After a fortnight of previewing products we want to have a meddle with from the annual Eurobike extravaganza, we’re back to showing you some sneak previews of what we have in our hands/on our feet/on the road etc etc right now, with full reviews coming soon… Topeak Ninja Co2£39.99Topeak Ninja CO2 – Micro Airbooster (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Topeak have … Read more
Raleigh has revamped its Mustang adventure bike for 2018, ditching the curved top tube of last year’s model for a straight top tube and dropping the seat stays. It’s available in three builds priced from £800 to £1,500.road.cc tested the Mustang Elite in 2016 that we concluded was affordable, adaptable and accessible – a good buy for … Read more
Sir Bradley Wiggins has unveiled a memorial to Tom Simpson in the County Durham village where the rider many consider to be Great Britain’s greatest ever male cyclist was born.While there is a memorial to Simpson on Mont Ventoux, where he died after collapsing on the climb during the 1967 Tour de France, it’s the … Read more
Charlie Alliston, the cyclist convicted last month of causing bodily harm through wanton and furious driving in connection with the death of pedestrian Kim Briggs, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment in a young offenders institution.The 20-year-old from Bermondsey was cleared at his trial at the Old Bailey last month of manslaughter, but the … Read more
When a light’s lumen count approaches a grand, we’re expecting some serious brightness. NiteRider’s Lumina 900 Boost model lives up to expectations.Two years ago we had the Lumina 750 on test, and rated it highly with a solid four out of five star rating. We found that it was bright enough and suitable for a … Read more
A woman who died falling from her bicycle seconds after taking a selfie suffered a heart attack as a rare complication of a head injury, a court has heard. New Zealand born Carmen Greenway was cycling home from a pub in west London last August with her mother Sherry Bennett and two friends when her bike … Read more
Named after the Greek god of the northwest wind, the Skeiron is the brand new road bike from titanium specialist Van Nicholas and it absolutely flies; riding it feels like you’re being pushed along by that same wind. If you want a high performance, disc brake-equipped road bike with a frame that’ll probably last a … Read more
Cyclists who choose to get some of their miles in at the gym will now be able to automatically upload their workouts to Strava.The company has announced an integration within the Strava app called Gym and Studio Sync.This will work with selected gym to record and share workouts, and also promote new classes and gyms … Read more
British Cycling and Welsh Cycling have joined together to support countryside cycling in Wales.Both organisations say that Wales can be a world-leading destination for cycling – and called for responsible cycling to be allowed on all paths and land with public access.At present, cyclists are only legally entitled to use 21 per cent of the … Read more
When we review energy bars, we’re often (but not always) bombarded with a list of complex-sounding ingredients that are designed to give the best energy boost possible. However, another school of thought has it that ‘natural is best’, and that’s where OTE’s Anytime Bar comes in.To look at the ingredients, you could legitimately mistake these … Read more
