Is Echinacea effective against cold and flu symptoms?

We noticed a post on our forum asking if Echinacea can help beat cold and flu, and fight against the cold sore virus: so we asked Nutritional Scientist Toral Shah if there was any truth behind the claims. Here’s what she told us.How to stick to your new year exercise regime Fat burning myths busted“Most … Read more

Fearless Bikes launch steel adventure frameset called the Vulture

News reaches us all the way from Brighton of a new cycling brand called Fearless Bikes and its debut model the Vulture, a steel-framed adventure/all-road frameset that aims to combine the best of cyclocross and adventure bikes.There’s no shortage of choice in the cycling market at the moment in this growing market, but there are … Read more

Floyd Landis: Chris Froome salbutamol case could cause Team Sky to implode

 Floyd Landis, the American former cyclist stripped of his 2006 Tour de France victory after testing positive for testosterone, has said that the Chris Froome salbutamol case could lead to the end of Team Sky.The 42-year-old, whose testimony helped lead to his former US Postal Service team mate Lance Armstrong being banned from cycling for … Read more

Video: Danny MacAskill goes to Düsseldorf … and gets his feet wet

Danny MacAskill’s latest video sees him head to Düsseldorf , the capital of the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalia, as part of his Drop and Roll tour.The trials ace runs through his repertoire of skills, though it doesn’t always go to plan, with this edit from Red Bull including a moment when he slightly misjudges a jump and … Read more

Near Miss of the Day 80: Police act on NSW cyclist’s footage

Today’s Near Miss of the Day features two videos submitted by road.cc reader John Hawkins, who lives in New South Wales.The first (shown above) took place in 2016 on John’s birthday, shortly after the state began a trial of a safe passing distance law, set at 1 metre on roads with a speed limit of … Read more

Light & Motion Urban 1000 FC

The Light & Motion Urban 1000 Fast Charge is super-compact and powerful, and has plenty of standout features to make it superior to many lights with around the same power output. It is expensive, though, and there are few cases where you’d need this instead of L&M’s slightly less powerful Urban 800 light. Pros: Pleasing … Read more

Video: Cyclist in Canada draws huge fat bike in the snow

As you may know, we like Strava artwork here at road.cc, but here’s something a bit different that isn’t on the social network and wasn’t created on a ride – a huge fat bike sketched out in the snow by a cyclist in Canada.Tom Kolesnik drew the massive bike on the Red River, which runs by … Read more