We’ve featured a whole lot of very expensive bikes on road.cc lately; we thought it was about time we reviewed something a little more real world and affordable, so allow us to introduce the £949 Scott Speedster S30 complete with Shimano’s newly redesigned Tiagra groupset.There are five bikes in the Speedster range, starting with the … Read more
A company director driving home after a night ride from London to Whitstable has been convicted of causing death by careless driving when his BMW X5 crossed the centre line and collided with a car coming in the opposite direction killing its driver.St Albans Crown Court heard how Nicolas Day had worked a full day … Read more
Rapha’s new Pro Team jacket is slim-cut using windproof, softshell panels and it’s a lightweight option for off-season training.Rapha reckon the Pro Team jacket is designed for “high-tempo interval training in cold weather”, which is pretty specific as applications go. I’d say it’s suitable for all sorts of high-intensity riding in the winter, and for … Read more
It’s pricey at £1,799 and we haven’t ridden it yet but the new Classica from Colnago seems to pull off that old ‘sum is greater than the parts’ equation quite well, at least on paper for now.The Classica is based on the existing ‘Ace’ carbon monocoque sportive frame which we have ridden and very nice … Read more
If, in the mid-1920s, you’d told the owners of a recently-opened Portsmouth bike shop that the business would one day be worth £180 million, they’d have laughed you out of the door, before perhaps wondering if Britain was about to suffer Weimaresque levels of hyperinflation. But that’s the valuation today put on Wiggle, which has … Read more
For me at least, Bontrager’s Commuting Wool top is further proof that the US brand has its fingers firmly on the fashionable commuter pulse, producing garments that perform on the bike and at your destination whether it be work, rest or play.Seventy quid sounds a little steep but then were talking Merino wool and razor … Read more
Mark Cavendish, winner of the green points jersey in July’s Tour de France which he followed up in September by taking the world championship road race in Copenhagen, has been named the Sports Journalists’ Association’s Sportsman of the Year for 2011.The 26-year-old, who has signed for Team Sky for 2011 after the demise this year … Read more
Eagle eyed types might have noticed that we’ve added a new bit to the road.cc shop, yes that’s right we’ve called it the road.cc Showcase and it’s where you can buy interesting, unusual top quality cycling stuff everything from bikes to belts… well, bikes and belts + the Rouler Annual.The original idea of the showcase … Read more
The UCI WorldTour of top-ranking professional races which includes the Spring Classics, the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France all kick off in Australia in only five weeks time, on January 18th with the Tour Down Under. The pro cycling world is gearing up with training camps and team presentations which yesterday included one … Read more
A team of reporters from BBC news spent yesterday with the London Ambulance Service to see first-hand the situations that emergency staff have to deal with on a daily basis on the capital’s roads. The result, featured in a live blog on the BBC, is a revealing insight into a typical working day of London’s … Read more
