Ex-Team Sky rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has been banned from driving for the second time in less than two years.Magistrates in Bodmin banned the 32-year-old from driving for 41 months and fined him £315, reports Devon Live.The Plymouth-born former professional cyclist pleaded guilty to being twice the drink-drive limit when police stopped him in his Ford … Read more
Mallorcan-based J.Guillem has launched a titanium gravel and adventure bike with 700c and 650b wheel compatibility, disc brakes, removable mudguard and rack mounts and thru-axles front and rear. The founder of Van Nicholas, Jan-Willem Sintnicolass, launched his own brand a few years ago and until now has focused on road bikes. The Atalaya is his first … Read more
Bridgestone have become the latest to develop an air-free bicycle tyre, and plan to make tyres with their patented ‘Air Free Concept’ technology available to the public by 2019. Tannus launches new Aither 1.1 solid tyres The Air Free Concept technology uses a unique structure of resin spokes stretching along the inner side of the tyre, … Read more
It’s a long way from Bath, but four of the soft southerners from road.cc hot-footed it to Northumberland over the weekend to have a crack at the Dirty Reiver 200km gravel ride, starting from Kielder Castle.And how did we get on? Well, you’ll have to watch the video to find out. Mostly it’s from Dave’s … Read more
Here’s a stunning bike to kick off the working week. Fat Chance, an iconic mountain bike brand from the 90s, was resurrected last year with the relaunch of its Yo Eddy mountain bike frame and Slim Chance road frame, and at Sea Otter over the weekend the new Chris Cross gravel and cyclocross bike was … Read more
Catlike are a company better known for their range of cycling helmets but you can top and tail your cycling attire should you so wish with their Whisper shoes, a pair of higher-end road slippers that share both name and looks with one of their most well known lids.The first thing you notice about the … Read more
Almost 40 million people in the UK are currently living in areas clouded by health-damaging and illegal levels of pollution from diesel vehicles, according to a study commissioned by the Labour party.This study, which found that 59.3% of the UK population living in local authorities across the country from Bournemouth to Leeds are currently being … Read more
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has won Liege-Bastogne-Liege for the fourth time and will donate his prize money to the family of Michele Scarponi following the Italian’s death yesterday.Valverde had announced his intentions before the race after Scarponi was killed in a collision with a van during a training ride. #LBL @alejanvalverde at today’s depart: “Scarponi’s death … Read more
If it’s a modern, carbon fibre, disc brake-equipped road bike built around a race-focused geometry that you crave, the Vitus Vitesse Evo Disc is the bike for you. At £1,999.99 (currently discounted by £100) it’s an affordable package, backed up by superb performance.In its current form, Vitus’s history is short, but before Chain Reaction Cycles … Read more
Barbed wire has been stretched across a bike trail near Crewe in Cheshire. Posting on Reddit on Friday, thefrenchstokey captioned a photo of the wire “They don’t like us bikers up here!”The wire was stretched across the entrance to a trail and the person who posted the photo said they didn’t believe the land was … Read more
