Road.cc’s reviewers are busy bees as we move into the Autumn. Here’s the lowdown on some of the latest kit and equipment we’ve been testing to help you make an informed choice on your bike-related purchases… Bkool Smart Go£349.99The Spanish brand have revamped their entry level smart trainer, that can now reach up to 800 watts and simulates … Read more
We’ve tested and been impressed by the smaller Xeccon Link 300 front light, but if you need more brightness the Spear 900 turns the dial right up, making it ideal if you have to tackle some dark country lanes on your ride home. Good brightness and run-times mark it out as a very decent buy, … Read more
When Michele Scarponi was killed in April in a collision involving a truck while training close to his home in Italy’s Marche region, many of his fellow professional cyclists took to Twitter to express their shock at the news — among them his friend Luis Angel Maté , with the Cofidis rider vowing to always remember … Read more
It’s one of the most embarrassing things that can happen to a pro cyclist – starting celebrating a victory only for another rider to pass you ahead of the line to snatch the won.That’s what happened yesterday at the 77th Tour de l’Eurométropole in Belgium, with the Cofidis rider Anthony Turgis left ruing his premature jubilation as … Read more
You’ve seen Dave’s first ride of the new Ritchey Outback, a steel adventure bike which was launched at Eurobike last month, but Ritchey has another new bike up its sleeve: the brand new Carbon Break Away Outback. Yes, it’s a foldable adventure bike. Now your adventure doesn’t need to end when you run out of land, … Read more
While there’s a good chance you’ve ran on one of their treadmills, lifted one of their weights or scaled a stair-climbing machine, Technogym are less prominent in the home cycle training category: but that could be about to change with this year’s release of MyCycling, an advanced smart trainer with a bespoke and highly detailed app for a … Read more
The Topeak Ridecase Center Mount With Sports Camera & Gear Adapters is a useful and flexible mounting system that puts everything you need in one neat package.I recently had the handlebar mount that I’d been using for my camera for a couple of years break, and so simply bought an adapter for the bottom of … Read more
The husband of Kim Briggs, the pedestrian who died in February last year after a collision with cyclist Charlie Alliston on London’s Old Street, says he would welcome a wider debate about the safety of all road users, reports BikeBiz. Speaking to Carlton Reid for the Spokesmen podcast, Matthew Briggs spoke about the campaign he launched … Read more
The inaugural Colnago Owners’ Day, run in association with Le Col and held at the majestic Chavenage House in the Cotswolds, brought together one of the finest collections of Colnago road bikes past and present I have certainly ever seen.A staggering collection of bikes spanning the decades serves as a reminder, if ever it were … Read more
An amateur cyclist in France has reportedly been caught using a hidden motor during a Category 3 race in the Dordogne.The 43-year-old man, who has not been named, is said to have been in the sights of France’s national anti-doping agency, the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (AFLD), for some time.Suspicions intensified following a … Read more
