Today’s DealCatcher is coming to you straight from the bargain basement of Wiggle headquarters, and boy are there some cracking deals knocking about these parts.We’ve got all sorts of gear to set you up for a summer of cycling fun here today, both when you’re on the bike and off it.We get things rolling with … Read more
The Altura Sportive 97 short sleeve jersey is a special-edition top to mark the UK company’s 20th anniversary, and adds a snazzy design to some already well-established features.If there’s one thing that hasn’t particularly thrilled me about some of Altura’s road tops it’s the rather plain blocks of colour (usually red, blue, yellow or black), … Read more
AA president Edmund King has suggested that laws should be introduced to restrict the use of dashcam video footage, saying that a “rush to judgment” on social media can lead to innocent motorists being victimised.Speaking to the Times, he accused some dashcam users of “vehicular voyeurism” when sharing footage on channels such as YouTube.While he … Read more
A whole load of new products have just arrived at road.cc and are now out with our testers. Here are some of the most interesting of them that will be reviewed over the next few weeks.Specialized Roval CLX 50 Disc wheelset£770 (front) £1100 (rear)The new Roval CLX 50 Disc wheels (main pic as well as below) follow in … Read more
A professional cyclist in Brazil is one of the co-stars of a video that has been viewed more than 1 million times on Facebook – the other being a kitten he rescued which can’t stop showing its gratitude.Viitor Fonseca of the Equipe de Ciclismo de Taubaté found the kitten, which had apparently lost its mother, … Read more
If you’ve watched any pro racing this year then you may have noticed the new yellow helmets atop the heads of the Orica-Scott team this year. They are wearing this, the new Scott Cadence Plus Mips helmet. As you’d expect, it’s an aero helmet but it’s well ventilated too. It features the MIPS technology to help … Read more
When you sign up to ride a spring sportive or watch a mid-May cycling event we all know there’s one thing you can’t count on: the weather.That old adage held true this #mycyclingweekend as those of you who headed out for events on Saturday had a significantly damper time of things than those of us … Read more
Beautifully soft, body-hugging without being restrictive, and keeping me free of clamminess on one of the hottest days of the year, Rapha’s Women’s Merino Mesh Base Layer is such a lovely undergarment it’s almost a shame it has to be hidden away.The design is very different to previous Rapha merino baselayers I’ve worn – the … Read more
Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden has died in hospital today from multiple injuries sustained when he was involved in a collision with a car while cycling near Rimini, Italy last week. Julia Viellehner, a German triathlete being treated in the same hospital in Cesena after a collision involving a lorry last week near Forli has also lost her … Read more
Cycling campaigners in the United States are becoming ever more creative in their efforts to persuade city authorities to make conditions safer for people on bikes – with this example from Boston, Massachusetts the most striking we have yet seen.Last night, eight huge cartoon cut-outs were put up on Massachusetts Avenue to act both as … Read more
