A van driver in France who parked his vehicle on a cycle lane, forcing a cyclist to move onto the main carriageway where she was killed after being struck by a lorry, has been handed a sixth month suspended prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.The fatal crash that claimed the life of a 25-year-old woman happened … Read more
Own a Brompton produced in the last three years? Chances are it might have a bottom bracket that could be faulty with a “higher than expected reported incidence of failure” according to the London-based folding bike company.– Review: Brompton S6LIt has issued a voluntary recall for bottom brackets on affected bikes produced between April 2014 and … Read more
Annoying ads are still being annoying but not as annoying as they were, that’s the gist of this update to the news story I wrote a few weeks back about what we’re doing – with your help – to rid road.cc of the bane of annoying and intrusive ads. As I also said back then … Read more
Bont’s Riot Road+ shoes bring custom fitting down to a (reasonably) sensible price point, offering a comfortable fit with not many compromises when you compare them to its top end Vaypor S shoes.The Riot Road+ is described as an ‘entry level’ shoe by Bont, which may seem a little disconcerting given that they’re £150 a … Read more
A British man who lives in south western France is pedalling 600 kilometres to Westminster deliver a 15,000-signature petition against Brexit to Prime Minister Theresa May.Paul Hearn, aged 57, will also deliver a copy of the petition, hosted on Change.org, to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, reports the Connexion France website.Mr Hearn, who lives in … Read more
Thousands of bicycles abandoned at the recent Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada are being sent to hurricane victims in Texas and the Caribbean, reports the BBC.The bikes were used to get around the sprawling community and art-focused festival in the Black Rock Desert that took place over nine days at the … Read more
Brooklyn Bridge in New York is, apparently, a bit of a pain for cyclists. There’s a bike lane, but because the pedestrian path is right next to it separated by only a white line, everyone just sort of mills about oblivious to the division. This rider clearly concluded that a bell wasn’t sufficient and instead … Read more
The British-designed bike brand have updated their lines and in the case of the all-new Monsal, have created a whole new ‘grit’ category: plenty of tyre clearance and versatility yet fast and nippy for winter road training too. Forme Longcliffe 0 reviewForme Flash logo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) The updated Flash is an aero road bike first … Read more
The Xeccon Link 150 is a nicely finished, four-mode front light for urban riding with, as the name indicates, a maximum output of 150 lumens. It feels brighter than the figures suggest and run-times are decent, but this is offset by the slow charging: five hours when fully depleted is what you’d expect of torch … Read more
A motorhome commissioned by Sir Bradley Wiggins has fetched £47,000 at auction after it was sold to an online bidder.Wiggins commissioned the vehicle, which is based on a long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 316 2.1 from Lancashire-based coachbuilders McLaren in 2014.Wrapped in Team Wiggins livery, the vehicle’s custom interior features a lot of red, white and blue … Read more
