Last May I completed the Bryan Chapman Memorial 600km audax at the second time of asking, and then I had five whole months to just find a 400km ride to join to finally complete a Super Randonneur series: 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km rides in a single audax year. And then every 400km ride on … Read more
If you’re someone who’s interested in making your road bike faster, chances are you’ve looked at buying a set of carbon wheels. For the past two decades or so this segment has been almost entirely dominated by Western brands such as Zipp, Mavic, Bontrager and Roval, but there is a way of getting carbon wheels … Read more
You’d be hard-pressed to identify Urtopia’s new Titanium Zero as an e-bike thanks to its discreet bottom bracket-mounted Quark DM 1.2 motor that weighs a claimed 1.2kg. Urtopia reckons that the bike as a whole, built around a 3D-printed titanium frame, comes in at just 10.8kg (23.8lb).We’ve reported on Urtopia a few times previously. You … Read more
South Australia Police have raised the alarm to cyclists in Adelaide, with many professional riders and fans currently in the city for the upcoming Tour Down Under, after two “serious” incidents saw a wire strung across a popular bike path cause crashes.On Friday 10 January, a group of three riders were brought down by the … Read more
Get ready to discover the best tyres for road and gravel riding that we reviewed in 2024.Like last year, we’re giving tyres their own category, separate from our road.cc Recommends Components of the Year awards, because we’ve reviewed a huge variety and the quality has been impressive. In this roundup, we’re covering both road and … Read more
Bicycle maintenance brand Green Oil has been criticised online for a series of social media posts linking Sir Chris Hoy’s cancer diagnosis to rival company Muc-Off’s chain lube. Joining those condemning the posts, Muc-Off has since said it is “shocked and saddened that Chris Hoy has been dragged into such squalid social media activity” and that the company … Read more
The Cateye AMPP2200 is a very sturdily made and high-powered front light that’s bright enough for most road and off-road riding. Its one-button system is simple to use and the light slots into Cateye’s well-regarded bar mount, which is versatile and reliable. As you would expect from a light that costs just shy of £200, … Read more
With the road.cc awards season in full swing, we decided that now would be an opportune time to look back at our Bike of the Year from 10 years ago, the Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra Disc – a fabulous bike that was in many ways a taste of things to come. Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra … Read more
