Greg James and fellow BBC Radio DJ and TV personality Zoe Ball are getting in the saddle for this year’s Sport Relief, each undertaking a five-day challenge that will involve hundreds of miles of cycling.Given the weather forecast, it’s a safe bet that if you were planning to climb the highest peaks in Wales, England … Read more
The Monton Ghat Windbreaker Jacket is a smart looking, race cut windproof that offers excellent breathability when you are riding hard. The top performance as part of a layering system goes some way to justifying its high rrp, but I’d want more before I considered paying full whack for it. Oh, and I hate motivational … Read more
Boom! We’ve got winners and runners up – five in number be they to our fantastic compo that offered up the chance to win a pair of tickets to The Cycling Podcast Tour + a copy of their new book, A Journey Through the Cycling Year, plus five copies of the book for the five … Read more
Today’s entry in our Near Miss of the Day feature shows the moment a van driver in Essex made a close pass on a cyclist in Essex while leaning on the horn and giving the rider some verbal abuse as he passed him.The rider, road.cc reader Ian, told us that it took place at Epping … Read more
A street in Auckland, New Zealand is to get painted with polka dots in a bid to slow motorists down and make them look out for cyclists and pedestrians.The scheme on Federal Street is a temporary measure being introduced by Auckland Transport until the road, which lies on a hill in the city’s Central Business … Read more
A Kickstarter project to fund a reprint of the “Rough Stuff Cycling in the Alps” guide book has reached its target in less than three hours and at the time of writing stands at nearly four times its goal. This sort of bike riding would appear to be popular then.The original “Rough Stuff Cycling in the Alps” guide book … Read more
We’re at the London Bike Show at the ExCel Centre at the moment to see what’s new and shiny and after a quick shuffle around the stands here are some quick highlights of the bikes that grabbed our attention.We’ll have more from the show soon but for now, enjoy these pictures.Tresca road bike -1 (Image … Read more
The road.cc awards cabinet* is looking a bit fuller this morning after we walked – or indeed rode – away with the Best Consumer Cycling Website award at Friday night’s BikeBiz awards, held at the London Bike Show. Our sister site off.road.cc also got nominated for the award, a great affirmation of their position in … Read more
Last week saw the 100th video posted on road.cc in our Near Miss of the Day series – a suitable landmark to look back at some themes that have emerged, plus reiterate why we decided to run it in the first place.What are we learning from the series?Unsurprisingly, London is the single most common location, … Read more
