Brixton Cycles, one of London’s most beloved independent bike shops, has announced that it will be shutting down as a result of “rising costs, a brutal economic climate, and a million other small battles”.Cyclists had been concerned about the store’s operational capacity in recent months, many wondering if it was to close soon. Now, the … Read more
Let’s be honest here, the bike industry is in the toilet at the moment and has been for the last few years. I was at my friend’s sculpture workshop the other day, and when I asked why he had a Reynolds sticker on a massive lathe machine, he told me it was because he was given … Read more
A motorist with an “extraordinarily high” drink drive reading after downing vodka from a 7Up bottle has avoided jail for crashing into a cyclist, instead receiving a five-year driving ban and a €1,500 fine after pleading guilty to drunk and careless driving.Rebecca Griffith, 34, of Blackheath Park, Dublin, was heading toward Artane in her Opel Astra when … Read more
The Insta360 Go 3S is a quality action camera with a lot going for it. You get good picture quality, a wealth of different mounting options, and lots of modes for creative filming of your rides. You really need to be making use of the tiny form factor of the camera itself, though – if … Read more
Egan Bernal’s remarkable recovery from a potentially life-threatening training crash, back to the heights of WorldTour racing, has been studied as part of a newly published medical research paper.The Ineos Grenadiers climber and 2019 Tour de France winner suffered a horrific crash while training on his Pinarello time trial bike at home in Colombia at … Read more
Loads of us ride in high-visibility jackets (usually abbreviated to ‘hi-vis’ or ‘hi-viz’), especially after dusk and in dull weather conditions, to try to make sure we’re seen by other road users. The road.cc team has spent thousands of hours riding in the dark to find out which are the best hi-vis cycling jackets you can … Read more
A driver in Scotland who injured a cyclist in a collision before blaming the sun for playing a part in the collision has been fined £520 and banned from driving for 12 months.Andrew Pearson, of Pendle Crescent in Nottingham, hit the cyclist as they rode home at around 4.15pm on August 12 last year, the collision occurring … Read more
Cycling UK has warned the Welsh government that dropping cycling projects from its list of transport priorities would “risk missing the opportunity” to enable more people to access cycled journeys in the country.The Welsh Labour Transport Secretary Ken Skates says the government has “listened to the people of Wales” and the immediate priority will be … Read more
