You need a good dose of luck when heading to the team hotels in the days leading up to the Tour de France, luck that the bike you want to film and photograph is actually there. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the UAE Team Emirates team hotel on the Friday before the Grand Depart, British rider … Read more
As a club team road.cc are no strangers to 24hr relay races and we are about to use all of that hard earned knowledge and experience to take on revolve24, an event that takes over the grounds of the Kent racing circuit Brands Hatch for a weekend in September. We’ve been there before, twice in fact but we keep going … Read more
Nick Hussey, the founder of urban cycle clothing firm Vulpine which entered administration in May and was subsequently bought by Mango Bikes, has spoken to road.cc about the events leading up to the company becoming insolvent.> Vulpine rescued from administration by Mango BikesWe put a number of questions to him in May that we were … Read more
We watch a lot of bike-related videos here at road.cc as you may imagine, and try to share the best with you – and this one, shot from a drone above last weekend’s Dunwich Dynamo, is one of the best we’ve seen.Now a firmly established and much-loved part of the UK’s cycling year, the event … Read more
A new bridge for bike riders and pedestrians has opened across the Regent’s Canal in London’s King’s Cross – and could eventually link to a proposed aerial cycling and walking route to Camden along a disused railway line, which has launched a crowdfunding drive to proceed to its next phase.The Somers Town Bridge links Camley … Read more
It’s common now for online retailers to list products that aren’t yet ready to ship out, and we’ve even heard cases whereby the stock hasn’t even been ordered from their distributor yet!It means you’re in for a nice surprise when your pre-ordered present arrives, whether that’s a few weeks or even months later, but problems … Read more
If you scroll down to the bottom of today’s DealCatcher you’ll be able to take advantage of an offer of free Science in Sport gels, but that’s not all that’s on offer in today’s DealCatcher.First up we’ve got a bargain 2017 Eastway road bike from Wiggle Cycles. The Shimano 105-running Emitter R3 is quite the looker … Read more
Marcel Kittel of Quick Step Floors has taken his fourth stage of the 2017 Tour de France in Bergerac this afternoon, proving by far the strongest rider among the sprinters left in the race as his seemingly unstoppable progression to victory in this year’s points competition continues.With Peter Sagan, winner of the green jersey for … Read more
A Glasgow woman has spoken of how she gave a bike thief ‘a life lecture’ after tracking down her son’s stolen bike on Gumtree.Vonnie Sandlan’s son Findlay’s bike was taken from outside McDonald’s on Argyle Street at about 9.30pm on Saturday, only a few days after he had bought it.“He’s been less upset when pets … Read more
The Boardman Relaxed Fit Jersey is a generally capable budget garment, with most of features we’ve come to expect and several appealing colours to choose from. However, sizing was a bit of a sticking point, and it faces stiff competition from store brands boasting more sophisticated yarns.I have always interpreted ‘relaxed fit’ as meaning a … Read more
