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Cateye AMPP1700
The Cateye AMPP1700 is a decent front light that’s well built and simple to use. I don’t really feel like it’s a frontrunner for your cash in this part of the market, though. You can check out our favourites in our guide to the best front bike lights.The AMPP1700 is a new light for Cateye, … Read more
“Many Tories sincerely hate bike schemes”: Stop bashing cycle lanes and LTNs, former Boris Johnson adviser tells Conservatives — as “enormous noise on social media” doesn’t mean they are “vote losers with the general public”
A former adviser to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak has urged the Conservatives to stop bashing cycling infrastructure projects such as bike lanes and low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) — arguing that despite “enormous noise on social media” and many Tories feeling “hate” towards them, it doesn’t mean that they are “vote losers with the general public”.Andrew Gilligan was a transport adviser … Read more
The most expensive bib tights we’ll have ever reviewed! Five cool things coming soon from Assos, Hunt, Muc-Off, Coros and Madison
From the “absolute fastest, no compromise, all-around road race wheelset” to the most expensive bib tights we’ll have ever reviewed here at road.cc, this week’s Five Cool Things also features the latest Coros Pace Pro GPS Smart Watch, waterproof accessories and winter cycling gear. Let’s get into the previews…Assos Mille GTO Winter Bib Tights C2 (£420)> Best … Read more
Café owner claims “pointless” cycle lane “destroying” business as lost parking spaces mean customers of 10 years “won’t turn around any more”, but council points out safe and attractive streets “boost economic activity”
The owner of a café opposite Worthing Station has hit out at a £3m West Sussex Council project aiming to make the area a “welcoming and vibrant gateway” to the town and “more accessible, attractive, comfortable and safe”, his objection that a new cycle lane outside his business will replace car parking and turn Railway Approach into a … Read more
New cycling route sabotaged with wooden stake and nails, as “hazard” protesting new access granted to cyclists raises safety fears
A group of mountain bikers, whose decade-long campaign to open up Guernsey cliff paths to people on bikes was recently successful, saw their first trial ride halted when a wooden stake with nails was found laid across the route, believed to be in an act of protest.The Guernsey Mountain Biking Association (GMBA) received 70 licences for some … Read more
Giro Isode MIPS II Helmet
The Giro Isode MIPS II Helmet is claimed to be a ‘best in class sport road helmet’, and one that incorporates the technology Giro employs in its highest-end road models in a modestly priced package. As its name suggests that includes Mips. And while there are some minor niggles and cost cutting I’d expect at this … Read more
