In this guest blog Rick Robson of www.cyclesportphotos.com tells of his experiences of recovering from being run over by a 38-tonne truck, a collision which nearly ended his life. But now he’s back on the bike…Four years ago I had an accident. It was the sort of accident which you hope won’t happen to yourself … Read more
Down here at the road.cc Cotswold testing grounds, we’ve tried various ZipVit products over the years – and we like them. The ZV8 energy bar is no exception; a couple of these in the back pocket have kept us going nicely on several long rides in the hills hereabouts over the past month or two. … Read more
Volvo’s commercial vehicles arm has released details of a new system, Intersafe-2, which they claim will be able to improve saftey at junctions by up to 80 percent. The system brings together a number of measures to eliminate blind spots on the passenger side of large vehicles where most collisions occur, and relays other road … Read more
Did you watch stage seven of this year’s Giro when Belgium’s Bart de Clercq just managed to stay ahead of the field on the final climb to take the first win on his pro career? Chances are, you read about it. De Clercq was riding a Canyon Ultimate CF SLX.The Omega Pharma-Lotto team, which also … Read more
Businesses and other organisations in Scotland are being invited by Cycling Scotland and the Energy Saving Trust to apply for loans of up to £10,000 to help promote cycling among their staff. The money has been made available as a result of extra funding being allocated to its Cycling Action Plan by the Scottish Government.The … Read more
Peter Sagan of Liquigas-Cannondale, winner of the points and youth classifications in last year’s Amgen Tour of California, yesterday took the sprint to win Stage 5 of this year’s edition of the race in Paso Robles, with Leigh Howard of HTC-Highroad second and Team Sky’s Ben Swift third.Coming over the day’s final climb, former world … Read more
Former US Postal Service rider Tyler Hamilton has told one of America’s leading broadcast journalists that he saw Lance Armstrong inject himself with EPO and that the seven-time Tour de France champion used the banned substance to help secure his first win in the race in 1999 as well as during subsequent editions.“I saw [EPO] … Read more
The Giro Aeon is a brand new high-end racing helmet that’s both lightweight and airy – the best of both worlds. Previously, the Ionos (£169.99) was Giro’s best-ventilated helmet although, at around 300g, it wasn’t particularly light. And then there was the Prolight (£149.99) – just 175g, but less airy. Both of those helmets still … Read more
Fancy a new top end Trek Madone 6.9SSL, one careful owner, and all you have to do is make a contribution to charity? Well your luck could be in because Trek and Livestrong have announced that they will be auctioning off six Team RadioShack bikes come the end of this week’s Amgen Tour of California. … Read more
Mark Cavendish of HTC-Highroad became the first rider to win two stages in this year’s Giro d’Italia as he just edged out Tea Sky’s Davide Apollonio in a sprint finish in Ravenna, with Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre-ISG third. Riding at the head of the race, those riders were among a select group to avoid a big … Read more
