At the weekend we reported how dash cam footage of a frightening near miss submitted to Greater Manchester Police had allegedly been overlooked on the grounds that there was no complaint from the cyclist affected. Amid confusion about how different forces treat video evidence, campaigners have called for guidelines to help clarify the situation.The BBC … Read more
Sensors developed by Northern Ireland-based company See.Sense are being used by the Belfast Bikes public hire bike scheme to track journeys and help improve the safety of riders by highlighting where infrastructure is most needed.A 12-month trial of the technology, the same as that used in See.Sense’s award-winning Icon rear light, began last month and … Read more
The family of a cyclist who died in a crash in a Kansas criterium last June has this week filed a wrongful death petition. Casey Saunders crashed into steel crowd-control barriers during the Tour of Kansas City and the family claims that race organisers exhibited ‘reckless and wanton disregard of the safety of race participants’ … Read more
It’s a bit tricky knowing what to pack for a two week race across Europe. You’ll need clothes for all sorts of weather, hot, even hotter, cold, wet, even wetter and all the bikes spares to cover the usual mechanicals, and then some extra bits for the unusual mechanicals. Then there’s the day-to-day ephemera to … Read more
The patent pending system uses a smart motion sensor that sets off a 120 decibel siren if anyone tries to move your bike, and to disengage it you simply reconnect the light to its mount. Kickstarter for one-size-fits-all stem launchedSussex Police refuse to watch their own CCTV footage of bike theft The alarm, that doubles up as a cradle … Read more
Greater Manchester Police received 29 emergency calls about the city’s Mobike scheme in just 27 days after its launch, but with teething issues now waning, the dockless bike-share firm has now asked the city whether it can expand.There were a number of reports of bikes being deliberately damaged or deposited in canals after Mobike arrived … Read more
Mark Beaumont is now in Canada’s Yukon province on the third stage of his Artemis World Cycle challenge to circumnavigate the globe by bike in 80 days or less.The Scottish adventurer landed in Anchorage, Alaska the day before yesterday and crossed the border between the United States and Canada yesterday.He’d flown to Anchorage from New … Read more
Many things get the collective goat of the team here at road.cc beneath our mild exterior lurks a bubbling cauldron of rage and one thing in particular causes it to boil over – annoying and intrusive ads finding their way on to road.cc. Luckily they are fairly rare, but they are a recurring problem and … Read more
It’s fair to say Genesis Bikes has long had a good grasp of the needs and requirements of British cyclists with its range of road, touring and adventure bikes, so we always take a keen interest when it unveils new bikes.The company isn’t actually revealing its brand new models until early next month (and based … Read more
RedWhite’s The Bib bib shorts are beautifully made and potentially supremely comfortable. For me, the fit was excellent everywhere bar the pad – I found it positioned too far forward. RedWhite made me a second pair, with the pad positioned where I wanted it, and these performed as well as any bibs I’ve tried, comfortable … Read more
