We’re re-building the road.cc cycle clothing range from the ground up… starting with road.cc socks so if you fancy treating your tootsies check them out.Designed in Bath and crafted in Colorado by the lovely people at Save our Soles they’re made from core-spun Coolmax fabric essentially Coolmax fibres sandwiched between a layer of nylon and … Read more
A 29-year-old man has handed himself in to a south London police station in connection with the assault on cyclist Simon Page. John Nicholls of Dartford in Kent attended the police station accompanied by a solicitor, at which point he was arrested on suspicion of assault.At 13.34pm today he was charged with the offence of … Read more
The easiest way to get from Emmerdale to Eastenders is using your TV remote – the hard way is by bike – in real life the distance between the two fictional locations (what you didn’t know they weren’t real?) is 224 miles, though of course they’re worlds apart.Next month (19 August) a team from Emmerdale … Read more
Europcar’s Thomas Voeckler has been leading the Tour de France since Sunday, riding a Colnago C59 Italia with a yellow paintjob to match his jersey.We tested the frameset a few months ago, reviewer Stuart Kerton summing it up like this: “A superb example of Italian frame-building expertise. Yes, it’s expensive… but it’s worth it.”The C59 … Read more
It’s a shocking incident involving a car occupant, a cyclist and a totally unjustified punch. But this time it is a cyclist who struck a female car passenger through an open car window reports the Hertfordshire Mercury.The incident happened on Tuesday July 12 at around 5pm in the Hertfordshire town of Stanstead Abbotts. A male … Read more
It’s Bastille Day, and that means plenty of jingoistic flag waving and obligatory French riders in the break trying to bring the stage home pour l’hexagone – Kadri, Mangel and Roy wear the burden of France’s expectation for the moment. And French road race champ Sylvain Chavanel will be wearing the tricolore with pride today, … Read more
LAS make my current favourite helmet, the £120 Victory, and this Anubi is one rung below at £100 (although you can find it for less) which still makes it a fairly high end lid in most people’s books. The Anubi is well made and has some nice features; I didn’t get on with it quite … Read more
Mark Cavendish has praised former team mate turned rival André Greipel after beating the German in today’s Stage 11 of the Tour de France in Lavaur in a reversal of yesterday’s result in Carmaux. The HTC-Highroad rider, back today in the green jersey for the first time in two years, also insists he can win … Read more
We’ve started a few lively debates here at road.cc but it’s fair to say that we haven’t seen anything going viral to the extent of our story about the violent assault on road.cc forum poster Simon Page. We’ve had over 18,000 page views for the item and the YouTube clip of the incident, the link … Read more
The Colnago C59 is now available in a Europcar replica paint scheme as usually ridden by current Tour de France race leader Thomas Voeckler – although the Frenchman was presented with a yellow model when he took the maillot jaune on Sunday.Our man Stuart fell in love with the C59 when he reviewed the frameset … Read more
