Campagnolo clothing is divided into three main types – Challenge, Tech-Motion and Heritage – and this Flame 50/50 jacket comes in the Challenge department, meaning it’s designed for winter weather conditions. But for this jacket, that means winter conditions that aren’t too wet and not totally freezing either.In other words, the Flame is great for … Read more
Bookended by the Amstel Gold and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in what has become the mini-series of races known as the Ardennes Classics, the Fleche Wallonne is also the penultimate Spring Classic. With a route that stretches 194 kilometres and takes in 10 classified climbs this is not a walk in the park, midweek leg spin for the … Read more
Riccardo Riccò, admitted to hospital in February last year after nearly losing his life following an apparently botched self-administered blood transfusion, has been handed a 12-year ban from sport by the anti-doping tribunal of CONI, the Italian Olympic committee, which effectively ends his career. Riccò, who had previously served a two-year ban for doping after … Read more
The Castle Combe motor racing circuit near Chippenham, Wiltshire, which in the past has played host to Formula 1 world champions including Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna, will this August host a family-focused cycling festival.Taking place on Sunday 26 August, the Castle Combe Festival of Cycling takes place at a venue most closely associated with … Read more
Component brand Lezyne are launching a small, aluminium LED light called the Femto Drive that, like most Lezyne products, looks neat and stylish. It’s also likely to be inexpensive.The Femto Drive will be available in a front (white) and rear (red) version as well as a front and rear pair. Lezyne say that the front … Read more
Stoke-on-Trent, which has hosted a race in each of the three previous editions of the Halfords Tour Series, is to stage the Grand Final of the 2012 edition of the city-centre competition on Thursday 14 June. The circuit in Hanley will also host the fifth and final round of the Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix … Read more
Wider rims are gaining in popularity among road riders. You can buy some good wide-section wheelsets off the shelf, but you can also have them made by hand on the south coast. These Velocity A23 wheels from Strada stack up well against wheels like the HED Ardennes: they’re light, comfortable and not too expensive.The wheels … Read more
We loved last year’s Giant TCR Advanced 2 so we’re excited to say that we have the 2012 TCR Advanced 3 here at Road.cc and we’re looking forward to finding out whether it lives up our expectations.The TCR Advanced 3 sells for £1,999 and Giant have redesigned the frame significantly for this year. The Advanced … Read more
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has called for all lorries and buses in the UK to be equipped by 2015 with technology to prevent cyclists from being killed or seriously injured as a result of their being in ‘blind spots’ alongside large vehicles. The appeal has been made in a report published today, Intelligent Transport … Read more
With 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the XXX Olympiad, Surrey County Council has released a video of the route that will be tackled the following day by Mark Cavendish and others hopeful of winning the first gold medal on offer at London 2012, with the women’s race following 24 hours’ later.The … Read more
