Following a weekend in which the sports headlines in Britain have been dominated by the handshake – or rather, the lack thereof – between Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Manchester United’s Patrice Evra, comes news of another perceived slight involving an athlete apparently refusing to press the flesh. This time, one of the men involved is … Read more
The Onix Black RH and RH Pro models are now not just ready but have had the obligatory moody studio photography shoot featuring their mentor, former track world champion and British road race champion Rob Hayles.Remember those two new Onix bikes we posted about last week? At that point they were just built and hastily … Read more
Cyclevox has launched a new series of motivational speaking events focused on cycling called Spoke ‘N Word. The first, called Preparing for the Road Ahead, takes place in London on 29 February and features Bryan Steel, winner of Olympic bronze at Sydney in 2000 and silver at Athens four years later in the team pursuit, … Read more
Merida have launched a new lightweight race bike, the Scultura SL, that they say is the most advanced road model they’ve ever made. The frame weighs just 844g, tests have shown that it is extremely stiff, and Merida reckon they’ve engineered in a high level of comfort thanks to the use of flax fibres in … Read more
The head of the Metropolitan Police’s Road Death Investigation Unit has echoed the sentiment of many cyclists by issuing an appeal for motorists who cause death while driving to face tougher sentences, including life imprisonment in some circumstances.As many cases reported here on road.cc testify – we’ve highlighted some at the end of this article … Read more
The sun sets on a sandy, flat and windy Tour of Qatar and once again it’s Tom Boonen heading off with the spoils. That’s the fourth time the Belgian has won the ochre jersey, and he heads off with everyone else to the Tour of Oman to get a bit of bumpy stuff in before … Read more
Great Britain and Ireland have both been enjoying success at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, with road.cc blogger Colin Lynch among those getting, with those getting among the gold medals – although both he and Great Britain’s Mark Colbourne had to overcome classification protests from other teams on the way to the finals.Under UCI … Read more
If you’re the kind of person that likes to log your miles, but you’re not the kind of person that analyses their heart rate zones after every ride, then the Garmin Edge 200 is for you. It’s a super-simple GPS unit that has a fairly basic data set but makes keeping track of your mileage … Read more
Gear Up’s Two Bike Vertical Storage does exactly what it says and does it very well too at a reasonable asking price. You can use it in the house or, so long as you’ve installed a gamekeeper type wall-anchor for security purposes, it’s also great for garages and similar brick outbuildings. That said; the freestanding/pressure-fit … Read more
In an unannounced move, the Department for Transport (DfT) has published on its website, quite without fanfare, 17 separate End of Programme reports provided to it by the 18 local authorities involved in the now-defunct Cycling City and Towns programme.Published on the DfT website without an accompanying press release nor any other announcement we are … Read more
