Peter Sagan and his wife Katarina have announced the birth of their first child, a boy named Marlon.The Slovak cyclist, who last month became the first man in history to win the road world championship for the third year running, broke the news on Twitter. Our family just got bigger! Kate and I are delighted … Read more
What is it? Simply put, Sweatcoin rewards you for moving – you earn one ‘sweatcoin’ per 1000 steps, and the coins can be used to get access to special offers and even for buying whole products for free. You don’t need to keep it running in the background (the app takes care of step tracking for you), and after signing … Read more
The most exciting/radical/groundbreaking/divisive/controversial new bike launched this year is the 3T Strada, a disc-equipped aero road bike built around wide tyres and a 1x drivetrain. You’ll no doubt have seen our first look and first ride video from the launch earlier this year, but we now have an actual bike to test. Here’s a first … Read more
October 2017 sees the inaugural RedBull TimeLaps, a road race event concocted by the media giant to be held on the longest day of the year to tempt the brave and inflict pain on the weak. There will be hot racing, fast times, caffeine fuelled cans of go-go juice and no doubt some drama.Red Bull … Read more
In the last few years, dhb’s clothing range has been keeping ‘on trend’ with more vibrant and vivid colour schemes, and more performance and racy lines. The dhb Blok Thermal Long Sleeve Jersey epitomises that – in performance as well as looks – and is typically good value for money.The Blok jersey’s design won’t be to … Read more
Today’s near miss, which took place in July near Charlwood in Surrey, sees a motorist for some reason choose to pass a group of cyclists on a blind bend.Paul, who sent us the footage, told an all-too-familiar tale about his efforts to report the incident.“A witness statement was sent to the police with a YouTube … Read more
Ireland’s national rail operator has warned people top respect warning signals at level crossings, tweeting footage of a cyclist who crashed into a barrier while trying to make it across before a train arrived.The CCTV video, posted by Iarnród Éireann, also known as Irish Rail, shows the rider successfully making it under the first barrier and … Read more
Disc brakes are all the rage in the road cycling world at the moment, and it wasn’t hard to spot six new disc-equipped road bikes at the recent Eurobike bike show. The six bikes here – from Bianchi, Wilier, De Rosa, Colnago, Ridley and Colnago – are the newest bikes to be launched and represent … Read more
A road.cc reader who copied in Surrey Police’s Twitter account when submitting a near miss video to us earlier today has been invited to send the footage to the force.David Ladkin tweeted footage earlier today of a driver pulling out in front of him while he was on his commute at a crossroads where the … Read more
Bristol City Council has invited ‘imaginative solutions’ after two cyclists were injured in separate incidents on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path in recent weeks. Both were hospitalised following collisions with other cyclists and some believe that certain points on the 13-mile path are hazardous.The Bath Chronicle reports that Alex Burr suffered a broken hand … Read more
