster car has been arrested on suspicion of causing death dangerous driving after a head-on crash in Solihull left a cyclist dead yesterday.West Midlands Police said that the fatal crash happened on Eastcote Lane just before 12 Noon.The cyclist, a 51-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene and police … Read more
Geraint Thomas has been tipped to receive a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours to set the seal on a remarkable year for the Welshman.Already a double Olympic champion in the team pursuit, the 32-year-old’s Tour de France victory in July has propelled him to superstardom.The Team Sky rider’s elevated public profile was confirmed last … Read more
If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from our coverage of cycling on British roads, it’s that a sure-fire way to avoid being seen is to don a hi-vis vest and climb on a bike. Is this the ingenious method by which the Gatwick drone suspects evaded capture for so long?Late on Friday, a man and … Read more
Richard Freeman, the former doctor to Team Sky and British Cycling, may tell a General Medical Council hearing in the New Year that testosterone patches delivered to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester were destined for senior members of the governing body’s staff – something the individuals concerned are said to have denied, according to … Read more
