Essentially the result of a steamy threesome involving a skate shoe, street pump and an SPD trainer; Keen’s Coradoro shoes are remarkably comfortable for prolonged walking, loafing and short haul commutes/urban riding. Common to the type, compromised rigidity and arch support precludes more spirited/extended pedalling but the outer sole works remarkably well with dual sided … Read more
Road safety charity IAM says that two thirds of 4,000 people who responded to an online survey it conducted back the introduction of 20mph zones outside schools, but are less keen on physical measures such as cameras or speed bumps being implemented to enforce such a speed limit. IAM adds that it supports the selective … Read more
Here at road.cc we don’t cover every cycling fatality in the UK but we do report them when we feel they have a wider significance, be it to do with legal process, driver behaviour or paucity of cycling infrastructure.One area into which we have not ventured, however, is that of organ donation, but a particularly … Read more
Great Britain will qualify eight riders for next month’s UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen following publication of the latest UCI WorldTour Rankings today, which is also the cut-off date for qualification for the event. The country moved one place up the rankings to sixth.As we reported last week, according to the UCI qualification rules … Read more
A bicycle-riding orangutan has been recruited – some might say exploited – to become the figurehead of a road safety campaign in Thailand.Bam, aged 8, lives at Dusit Zoo, where a road safety campaign was launched by the government last Friday, and according to Metro enjoys riding his blue bike complete with stabilisers.The newspaper, which … Read more
Another impressive Sky Ride weekend saw over 20,000 people take to their bikes at events in Blackpool and Southampton.In the south coast town 14,000 riders joined Sky Sports News Presenter Kirsty Gallacher and Team Sky Cyclists Davide Appollonio and Michael Rogers for Sky Ride Southampton.Plenty more people came out simply to watch and experience the … Read more
A new design for 2011, the Catlike D’Luxs jump straight to the top of Catlike’s eyewear range. Stylistically, the D’Lux bears more than a passing resemblance to Oakley’s Radars, which in my opinion is a good thing, and while they aren’t cheap they don’t carry a price tag as hefty as the Radar’s either, also … Read more
Top riders taking part in yesterday’s London –Surrey Cycle Classic found themselves sharing the road with a couple of members of the public who managed to get onto the closed roads of the 140km Olympic test event.Aemon Atkinson and a friend had already cycled 70 kilometres on Sunday morning to find a spot near Richmond … Read more
Zoca’s Active Women’s three quarters are a welcome break from the tradition of basic black for cycling shorts and tights. Yes, black is flattering and goes with all manner of differently coloured jerseys, but it would be nice to just occasionally have a choice of something different. Zoca do a sleeveless cycling top to match, … Read more
Mark Cavendish of Great Britain already has an appointment at Buckingham Palace to pick up his MBE, and today picked up another prize in front of the royal residence, winning the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, the dress rehearsal for the Olympic road race in 12 months’ time. The Manxman outsprintied a select group of 20 riders … Read more
