Organisers of September’s Vélo Birmingham have moved to allay concerns that the event, which is due to see 15,000 cyclists ride a 100-mile route on fully closed roads in the West Midlands and surrounding counties, may not go ahead after a council official suggested permission for road closures could be refused.> Vélo Birmingham announces full … Read more
The Velotec Elite camo waterproof gilet is designed to lock out early season rain and chill, which it does very competently. However, while it has certainly grown on me as the weeks passed and miles racked up, the lack of pockets and reflectives is disappointing for €120 (104).The Velotec Elite gilet is made from a … Read more
With just five weeks to go until our Bike LIVE Demo Day arrives at Dalby Forest we thought we’d give you a short run down on the roads and tracks available for you test all manner of bikes on.As you can see from the layout above everything is positioned around our central Event Village, the … Read more
Whilst others travelled north to Kielder and the Dirty Reiver, I travelled over to Sardinia to race in the Chia Laguna Triathlon. Initially I had planned to race the 70.3 distance against world champion and Iron distance record holder Jan Frodeno (I say against him, I think we all know what I mean), but with … Read more
Mondays are tough most of the time, but when you’re hit with a grey Monday after a sunny #mycyclingweekend they’re even tougher.So here’s a little break for you. Let’s reminisce.First up is this week’s #mycyclingweekend road.cc sock winner. Our man’s photo was posted below the last #mycyclingweekend post and we totally fell in love with … Read more
A cyclist has posted a video to YouTube showing an argument he and his riding partner had with an Essex Police motorbike officer who pulled them over and insisted they were breaking the law by not riding in single file. The footage was uploaded to the video-sharing site yesterday by Paul Clayton, who was told by the … Read more
Sven Cycles, an award-winning framebuilder based in Dorset, has recently unveiled plans to offer customers a semi-custom option on its range of bikes, including the Roadster, Pathfinder and Wayfarer. As you no doubt know, custom steel bikes are very popular at the moment with a thriving framebuilding scene popping up across the UK in recent years, … Read more
We have 3 winners and they are:1st prize of a carbon wheelset: Sean Naylon 2nd prize of an alloy wheelset: Debbie Galbraith 3rd prize of £250 of Hunt clothing: Scott Thorpe Congratulations, Hunt will be in touch shortly. It’s not often we get to offer wheelsets in a competition, let alone two of them, but when we do, we know … Read more
The Coros Linx Smart Helmet is a decent, well designed helmet with some really nice features and technology included. However, the bone conducting headphones could do with being a little louder and it is heavy for a road helmet.As with seemingly every new bike technology, the Coros Linx Smart Helmet started off on Kickstarter, smashing … Read more
Cycle campaigners in San Francisco have formed a ‘human protected bike lane’ to call for safer infrastructure for people who ride bikes in the northern Californian city.The initiative from the San Francisco Transformation Agency (SFMTrA), involved 15 campaigners dressed in yellow t-shirts linking arms to provide physical segregation – literally – between cyclists and motor … Read more
