Endura Racing have extended their lead in the 2012 Halfords Tour Series, winning the team competition in Redditch last night as they have done in each of the previous three rounds, but the individual win went to Niklas Gustavsson of Team UK Youth – the first victory in the event for a rider from the … Read more
The Giant TCR Advanced 3 is a fast, precise road bike that offers a smooth ride. We like it a lot.We’re a caring, sharing bunch here at road.cc, so rather than just give you a standard bike review, this time round we thought we’d write this one in response to the questions you asked and … Read more
It’s my second race of the season this weekend (27th May). It’s been a long time since March when I took part in my first foray of racing during which I got well and truly humped by my rivals as I got pumped out the back of the bunch on the 2nd lap. I got pretty disillusioned … Read more
It’s back into the high mountains for the first of two mountain stages that will decide the order the riders roll down the start ramp for the closing time trial in Milan on Sunday, with five categorised climbs including the 20km ascent of the Passo Manghen, with an average gradient of 7.4 per cent but … Read more
Andrea Guardini of Farnese Vini has won the Italian team’s second Giro d’Italia stage inside five days, beating world champion Mark Cavendish in a hard fought sprint in Vedelago and dealing a blow to the Team Sky rider’s hopes of taking the red points jersey all the way to Milan. Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela’s Roberto Ferrari came … Read more
Round 3 of the Halfords Tour Series in Oxford on Tuesday night saw the sunshine bring out big crowds to watch Scott Thwaites of Endura Racing take the win, with his team consolidating its Series lead on a circuit featuring tight bends and fast straights. There are still eight rounds to go, starting tonight in … Read more
Onza is a Swiss brand producing tyres mainly for commuters, BMX and mountain bikes, plus a few road options including this Preda folding clincher. It’s a lightweight tyre with impressive performance and good puncture protection, making it ideal for summer training, sportives and entry-level racing.The Preda also comes in a wire-beaded version, but we’re testing … Read more
Campagnolo have today launched time trial/triathlon components for their electronic EPS groupsets.We reported on the EPS road bike products, which come in both Super Record and Record flavours, when we headed out to Campag HQ in Vicenza, Italy, last November. We actually spotted the bar end shifters on a bike when we were out there … Read more
An MP has written to London private hire firm Addison Lee to complain about an incident yesterday in which one of its drivers allegedly bumped her back wheel while she was waiting to cross a junction on her bike in London. The incident took place just weeks after the company promised to fit forward-facing video … Read more
Earlier this month 17 participants were selected from all over the world to take part in the Dario Pegoretti “Tornemo indrio (Back to the roots)” workshop organised by Onirica Lab at Interzona in Verona, Italy. Thanks to the magic of twitter and my poor handwriting skills I was lucky enough to be one of them.A … Read more
