Cyclite men’s hardshell jacket brings electroluminescent technology to the more performance end of the spectrum while still being a great commuting, touring, or riding round town jacket.Two things in particular set the Cyclite jacket apart first, it’s made from a highly breathable fabric that banishes the elements while retaining a consistently arid internal climate; and … Read more
It’s the Cyclocross World Championships this weekend and to get you in the mood here’s a sneak peek at the latest prototype cyclocross frame from Litespeed hot in from somewhere near Chattanooga (Ooltewah, Tennessee to be precise) and coming to a bike shop near you… if you live near a branch of Evans later this … Read more
Just a few more days to go now until I board the plane to fly out to LA for the Track World Championships. It is these times, right before major competitions, that a lot of athletes can easily get it wrong. There is a natural tendency to panic and think that you must train extra … Read more
Junior Transport Minister Mike Penning, whose remit at the Department for Transport (DfT) includes responsibility for roads as well as road safety, insists that motorists pay for roads – a mistaken belief not supported by his own department, but one that is widely held by many drivers.Penning, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead, refused to acknowledge … Read more
You might remember that we featured the Retroshift, erm, brifters back in December in our tech roundup. To the uninitiated they’re basically a Tektro brake lever that’s been re-engineered to accept a down-tube or bar-end shifter, mounted at the top of the lever. And now you can buy them.And why would you want to do … Read more
Want a customised name decal on your top tube, like what the pros have? Now you can, thanks to Flandria. Their decals are customisable and good looking, and stay put too. They won’t break the bank either.There’s a bunch of options on the Flandria website but ours are the Classic decals. You get whatever name … Read more
*Ping*E-mail from friend, usual suspects in the cc. Want to do this? Pedal to the Lewes Wanderers Reliability Ride that starts about 25 miles away, do that, ride home, stop for some cake somewhere in the middle, should be about 80 miles all in all.Sounds just like a Sunday ride then, but a little bit … Read more
LOCOG, organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games, have announced a big increase in spectator numbers at Box Hill for the men’s and women’s road races in July. Originally, some 3,500 spectators were to be allowed onto the National Trust-owned section of the climb that is likely to be pivotal in both races, but it … Read more
Trek haven’t ever made much noise in the cyclo-cross arena; it’s not a brand that instantly springs to mind when pondering a new CX bike. They’ve probably been too busy with their successful road and mountain bikes to bother pedalling up what was, up until recently, quite a quiet cycling cul-de-sac. They’ve brought out the … Read more
We’re big fans of Rollapaluza here at road.cc – Big Dave has even won a trophy at one of its events – so when they flagged up what they said was one of the nicest videos they’d ever seen of cyclists going head to head on their static rigs, we just had to take a … Read more
