British Cycling’s former technical director Shane Sutton will return to the Manchester Velodrome in November having this week accepted a coaching job with China’s track team. Sutton, who resigned from his position as technical director at the Great Britain Cycling Team in April last year after being accused of bullying and discrimination, was previously linked … Read more
Up to 5,000 people a day are using a new safe cycleway on Manchester’s Oxford Road, data from a cycle counter shows.On 12 occasions in the last month, more than 5,000 riders have been clocked, with a high of 5,803 on Tuesday 3rd October.The counters are on both sides of the Oxford Road and are … Read more
The Nicnacpac Cycle Pack is a drawstring pocket designed for porting essentials such as multi-tool, micro-pump, CO2 inflator and keys, which you wouldn’t want getting soggy in a jersey pocket or wedge pack. Whether it’s essential is debatable and it’s not the first of its kind. That said, it’s an okay price and a decent … Read more
If you’ve been to the Rapha Nocturne in London over the past decade, you may well have caught the penny-farthing race and it really is a sight to behold as the riders whizz around at impressive speeds on the bikes, also known as high wheelers or ordinaries.You’ll have noticed too, that it’s a long way … Read more
A 31-year-old man has pleaded not guilty today to causing the death by dangerous driving of Carol Boardman, the mother of world and Olympic champion cyclist turned campaigner, Chris Boardman.Mrs Boardman, aged 75, died in hospital in July 2016 the day after she was struck by a pick-up truck being driven by Liam Rosney as … Read more
An Essex lorry driver who hit and killed a cyclist while speeding on the wrong side of the road has been sentenced to four years in prison. Justyn Ransley failed to stop after the collision and instead continued with his deliveries while attempting to source replacement parts for his vehicle.Echo-news.co.uk reports that in the early … Read more
The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series is one of the scariest we’ve seen, with a cyclist in Wiltshire capturing the moment he rounded a corner in a village near Trowbridge to find a lorry on the wrong side of the road coming straight at him.Grahame Hale, who initially posted the footage … Read more
The Australian Cycling Alliance has published footage shot by one of its members in which a motorist bounces off road to undertake a group of cyclists, narrowly missing a couple of horse riders in the process.The footage, captured on a country road south of Perth on Monday, shows a group riding two abreast.They move to … Read more
The Pearl Izumi Elite Thermal Knee Warmers keep your legs toasty, dry quickly after a downpour, and stay up well. What more do you need from knee warmers? Pros: Warm, comfy, water-repellent Cons: Pricey The new Elite Thermal Knee Warmers landed in the road.cc office to a bit of confusion, as they look identical to … Read more
We know you like cycling deals and we know you like the road.cc Dealcatcher – indeed so popular has it become that we’ve now given the Dealcatcher its own website deals.road.cc staffed by a crack team of dead-eyed deal ninjas dedicated to bringing you the internet’s best cycling bargains fresh and steaming on a daily basis. This … Read more
