Reynolds will release three new carbon clincher wheels for 2013 featuring the company’s latest development in aerodynamics and with three rim heights, 58, 72 and 90mm, priced from £2,099.99.Dispersive Effect Termination (DET) was first introduced with the eye-poppingly expensive RZR 92 wheelset. It’s a rim profile design unique to Reynolds and which comes with some … Read more
First started in 2010, Tour de Force is a unique event for those people that have ever wanted to ride the entire route of the Tour de France (without needing a pro contract!).Riding the 3497km route one week ahead of the race, the riders will roll up the Champs Elysees on 15 July. Lead cyclist … Read more
Italy’s Colnago are releasing a new carbon-fibre road bike for women in their 2013 lineup. The CLD, which is a lot like the existing CLX men’s bike, will be available in the UK in a couple of different builds.Sometimes a women’s-specific road bike is essentially a standard men’s bike with a few flashes of pink … Read more
It’s not just big name riders such as Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck who are missing from this year’s 99th edition of the Tour de France – absent from the roadside as each stage heads into its closing kilometres is a man who has been a contant presence at the Tour and other big races … Read more
Ever wanted to feel like a God, and have grown wo/men (delete as appropriate) prostrate themselves before you? Then jump on a float in the Tour de France publicity caravan, the gaudy commercial parade that hypes the crowd along the route in the hours before the riders zip past.road.cc was lucky enough to enjoy that … Read more
Greipel turned the tables on Cav yesterday; on a day when Sky were the team doing the leading out it was the German who took the spoils. Cav ran in fifth, with Goss and Haedo filling the day’s podium slots.Team Eaton Breakaway had the 1-2-3 for the day, backed up by a free-scoring Peter Sagan … Read more
The Rider 20 is Brtyon’s smallest bike-specific unit, and promises much. For less than £100 RRP (as little as £80 online right now) you’re getting a basic computer that’ll also track you via GPS and allow you to share your rides online through Bryton’s portal website. It’s let down a bit by a clumsy onboard … Read more
A women’s cycling group, set up by a mother in Basingstoke, has won plaudits from a Government minister and local MP who took part in a recent women’s only ride.Maria Miller who is Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pension, and the local MP, joined a Breeze cycle network ride in … Read more
Police in Kent are seeking a man with ‘distinctive light coloured hair’ who shot a cyclist from his van last week.The rider, a 39-year-old man, was riding in the direction of Rye at 5.15 pm on Thursday 28 June about a mile and a half from Appledore village.He noticed a white van travelling in the … Read more
The last time a Tour de France stage started in Épernay, home to the leading Champagne houses, was in 2010 and it was HTC-Columbia that were cracking open the bubbly that evening to celebrate yet another stage win by Mark Cavendish. This is another stage that looks nailed-on for a bunch sprint finish.Metz, the capital … Read more
