I find a merino vest is a winter essential, and Santini’s Women’s Wool Tech Sleeveless Base Layer makes a great addition to your wardrobe – albeit at a hefty price for such a minimal piece of clothing. Cost aside, it ticks all the boxes. Made in Italy, construction quality and performance are top notch, and … Read more
A new startup aims to bring road rescue in the style of the AA to the kerb in London – but this time, for cyclists.VonCrank has a fleet of mechanic cycle courier who can be summoned via an app.Founder Cariern Clement-Pascall told BikeBiz that the service, expected to launch in March, has 120 mechanics on … Read more
School children in Abergavenny are in the final of a DVLA competition with their invention – a cycle safety simulator.Hywel Lewis, 10, Ella Gribbin, 10 and Sophia Elias, nine, of Our Lady and St Michael’s Primary School, created a game about cycle safety in response to a DVLA call to make a road safety game … Read more
Hackney Council has introduced speed monitors for cyclists to try to slow them down as they ride through London Fields.The lights are designed to help riders stick to a 12mph target – with a green smiley face when they are under and a red angry face when they exceed it.The monitors at either end of … Read more
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that providing safe infrastructure for people who walk or cycle is “a matter of social justice.”The leader of the opposition made his comments in a meeting with David Harrison from Islington Living Streets and Tabitha Tanqueray of Cycle Islington.Corbyn, who has been MP for Islington North since 1983 and … Read more
Our latest Near Miss of the Day involves a company featured before on road.cc – the coach operator, National Express.It happened to road.cc reader George Woodrow on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, with the coach driver squeezing the cyclist into the kerb as he overtakes him ahead of a section where the road narrows.George said: “You … Read more
Islington council has given permission for Mobike to launch 200 of its bikes. It thus becomes the first London borough to allow multiple dockless bike-share firms to compete for users.Mobike will be up against Ofo which arrived just a few weeks ago following a successful launch in neighbouring Hackney.Both services cost 50p for 30 minutes … Read more
Black Friday is well and truly upon us, and out of all of the retailers making a racket, Wiggle are arguably making the loudest cheapest noises.Some of their discounts they’ve pumped out of their coffers today are truly extraordinary. Arguably one of the best carbon fibre bike deals we’ve ever seen sits in this DealClincher … Read more
The Moon Meteor C3 is a compact, eight-mode front light capable of delivering 300 lumens in constant and an equally impressive 400-lumen daylight flash. Build quality is superb throughout. The diminutive dimensions, comprehensive mounting options and generally usable run-times ensure it can play a wealth of roles, from a single commuter/contingency light to powerful main … Read more
