The Electra Townie 7D will appeal if you’re looking for something a bit different for flattish cruising around town. At £375 you don’t need a second mortgage to own one and it’s good fun around town, but compromised climbing position and a tendency to ship its long chain mark it down a bit. The frameFirstly: … Read more
Well, today’s the day: Dave and Trev are off on their 320km adventure back to Colchester. You can track them here, and use the comments to wish them luck or take the mick. They’re planning to roll out at 5am and do the ride in 16hrs. You can also tweet them messages at @roadccdave and … Read more
The number of cyclists killed on Britain’s roads rose in 2010 after declining in each of the previous four years, according to latest casualty statistics published today by the Department for Transport. While there was also a rise in the rate of fatalities per billion kilometres travelled, the long-term trend according to an analysis of … Read more
Arts and community centre The Viewtube, which overlooks the Olympic Park in East London, has unveiled a series of cycling-inspired events with the 2012 Games a little over a year away.From tomorrow until next Wednesday, the venue will host performances of a new play, Bicycle Thieves, based on Luigi Bartolini’s novel Ladri di Biciclette, which … Read more
Finding the perfect sleeping bag for touring requires a delicate balance of weight, packsize, warmth and value for money. Locating a bag that ticks all the boxes at once can be a tricky business. On paper the Trek Lite 250 from Deuter seems to have a lot to offer the bike tourist looking for a … Read more
Garmin-Cervélo has unveiled a one-off kit for the Tour de France that repeats the approach taken by Cervélo TestTeam in previous years of reversing the standard kit’s black and white, although this time of course there is added argyle. Needless to say, we’re fans of that last detail here at road.cc.Coming just a week after … Read more
Two new doping enquiries in Belgium have blown up just days before this year’s Tour de France is due to get under way, involving men with links to two teams competing in the race, Omega Pharma-Lotto and BMC Racing, which have been quick to distance themselves from the individuals concerned. Ex-professional Wim Vansevenant is under … Read more
It’s only 12 months since Specialized unleashed the Tarmac SL3 to a 1-2 finish at the Tour de France… , but that hasn’t stopped Specialized rolling out a new Tarmac the SL4 for this year’s race. According to Specialized their new baby enjoys a stiffness to weight ratio that’s a whopping 19 per cent better … Read more
Last week saw a gathering of officials and politicians from across London at the View Tube in the Olympic Park. The purpose of the conference, organized by charity Sustrans, was to discuss how to encourage more Londoners to make their everyday journeys on foot or by bike.Matt Winfield, Sustrans’ London Greenways Manager, who helped organise … Read more
Julien Carron, the UCI’s technical coordinator, has intimated today that the sport’s governing body may be prepared to relax the 6.8kg weight limit currently imposed on race bikes.The news comes from Carlton Reid, editor of UK bike trade magazine BikeBiz, who has been over at the UCI’s HQ in Switzerland and reported on the comments, … Read more
