Five months after suing Stages Cycling for £16 million worth of unpaid invoices and already manufactured products, and recruiting four of its top executives, Giant has today announced that it has acquired the US-based power meter and indoor bike company’s brand and assets, a move the Taiwanese manufacturer says will “enhance” its indoor and outdoor … Read more
Zwift racing’s back! And for the 2024/25 season of the Zwift Racing League there are road.cc teams that you can be a part of. We’ll be tearing it up in the Open EMEA-W Eastern leagues all winter. And possibly other time zones too, if there’s enough demand. Get involved!Round 2: Points Race, Sugar Cookie (37.8km)Some … Read more
The Lezyne Lite Drive 1200+ LED is a pleasingly compact but quite powerful front light with a range of different modes and good battery life. After using it in various conditions, it’s certainly convinced me with its quality, but it doesn’t seem to deliver quite the power that the packet promises in a wider beam. … Read more
Just two months after launching three carbon fibre models that were described as “redefining road”, Ribble has now added a new titanium bike to the range, the Allroad Ti. A road-focused model, but with large tyre clearances allowing for mixed terrain versatility, endurance-based geometry and aerodynamic performance, it definitely sounds like the kind of machine most of us need. The pricing is … Read more
In a study funded by the Road Safety Trust and Innovate UK, researchers from Imperial College London have developed a new cycling helmet safety rating system called ‘Hiper’ (helmet impact protection effectiveness rating) to help consumers decide which helmet might be best for them based on how much impact protection it provides.The new safety rating system uses … Read more
In one of the more bizarre court proceedings we’ve seen in recent years, a defence solicitor has said that cycling while overweight or wearing Lycra “possibly” should be a criminal offence.Solicitor Seamus Quigley’s joke – or at least we assume it was joke – came as his client, Caolan Roberts, was fined £350 for cycling … Read more
After two years of being ridiculed as “giant ugly objects” and “monstrosities” by residents and politicians who claimed they were evidence of the “continuing war against motorists”, Brighton and Hove’s controversial cycle hangars are now the subject of a petition calling on the council to let locals decorate them “tastefully” with mural-style artwork.The cycle hangars, … Read more
When it comes to new housing and infrastructure projects, cyclists have long complained of their lowly place in the pecking order of potential users.But in one new housing development in Bristol, people on bikes will fall below even bats in the hierarchy of road users, after a planned bat colony was afforded twice as much … Read more
