Theresa May has been urged today at Prime Minister’s Questions to make extend the law on dangerous driving to include cyclists.The appeal followed the conviction last month of Charlie Alliston, aged 20, for causing bodily harm through wanton and furious driving in connection with the death of Kim Briggs in February last year.Mrs Briggs, 41, … Read more
If you don’t enjoy wrenching your bike up 20 per cent gradients while being battered by winds whipping down off Cross Fell, look away now. Simon Warren’s Cycling Climbs of North-East England refuses to ease up on the out-of-the-saddle suffering.With the end now in sight for Simon’s epic enterprise (this is seventh in the eight-book … Read more
Bath & North East Somerset Council is to launch a close pass awareness campaign in partnership with Avon & Somerset Police. A “highly visible display on a bus” will be used to advise motorists of the need to give cyclists space when overtaking. In January, Avon and Somerset Police announced that it would be running … Read more
The performance cycling brand will offer two jerseys, the white ‘Garrison’ and black ‘Shadow’ prints, both inspired by the designs from Andrew Ainsworth for the Stormtroopers’ costumes in Star Wars – A New Hope 40 years ago. Review: Milltag Sector men’s jersey 21 of the best summer jerseysThis expansion of Milltag’s empire will see the jerseys use the same … Read more
Bernard Sainz, whose past clients include the Tour de France winners Bernard Hinault and the late Laurent Fignon as well as seven-time polka dot jersey winner, Richard Virenque, was handed the sentence by a court in Caen yesterday, reports the local.fr.The 73-year-old has been involved in professional cycling since 1972, when he began working with … Read more
A video uploaded to the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook page shows a cyclist riding into oncoming rush hour traffic on Melbourne’s Montague Street before veering across three busy lanes to do a U-turn.9 News reports that the incident occurred on Monday at 4.46pm. You can watch the video here.December 2016 Google StreetView images reveal … Read more
Andrew Talansky – for a time one of the United States’ more significant Grand Tour hopes – has retired from cycling at the age of just 28. He had been with Slipstream Sports, the holding company which owns the Cannondale-Drapac team and which is currently crowdsourcing funding for next season, since turning pro in 2010.“After … Read more
Eurobike has been dominated by carbon fibre frames for years but plenty of other materials have a strong presence, including titanium which has a loyal fanbase. Here are 13 ti bikes that caught our eye…Eurobike 2017 Litspeed Cherohala – 1 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)Litespeed, which makes its bikes exclusively in the USA, will be adding a new … Read more
The Aerozine Ceramic Two Tone Jockey Wheels are one of those little additions you can make to your bike to give it a bit of individuality and possibly a tiny performance boost. They certainly look bling and in terms of ceramic bearing accesories they are reasonably cheap, but I found them a pig to set … Read more
We like adventure bikes here at road.cc. We might not have miles of gravel roads like they do in the States where the seed for this style of bike was planted, but we’ve got plenty of rotten country lanes and miles of bridleways, byways and forest paths to play on allowing us to escape congested … Read more
