It’s Bike Porn Friday. Quite frankly, Eurobike is way too big for us to cover it all in depth – or even 10% of it in depth – so here’s a quick round up of some of the prettiest road bikes that have caught the collective Road.cc eye over the past couple of days. Don’t … Read more
The end of the long day pounding the halls at Eurobike and a man needs to unwind and relax a little and the Endura party is just the place… beer… women’s clothing… lots of people with cameras what could possibly go wrong? Oh, hang on…Of course tha’s not how it really was Dave was just … Read more
As far as the fixie and single speed market is concerned, it looks like the hype has now subsided and it is down to business producing bikes for a smaller, more dedicated scene. There isn’t much whacky new stuff like we have seen in the past couple of years with companies trying to jump on … Read more
Liquigas-Cannondale’s Peter Sagan, who in this year’s Vuelta is riding in Spain for the first time, already seems to have gained an Iberian branch for his fan club – and this afternoon, the young Slovakian rider was cheered on by them as he clinched an uphill sprint in Pontevedra to win his second stage of … Read more
CTC is urging the country’s cyclists to get behind a campaign it has launched to oppose plans to allow longer lorries on Britain’s roads, which it says will result in a greater threat to bike riders’ safety, and is asking them to write to their MPs and ask them to contact Road Safety Minister Mike … Read more
Peter Sagan of Liquigas-Canondale just held off another of cycling’s top yong prospects, HTC-Highroad’s John Degenkolb, to win a tough finish of Stage 12 of the Vuelra in Pontevedra this afternoon, on a tricky finish that included a kick uphill around a kilometre out. Daniele Bennati of Leopard Trek, who had been led out by … Read more
Canyon have redesigned their Ultimate AL aluminium road bike for 2012 and it will now be available in a Shimano Ultegra Di2 option.The frame comes with Canyon’s tweaked, assymetric Maximus seat tube which bulges out on the non-driveside for increased stiffness but stays far less, um, bulgy on the driveside to accommodate the drivetrain. The … Read more
There’s lots of TT bikes at Eurobike: this isn’t even all of them, we’re off to Canyon’s stand in a bit to see their new one and we’ll probably pass ten we haven’t seen on the way. But we’ve had a ggod enough trawl around to get a good idea of the trends for this … Read more
Here’s the brand new Castelli Gabba short-sleeve rain jersey that’s going down a storm (no, you’re too kind) in the pro peloton and should be available in the UK within the next couple of weeks.We’ve reported on the Gabba previously but we’ve now had the chance to check it out at the Eurobike show.We won’t go … Read more
Colnago have updated their CLX road frame for 2012 to the point that they’re describing it as a completely new design – the CLX 3.0.The front triangle is a carbon monocoque with the head tube using Colnago’s C-HS1 headset system – a semi-integrated headset with a 1 1/8in bearing at the top and 1 1/4in … Read more
