2024 continues to be a tough year for cycling events and its organisers as RideLondon, the popular cycling sportive festival held in London every year since 2013 to celebrate the legacy of the 2012 Olympics, has been cancelled for 2025 as the organisers say the event is taking a “hiatus”, and should return with a “new … Read more
With all the young riders taking the world of pro cycling by storm, it looks like there’s one less candidate the likes of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard will have to worry about in 2028, as Kristian Blummenfelt, the Norwegian triathlete with the highest ever recorded VO2 max has put his ambitious plan to turn … Read more
The humble hybrid bike is the most popular type of bike cutting about on the streets and towpaths of the UK, and many other places too. And for a good reason; the best hybrid bikes give you a comfortable, upright riding position, which makes them ideal for a variety of purposes from the office run to leisurely cruising country lanes … Read more
A cyclist who submitted helmet camera footage of drivers using their phones and parking illegally was issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice by an Irish police officer after finding that the footage also showed the cyclist riding through a red light. However, the cyclist’s complaints of other drivers also doing the same were ignored by the … 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 1: TTT, Douce France (24.8km)Zwift decided … Read more
The Coros Dura Solar GPS Bike Computer is likeably easy to use, with navigation that works really well, even away from the streets on gravel tracks. The solar cells do almost nothing for charging, but restrict the screen size, and the battery life seems way lower than claimed. Despite this, and a host of smaller … Read more
“We’re still here. We’re still going. We’re still selling bikes.”That’s the resolute message from the owner of C6 Bikes in Cambridgeshire, the cycle shop having been victims of an extraordinarily organised targeted break-in 11 months ago, a burglary which saw 90 per cent of stock taken and left the business fighting to claim insurance money due … Read more
Campagnolo has introduced the new Super Record S Wireless groupset, a second-tier electronic groupset that offers “greater affordability”, a wider range of gears and just 150g more weight than the flagship Super Record Wireless. Priced at over £3,000, it promises to deliver comparable performance for considerably less cash, and is still a “Special Edition” product so … Read more
